Urban Art Association

A bit Matt Small like?

thats some talent ! really really nice

2nd one down is duncan balentyne tho

yea 10 x better IMO as well. great pics, love to see new artist exhibit their talents! PEACE

www.signedandnumberedstudios.com/

But 1800 for a 15 x 10 cm canvas.

I would have a hard time finding it after hanging it.

i can understand people liking this stuff, but it does nothing for me and £1500 does seem far too much. check out Adam Smiths portraits in the American artist thread and you'll see what i .consider to be the best value artist around at the moment

ok... at these prices you can buy this, or you can buy a Billy Sullivan of similar size. Billy exhibits at Marlborough Gallery, Gladstone Gallery, and Regen Projects, he was also shown in the 2006 Whitney Biennial. Billy and this guy have similar enough styles, buy what you like, but be smart enough to weigh everything out...

Nice work and the texture is great but I have to agree with a few others and Matt Small just does it better.

Nice find though.

Best piece....

Ali G

not bad at all.....good find and thanks for the heads up.

not better than Mr Small tho ;-)
........just thought i'd get that in there :-)

Yes, yes, oh god yes!! It is Karl. He is even a legend here in the US.

Obama should have picked him for VP.

You clearly have a good eye....THE GUY IS SO TALENTED!!!!!!

there are plenty of fine portrait painters
but why would you want a straight (well accomplished) portrait of anysomeone hanging in your house
a self-portrait of artist or a banging portrait of yourself or family yes but a friend of the artist or some legend geezer or geezeress or a musical/historic/cinematic/whatever hero....? why bother?

Paul Wright - fabulous portraits!
In many cases I certainly have a tough time hanging a portrait at home, of anyone other than someone known and important to me (basically my family members). However, I do feel that part of the charm of Matt Small's work is that the subjects themselves are very much anonymous and secondary to the incredible method and technique he employs to create his oil paintings. I think there are some other exceptions for me, when the work is something I percieve as special. Denning also paints (in some cases) pictures of peoples' heads, but his work is so poignantly able to create mood and that's what art's about for me. So yes, I do agree with you where most artists and photographers are concerned, but don't agree that (for my own tastes) as a blanket statement it holds true.