(Friday Nov. 4, 2005)
Face on the concrete
by George Schils
(Friday Nov. 4, 2005)
Face on the concrete
Normally I do not repeat photographs, but this is so striking, that more concrete canvas photos are captured. Also see this related link.
I can't imagine an artist rendering this sort of picture onto the concrete canvas. This is concrete man! Maybe if it were oil it would be different! This is chalk on concrete, not oil on canvas - but don't tell the artist. Hey, Mr. artist, do you know you are drawing on concrete.
This work is so stunning that I decided to try to render this work without any enhancement. The photo below is an "original" photograph which is accurate and as high quality as I am able to render, to try to capture this magnificant piece of art. (I am afraid to tweak with the perfect skin tones!)
Unenhanced "reference" image
Look at the face tones! This is incredible. And it is using chalk on concrete.
This fellow can be seen outside the Memorial Library near the University of Wisconsin Madison campus.
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