Elizabeth Peyton
(Dark) Harry, 2002
Elizabeth Peyton
Gavin on the Phone, 1998
Elizabeth Peyton
Andy Warhol, 1997
Elizabeth Peyton
Leonardo, February 2013,
Elizabeth Peyton
Jay-z, Glastonbury, 2008
Elizabeth Peyton was born in 1965. She was born in Danbury, Connecticut. In 1984
through
1987, Peyton attended the School of Visual Arts in New York. When she
was attending there, she
showed a favoritism towards portraitures. She was also
known to paint her friends during school. She
would make them as protagonists
in books she would create while she was still attending school.
After graduation, Peyton’s career didn’t take off very
fast. Peyton didn’t have her first solo
exhibition until six years after
graduation. She did work a few jobs though. Her second solo
exhibition featured
work of famous historical and literary figures. The second exhibition got lots
of
criticism though. Her later work featured rock stars, friends, and family.
Peyton’s work was hailed for
her use of color and design.
Peyton is a contemporary American painter widely known
for her small-scale portraits of
celebrities, friends, and historical figures.
Her work is characterized by thin washes and jewel toned
colors. She has
painted include Kurt Cobain, Barack Obama, David Bowie, Kanye West, and the
royal family. She is related to other contemporary artists like Lisa Yuskavage
and Robert
Mapplethorpe. I enjoyed learning about Elizabeth Peyton's work because I am really intrigued by
portraits and want to learn more in doing them in the future.
Work cited
“Elizabeth Peyton.”
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“Elizabeth Peyton.”
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www.artsy.net/artist/elizabeth-peyton.
I find it wonderful that she can capture the individual with what appears to be such few strokes. I think a lot of people who do portraits want hyper-realism, but her portraits remain realistic enough to know who the person is without drifting into that realm. Lovely work!
ReplyDeleteI like the range between feeling fully finished and being very minimalist, but that both styles yield complete works. I tend to overwork my paintings so maybe I could learn a thing or two.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the relaxed style and feel to her paintings at the same time they also have a sketchy drawing quality that gives them something familiar.
ReplyDeleteI love the artist portrayal of interesting and varying types of people. I can see lots of attitude and emotions in what she paints.
ReplyDeleteThe expressions of each of her subjects is well captured and is easily to felt by the viewer. Her looser style makes the images more suggestive than realistic and in some ways I feel it looks unfinished but that is probably coming from my personal taste in art.
ReplyDeleteHer style is very relaxed and simplistic. Her choice of color really reveal the life of the painting with such small strokes and small blends. A lot is captured through small details.
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