Jason Carlisle
A working man from the age of sixteen and a daughter at twenty-two left little time for making art, life experience gave me the visual foundation and a job change from shift work gave me the opportunity.
Until 2009 my artistic life comprised of colour co-ordinated abstract pieces for family, friends and a few commissions. Attending evening classes for two years in life and portrait studies, with inspiration and encouragement from tutors Linda Ingham and Mick Lamb my interest and competence, grew. A spare room at home became my studio, and I work in it almost every day.
Currently a second year Fine Art Degree Student, my desire to learn and experiment with medium and style grows still. And the excitement I get from creating art increases daily.
Today I'm taking my portrait work in a more rapid abstract direction using over-laid acrylic and oil based washes, with speed of application to create tonal variations, texture and form. With a focus on dramatic light effects, broad brush strokes and unmixed colour. Simplifying the face, on a large scale.
Initially inspired by Lucian Freud, later with artists such as Tai Schan Schierenberg and Jenny Saville, I prefer a loose style and what I see as intense or exaggerated skin tones.
A working man from the age of sixteen and a daughter at twenty-two left little time for making art, life experience gave me the visual foundation and a job change from shift work gave me the opportunity.
Until 2009 my artistic life comprised of colour co-ordinated abstract pieces for family, friends and a few commissions. Attending evening classes for two years in life and portrait studies, with inspiration and encouragement from tutors Linda Ingham and Mick Lamb my interest and competence, grew. A spare room at home became my studio, and I work in it almost every day.
Currently a second year Fine Art Degree Student, my desire to learn and experiment with medium and style grows still. And the excitement I get from creating art increases daily.
Today I'm taking my portrait work in a more rapid abstract direction using over-laid acrylic and oil based washes, with speed of application to create tonal variations, texture and form. With a focus on dramatic light effects, broad brush strokes and unmixed colour. Simplifying the face, on a large scale.
Initially inspired by Lucian Freud, later with artists such as Tai Schan Schierenberg and Jenny Saville, I prefer a loose style and what I see as intense or exaggerated skin tones.