If there is ever anything that is a guaranteed massive win with me it is a mass of detail. Lines, dots, squares, drawing each of the kernels of corn on a cob, trying to draw every strand of hair, attempting to illustrate the population of china with stick men… There is just something very addictive and attracting knowing that the artist sat before their piece of work for hours on end, working on the small but many components of their imagery. You do have to get past various whispers of you being quite anal though…
I can never stop staring at the hectic,dreamy ecosystems of Gregory Euclide. He’s got this great ability to manipulate materials you never would have thought of using, and annoyingly using the materials we all use with even more skill and imagination,crafting them into his meticulous works.
He’s currently working on some new pieces for a solo show at the DavidBSmith Gallery, and is playing with a kind of dried spilt paint effect which is making my jaw drop. My words won’t do it justice: Below.
Look for more wonders on his flickr/Web
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