Video: Collection of portraits based on geographic maps
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
What kind of portraits artists do not paint! On the canvas with oil paints, a simple pencil, burned on the bark of a tree and even draw with crayons on the asphalt. However, the artist Ed Fairburn decided to go even further and created a whole series of portraits from geographical maps. Cities and countries, intertwining in a bizarre pattern, reveal recognizable facial features and turn into a real work of art.
As the artist himself admits, spatial imagination helps him to create unique portraits. One glance at the map is enough to see the outline of a human face. Once the target has been set, Ed Fairburn begins drawing in more detail for the future portrait. Moreover, he does it with pencils and paints, the shade of which coincides with the general color scheme of the geographical map.
By the way, the collection of portraits from the cards is not new. We have already written about the work of Ed Fairburn in one of our previous reviews. But I must admit that the artist's recent works are more thorough and thoughtful. This suggests that Ed Fairburn's professionalism is growing every day. And perhaps someday portraits on a geographic map will hang in the Hermitage, and students of art departments will study this kind of art in their lessons.
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