Sep 7, 2022
Portrait of Alan Garner by Andrew Tift, 2010.
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Portrait of Alan Garner by Andrew Tift, 2010.
Andrew Tift
Andrew Tift
This is a piece by Andrew Tift that I really find interesting. I find it interesting because he was able to put so much detail into the painting to the extent that you can see the wrinkles in her face, the shading in her clothes, the shadows on her clothing and the grey hairs in the midst of the rest of the hairs. The detail in the shading is amazing because you can see it on almost every section of the painting. It is so accurate and fine that you can see the wrinkles near her eye and on her neck where the skin is sagging. The blue wool on her clothes is so detailed and fine that you can see the fraying on the surface of it. Even the seams of the clothes are frayed and shaded to perfection, making it obvious where every single seam is. The direction and placement of the light source is very obvious thanks to the amazing shading and the reflection on the braid / clip in her hair and the necklace she is wearing. The choice to use acrylics for this painting was a really good choice as it was obviously his forte. I don’t believe that he could have put so much detain into it if he were to have used something like oils because he wouldn’t have gotten such fine details, so he wouldn’t have been able to do the wrinkles or the fraying on the wool with as much detail as he did. The textures on the painting are so detailed that you can almost feel them if you look at the painting for long enough. The artist has done a few pieces similar to this with a few different people. They all have the same amazing shading and attention to detail, and they all share the ability to make you almost feel the textures in the piece. He does such an amazing job at making you feel like you are actually there, watching him paint the portrait as it is being done. The first thing that caught my eye about this piece was the clashing colours of the clothes she is wearing. As I got closer, more and more detail became obvious to me. The grey hairs, the wrinkles, the fraying on the wool, the bruises on her face and the bags under her eyes all slowly sunk in as I looked at the painting longer and longer. After a while I saw that she had no expression on her face, which left a lot to the imagination. Is she sad? Is she happy? Is she ill? Is that why she has bruises and bags under her eyes? What is wrong with her? Is anyone there to help her? These are all things that the painting may make somebody think, but there are many more thought tracks because she has no expression. She is feeling however you think she is feeling. You can make your own story of what is going on in this painting.
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