I stumbled across an interesting artist tonight. I spotted an article about an artist, Constance Bosworth, who does paintings about weddings. This is a subject that is in my ballpark now. However, she doesn't do live paintings of the ceremony or reception, like I do. She paints portraits (which I do, too), but also the wedding cake, bouquets, the bride's dress, and other items related to the event. That's pretty cool. Most of that stuff means a lot to somebody for a very short period of time but is then forgotten. Even when it's immortalized by the photographer, those photos usually wind up in a box, or in a folder on your computer, and rarely if ever seen. A painting, though, is a different matter. Paintings tend to get framed and hung on a wall. Yes, they may become background noise after a while, but they're still being seen on a daily basis, and every once in a while, you stop and look.
Constance had some interesting things to say about what she does and why she does it. Rather than repeat her comments, here's the link to the article. Go read it for yourself.
The small images in the article were interesting, so I found her website and took a look. And I was quite impressed. Constance knows what she's doing. She has some very sensitively-done portraits, some beautiful still lifes (and I don't typically care for still lifes), some paintings done as medieval icons, and some companion animal portraits. That last category got me. Normally, you say "pet portraits" and I gag. These, though, are different. The animals have character, personality, thoughtfulness, and individuality. They're not just blown-up versions of somebody's snapshots, which is normally the case. No, they're very carefully considered portraits of some very caring individuals that you would want to know. They just happen to be hairy and have four legs.
While she's at it, she does some amazing things with little kids. Now, young kids are hard, at least for me. Their faces and body proportions are very different from adults. You can't just shrink an adult and say it's a child because your eyeballs would tell you you're lying. Constance not only gets them to be children, they're individual children, with their own personalities and identities. Quite impressive.
Usually, when I do a "Looking at Artists" post, I'll grab an image from their website and post it here so you get an idea of what I'm talking about. I'm not doing that this time. Go look at her website, www.constancebosworth.com. And let me know what you think.
Constance had some interesting things to say about what she does and why she does it. Rather than repeat her comments, here's the link to the article. Go read it for yourself.
The small images in the article were interesting, so I found her website and took a look. And I was quite impressed. Constance knows what she's doing. She has some very sensitively-done portraits, some beautiful still lifes (and I don't typically care for still lifes), some paintings done as medieval icons, and some companion animal portraits. That last category got me. Normally, you say "pet portraits" and I gag. These, though, are different. The animals have character, personality, thoughtfulness, and individuality. They're not just blown-up versions of somebody's snapshots, which is normally the case. No, they're very carefully considered portraits of some very caring individuals that you would want to know. They just happen to be hairy and have four legs.
While she's at it, she does some amazing things with little kids. Now, young kids are hard, at least for me. Their faces and body proportions are very different from adults. You can't just shrink an adult and say it's a child because your eyeballs would tell you you're lying. Constance not only gets them to be children, they're individual children, with their own personalities and identities. Quite impressive.
Usually, when I do a "Looking at Artists" post, I'll grab an image from their website and post it here so you get an idea of what I'm talking about. I'm not doing that this time. Go look at her website, www.constancebosworth.com. And let me know what you think.
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