Liam Spencer and George Shaw

 




Liam Spencer was born in Burnley (1964), Lancashire and he studied at Manchester school of art. His inspirations were the town scape of different countries. He mostly works with London, New York city, Hong Kong, Spain and France. His artwork follows a realistic and semi realistic style.

 I think the composition in here is quite good. The buildings are above the centre line and the road covers the bottom half of the picture, however a building on the left, a pole and the public phone stops our eyes from traveling off the page. I love the colours a lot as well. It literally feels like I'm there at night. It's quite calming and relaxing. The textures are their typical quick brush stroke feel. He paints quite quicky, not focusing too long on detail. I love the reflections on the road. They're colourful, realistic and beautiful.

This is a painting of Lancashire. Personally I love the colours because they're so cold. On the left half there is a source and burst of warm colours, while the right half there's cold colours. This gives the feeling though it's a cold day, there is an explosion of warm as well to battle the freezing temperature. The way he portrayed light in this painting was done extremely well, in my opinion one of the best things about this that gives it life. Again he uses rushed brushstrokes, though the most detail is in the road and the light. The hill in the background cuts our eyesight off so we don't distract from the land. The path, brush strokes and light directs towards the van, even giving it a sense of  movement. I think he follows the fauvist movement.





George Shaw was born in Coventry (1966). He is an English contemporary artist who works with suburban subject matters. He attended London Royal college of art. His favourite medium is Humbrol enamel paints. He is a semi realistic artist (though extremely realistic to me in my opinion). His artwork have a bit of Conservatism and Realism

First of all the texture on the path is absolutely fantastic. It makes for a pretty and cute pattern, while also being realistic. Texture on roads is an extremely hard thing to do but he manages to pull it off and make it the best thing about his artwork. All of his photos are in face photo realistic. I love the shadows coming off the trees, buildings, weight and presence of the objects. The composition is very good and the so are the space in between the buildings. The colours and shadows give a good sense of time during these paintings. There isn't really much atmosphere but the hyperrealism blows me away.


I enjoy the grey, dull colours in this one. Nothing really stands out except maybe the grass, which has excellent texture. I love the variety of dark colours from green to purple in the trees and their texture, which is quite blurred. The tree with no leaves is quite bold compared to the other trees as well, it stands out but it doesn't draw attention away from the whole background. The composition is always used quite well, cutting in the centre and separating the dimensions of the ground and trees. I also like the touch of the puddle, which feels quite real to me. Space here is used quite well for the sky and path. The grass in the distance cuts off half the painting. This has quite an sad and dull atmosphere to me.