Process into images – Artist Research

The three artists that influenced my work are: Gerhard Richter, Wilhem Sasnal, and Li Shan Chong.

Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter is a German artist born on 9 February 1932, and began painting in 1962. He’s very well known for being one of the most important figures in the contemporary arts world. Many of his works have set record breaking prices at art auctions ($27.6M USD). His artworks are very large-scaled abstract paintings which mainly shows his movement that he was making while he was working on his artworks. Richter’s work often includes the “swipe” and “spray” aspect to his work. Along with dull coloured oil paint giving it more texture and dimension. His work influenced my first weeks artworks, especially the artworks I created with the “swipe” motion

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Wilhem Sasnal

Wilhelm Sasnal is a Polish painter, born on 29 December 1972. The work that drew me into his art style was his Shoah (Forest) painting, made in 2003. I really liked how his swirl had a lot of texture and you can get a grasp of what he did to get that look. Green is my favourite colour, so it was natural for me to enjoy this specific painting. This influenced me as I also stuck to the theme of having swirls in some of my work. Obviously, they are not the same, as mine aren’t thick, washed out paint swirls. Mine were more solid looking (as I used acrylic paint with many coats) and they had different widths, as I aimed for a more wavy feel to my artworks.

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Li Shan Chong

Li Shan Chong was born in 1985 in Singapore. Unlike the first two artists I mentioned, she’s more of a modern artist, rather than a well established contemporary artist. Her work is often minimalistic and two dimensional. What I really like about her art style is how calm it makes me feel. I like how she has a simple yet complimentary colour palette. There isn’t a crazy amount of detail in her work, so it is really easy to digest the art pieces and appreciate it. Her work also consists of a girl crying a river, which is most often the main subject matter of her paintings.  Her work influenced my canvas paintings. I also used a very minimalistic colour palette on the painting on the left, which she also did. I adopted her two dimensional style, as it was more convenient for me since I lack the skill to do detailed pieces of art, clearly.

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