Kwangho Shin

Kwangho Shin is a drawer and painter based out of Seoul. He studied at Keimyung University. His work is mostly distorted portraiture. His main tools are charcoal and oil paint.
as I've written before, I really enjoy portraits. I like these in particular because of their distortion. I feel like each of the paintings has their own individual feeling to them in the way that they are distorted.
Most of the work of his that I've seen has a lot of color in it. I like that this one is different and is in a more monotone color scale. I like that they details in the face aren't too distorted. It's mostly the outer edges that have gained the big distortions. Its also nice how the highlights and shadows are in their proper place on the face despite the distortion.








This is the drawing in which I first noticed the artist. When i first looked at it I couldn't tell that it was a person. Then after realizing it was a person, I couldn't tell what they were doing. Now after distinguishing the hands I understand the figure. I like that the gesture is complimented by the black smears, it almost mimics the action of the figure.












Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Kwangho
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