- liam spencer was born in burnley in 1964.
-He studied fine art at manchester polythenic
-he lived and worked in manchester for many years.
the bustling city around him might have been the reason he draws city life after living in more than one city in his life. by living in manchester for so many years , he is used to the surrounding city life.
in time the city would have become a part of who he is.
the main subject matter of liam spencers work is the city's night life .
manchester is based in the north west which is known for is gloomy weather.
like this painting which has rain , the rain reflects each light in the street and makes each wall and building glow.
this oil painting is called the albert square twilight.
the painting is in a mixture of warm and cool colours.
the painting has a variety of shape but the artist doesnt paint everything neatly.
for example, the windows are very roughly painted in yet it still gives us the impression of a window being in that spot.
The street lights also work in an interesting way.
The lamps look as if they are just orbs of light that reflects the light off the walls of the buildings in a way that it normally wouldn't do.
the sky is also interesting.From the left a darker blue and to the right a lighter blue
the artist does this to give the impression of an ending sunset.
this oil painting was named deansgate twilight.
the painting has very warm colours but also cool colours for above the horizon.
the painting looks at if the artist did this piece very roughly but in essence the brush trokes give the impression of not only the movement of the cars but mainly the light.
this also revealse to the viewers of the painting of how the light gets spread around .
Liam spencer also makes use of cool dark colours above the horizon.
starting from the tops of the bridge to the end of the canvas .
just like in his other painting i chose to evaluate , he used a mix of dark and light blue for the sky to show the ending sunset in the distance.
i think that liam spencers work is semi abstract because his work isnt realistic but instead gives a different point of view of the city life
mainly of the light in the city that we take for granted.
stephen wiltshire
stephen wiltshire is a british architectural artist who has been diagnosed with autism.
he was born in london in 1974
he educated in the city and guilds of london art school. stephen became facinated in sketching landmark london buildings. after being shown a book of photos depicting the devastation wrought by earthquakes,he began to create detailed architectural drawings of imaginary cityscapes.
st pauls cathedral from london bridge
City of London skyscrapers of the future
both of these sketches were done in pencil but intentively for fine liner black pen
i really like stephen's work because he captures the moment and doesn't leave out any detail even buildings in the distance
what i also find interesting is how he lines out the horizon in both sketches.
even though close up each building has lines which are slightly rough, from a zoomed out point of view you start to realize that the artist made it that way so the viewers understand what he sees from his view.
i think that stephen wiltshires art is set in a realistic style
it is very detailed and his work is recognised easily from each and every landmark.
