George Grie was born May 14th 1962 and is a Russian Canadian artist. He is one of the first digital artists and is known for numerous 3D and 2D and also matte painting images. His style has been heavily influenced by famous surrealists such as Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali. The artist’s digital neo-surrealistic artworks are an extraordinary visual record of his conceptual thoughts, philosophic views, fantasies, and dreams. Often journeying into the subconscious, Grie's photo-realistic artwork shows a magical, playful, and dream-like world laced with detail.
Vladimir Kush was born 1965 in Moscow and began to draw and show his artistic ability at the age of three and four. His father, Oleg encouraged his natural talent at an early age. However he was soon commissioned to paint propagandistic posters, rather than perform the functions of regular infantry. Kush states that his style has been influenced by these major artists: Monet, Botticelli, Bosch, Van Gogh, Durer, Schinkel, Vermeer and Dali. His father believed they drew the audience in to accept the impossible images and explore the different levels of meaning since they were painted realistic enough to see the metaphors contained in them.
Artist’s Name: George Grie
Title: Ice Age Premonition
Date: 2007
Description: A cold dark & cloudy ocean with a large Ice Age in the center of it. Standing in the ocean with no boundaries you see the light shine on the one side of the Ice Age and in the background has that dark look. He made the stairs look old and house falling apart but still holding strong.
Analysis: From looking at it left to right you see dark low tones on the left with birds flying across on the right in some bright high tones. Going up and down is all about the Ice Age with high key tones making your eye focus on all the details. It is a combination of 2D and also 3D.
Interpretation: I find the meaning of this piece very powerful. I feel as If he is trying to explain the freedom of the world at their disposal. Lonely , alien, cold remind me of somewhat reserved, self-sufficient people in a crowd of unfamiliar faces.
Judgment: I think Grie made a good piece showing the different tones throughout the whole piece and the idea and thought you get just looking at the piece and to others of the world.
Artist’s Name: Vladimir Kush
Title: Departure of the Winged Ship
Date: N/A
Description: His colors are very sharp bold and bright they stand out with the shades on the butterflies and on the boat. The ocean has the colors of blue and green but them flowing together as one. There are a lot of shapes and smooth lines and textures.
Analysis: Your eyes go right to the butterflies they have so much detail and color along with the sky. Towards the bottom of the image it’s darker with the waves of the ocean in a green color. The people have this shadow look to them as if the sun was shining in front of them and not behind them.
Interpretation: I believe the artists are trying to show us happiness and freeness. For the war or etc: to be over butterflies fly so I believe it’s telling us to do what we believe in and it will come. Also the people standing there with flags show freeness and peace.
Judgment: His artwork is a success because looking at it you get all these feelings of meaning as well as the strong of colors which leads you to happiness.
Compare & Contrast: Between the photograph and between the drawings they are totally different but almost giving the sane meaning. The ones dark and bold with the ice age that your eye takes notice of. The others one just so bright and vibrant with bold colors. Grie’s subject matter was not filled but did not have to be filled to get his pint across where in Kush’s everywhere you look there is something to see with full subject matter.
