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Nick Lepard                Vancouver, BC, Canada

Nick Lepard Is from Canada and Likes working with paint because he believes it to be the last low-tech art form. According to his Artist-a-day entry he likes using color, scale and gesture to express the physicality of his paintings. What caught my attention when I saw Lepard’s work was the expression put forth in his brush strokes. The quality of movement he achieves in his abrupt brushwork really gives of a life like quality. The balance he executes in his use of color is also very effective. By, suggesting the blues and grays around the lighter pinks really creates a sense of warmth within the somber moon of the cooler colors. Lepard’s use of contrast for the subject’s irises also contributes to the suggestion of life as well. I have no idea how he was able to do it so effectively, and in paint no less. I also think my personal apprehension to using paint makes me appreciate his success in the medium even more.

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