2308399

Red Dress, Print by Michael J. Austin #2308399

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Red Dress, Print by Michael J. Austin #2308399
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Michael J. Austin was born in London in 1959. Though he had no formal training in fine arts, he built a successful career as a comic book illustrator as well as the ?Features Artist? for the Sunday Times before shifting into figurative art. His first one-man show was held at the Jonathan Cooper Gallery in 1996 and continues to hold regular sell-out shows in London. His work is in the permanent collections of the Eleanor Ettinger Gallery in New York as well as the Everard Read Gallery in South Africa. Most recently he was commissioned by the Prince of Wales to paint the animals that roam his Highgrove Estate and was invited to accompany him on a tour of India and Oman to document the trip in paintings.
?Red Dress? is a giclee print of Austin?s stunning original painting. In it a woman clad in a red dress reclines on the edge of a chair, face hidden by her cascading hair. His long, swift brushstrokes bring the folds of the fabric to life with subtle shifts of light and dark. The dramatic use of light creates high contrast between the point at which it hits the woman?s shoulder and the deep shadows within the chair below. The delicacy of her features were rendered with amazing precision from her small hand to the wisps of hair surrounding her face. Austin was quoted as saying, ?No matter what the medium or content, a work of art must have a spirit. It cannot rely upon gimmick or fashion; it must live and breathe on its own. It is a subtle thing and a sublime thing.? This ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:19--</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:23.75</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:27.75</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Red Dress, Print by Michael J. Austin</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230, USA</td></tr>
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