Dans Papers Cover Artist by Marion Weiss
This Week’s Dan’s Papers Cover Artist: Charles Wildbank
DAN’S PAPERS JUNE 28, 2013 COVER, ART BY CHARLES WILDBANK
JUNE 29, 2013 BY MARION WOLBERG WEISS
It’s hard to completely characterize this week’s cover artist, Charles Wildbank. A look at his still lifes, fruit (like the cover image of strawberries) and portraits shows a predisposition for Photorealism. His flowers, including poppies and sunflowers, are luscious and so real, we can smell them as if they were in the same room with us. His portraits, often of children, are just as present; we can almost imagine what they are thinking, like the red-headed young boy and the child on the beach. Close-up and a realistic style help us to experience Wildbank’s paintings, but then there’s a surprise, like the double image of a clown, more surreal than anything else. We sense this character’s existence, too. We still see him in our mind’s eye, long after his image is no longer before us.
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