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The Street Painting Artist
Artists from the different part of the globe go to street painting
festivals - to paint it red. With chalks, pastels and paints in
their hand, artists transform the street into a palate for all.
Jay Schwartz during an interview said that "Street painting
is an extension of my fine art background. My initial exposure
to the medium was as a student at UCSB. I stumbled into the role
of street painter by accident. The purity, tradition, and inspirational
qualities are my main attractions to the medium. My approach to
the street as canvas is much like any other visual communication
problem: start with a strategy (subject matter, diagrams, keylines,
etc.) and infuse my style into the project, all the while trying
to maintain an overall view of the big picture. For the most part
street painting is unique, mainly because of the physicality of
the medium. I make a lot of my own chalks, so I can use colors
that can't be reproduced through any other medium."
One of the best among street painters is Manfred Stader who specialized
himself in pastel. It is with self-manufactured pastel chalks
that he paints copies of masters like Corregio, Bronzino, Bouguereau
and many others.
Edgar Mueller, also a renowned street painter, has been in the
craft for more than 15 years. During this time he created a lot
of paintings. A collection of his paintings gives a view of his
most beautiful ideas as an artist. Street painting 3D
Wenner, a master street painter, uses anamorphic principle in
his paintings. Anamorphism is the style used in the seventeenth
century which combines architectural elements with illusionistic
painting forming an extraordinary combined image. Wenner's unique
and innovative use of this creates unforgettable images that combine
the painted surface with its surroundings into a single composition.
How do you treat the street as a "canvas"? Well, it
depends on what approach you will use. Those who are aspiring
to become a popular street painter you can have the aforementioned
artists as your inspiration or you can create your own style for
that matter.
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