How this artist work?

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This artist spent his whole life to pursuit the art, just as many typical artists stories, the fine art is not for making living but just for hobby. Well, how you think about his work?How this artist work?
I think is has good technique, but he does not shows anything new, he is not original.How this artist work?
Your palette is very interesting, especially in the ';Spring Rainbow'; series. The exaggerated, super-bright colors lend the work a kitschy, propagandistic flair. . . oddly, they remind me of posters from the Cultural Revolution.





Besides the rainbow series, nothing really moved me as distinctive. Some of them are fairly well-executed, but nothing struck me as really original or brilliant.





Overall, pretty good for a hobbyist.
Well I hope you're not the Artist
Not bad for a hobbyist. If he wants to be a true artist, he'll need another lifetime...or commit to 4-8 hrs a day EXPLORING and PUSHING PAST the edges of what he already knows.
A good try.


But , as a matter of fact, it's nothing new. This artist has to have something to say, I think. That's the idea.


The problem of painting through the History, has been to involve the espectator.


The railway by Manet, as an example: shows you a cloud of mist...(it's a train taht we can't see) then there's a girl showing us her back. Don't you ask what would her face be like? Of course you do.


So the idea is : the artist wants to tell us something , try to challenge us, try to catch our eyes.
It's okay for a hobbyist. The landscapes and still lives are not all that original. Actually, I think the most interesting thing is the portraits. They are not super photorealistic, and they don't need to be. The portrait of the boy takes more chances than any of the others, I think. The flattening of the shapes takes the piece to a new level that is not seen in the others.





My advice would be to not concentrate on mimicking reality so much, because you're not pulling it off. If you want to make a realistic painting, you need to 'nail it' or else it will seem imperfect. So push the envelope and experiment with flatter, more graphic depictions of people and things. You might find it suits your hand better. Good luck!