Alice Neel was an American artist whose widely known for her figurative painting portraits depicting anyone from strangers to Whanau and friends an other artists. Neel has a large collection of still life paintings that I admire with inspiration in relation back to my own works for this brief. Neels works that I look at with inspiration mostly include plants. The way Neel has painted the plants and composed them fluidly amongst the rest of the composition was something I wanted to keep in mind for any greenery in my pieces.
Alex Katz is an American artist widely known for his paintings sculptures and prints primarily working with reference from life. In reflection to the brief I be looking at his well-known paintings depicting the American setting and landscape. Once again a theme of colours throughout a section of works creates for a vibe depicted by the artist. The use of flat vibrant colours reflects pop art culture.
Richard Diebenkorn is an American painter and printmaker. With the use of oil and acrylic paint Richard created layered, gestural paintings that took reference from American landscapes and settings much like Alex Katz but in an entirely different direction where Richards colour on the piece tends to be less saturated with colour and depict loose thick gestural brushstrokes.
Richards art style over time fluctuated between first abstract then figurative and then abstract paintings once again. This being he worked simple and slowly depicted with more detail. In reflection to my work and this brief I am aiming to work simple first and then build on, layering my work.