Alison Van Pelt (1963)
1963-09-16Los Angeles, USAUSA
Alison Van Pelt
Alison Van Pelt is an American painter. Trained in Los Angeles and Florence, Van Pelt is established as a contemporary artist whose work is informed by expressionism, minimalism and pop art. Her distinctive photorealist painting style is evocative of that era, when photography was assimilated into the art world. Van Pelt begins by referencing a photograph or other existing image from which she draws and paints a realistic portrait entirely by hand. Next comes the work of obscuring the carefully rendered image. From a distance the image appears soft, as though photographed through a mist. But as the viewer approaches the work, vertical lines can be seen, and on closer inspection a sort of horizontal weave emerges.Date and place of birt: | 16 september 1963, Los Angeles, USA |
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Nationality: | USA |
Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
Specialization: | Animalist, Artist, Painter, Portraitist |
Genre: | Animalistic, Nude art, Portrait |
Art style: | Expressionism, Minimalism, Pop Art, Photorealism |
Technique: | Oil, Oil on canvas |