There are different limitations when creating art. These can be abstract restrictions made by artists for themselves to push their creativity. Or some physical obstacles occur when the artist working. Some techniques and painting materials keep the art in a specific way. Some brushes allow the artists to work however they want, and some only paint as the brush desires. But airbrushes are a different matter while discussing techniques. While artists can use airbrushes with four stroke styles; dots, lines, fade lines, and dagger strokes, the end results are always different between artists. Milwaukee, Wisconsin born, Rhode Island-based artist Chris Regner, portrays people with extraordinary structures with his airbrush and mixed techniques. And his airbrush creates realistic yet unreal portraits in a satirical way.
Chris Regner uses his autobiography as a starting point of his paintings. Then he adds some satire, humiliation, grotesque elements and a sprinkle of mythology and animals to this baseline. And the results are challenges the religious indoctrination and technological disruption in humanity’s modern, daily life. Since Chris Regner’s work is based on autobiographical elements, he keeps navigating in adulthood as a male with no strong role models or stereotypical masculinity. This lack of notions might sound like a disadvantage but it is the exact opposite. In 2022’s social norms are shifting to become more progressivist, therefore Chris Regner’s perspective and life-long experiences shine with his perspective.
He states on his website, “He positions himself as an anti-proselytizer, complicating the easy answer and presenting morally questionable individuals with the intent of causing contradictory interpretations by the viewer.” While scrolling through his work, I invite you to keep it slow and look for the details he might have hidden in his work. It can be a small object or a big shift in the color palette. I am sure that uncanny detail can take you somewhere else.
Internet provided a huge space to express ourselves. It doesn’t matter which medium and technique, artists and designers can share their work and someone stumbled upon their work and made their day. Everyone mixes and mashes what they see and experience but the outcome is always different. Even the same feelings can cause different artworks. …
When I found out about Wong Chun Hei Stephen and Ariel Lee, two amazing artists one based in Hong Kong and the other in southern California, I was struck by their talent to reflect what they experienced in nature into their art.
Chris Regner and His Satirical Airbrush Strokes Are Out of This World
There are different limitations when creating art. These can be abstract restrictions made by artists for themselves to push their creativity. Or some physical obstacles occur when the artist working. Some techniques and painting materials keep the art in a specific way. Some brushes allow the artists to work however they want, and some only paint as the brush desires. But airbrushes are a different matter while discussing techniques. While artists can use airbrushes with four stroke styles; dots, lines, fade lines, and dagger strokes, the end results are always different between artists. Milwaukee, Wisconsin born, Rhode Island-based artist Chris Regner, portrays people with extraordinary structures with his airbrush and mixed techniques. And his airbrush creates realistic yet unreal portraits in a satirical way.
Chris Regner uses his autobiography as a starting point of his paintings. Then he adds some satire, humiliation, grotesque elements and a sprinkle of mythology and animals to this baseline. And the results are challenges the religious indoctrination and technological disruption in humanity’s modern, daily life. Since Chris Regner’s work is based on autobiographical elements, he keeps navigating in adulthood as a male with no strong role models or stereotypical masculinity. This lack of notions might sound like a disadvantage but it is the exact opposite. In 2022’s social norms are shifting to become more progressivist, therefore Chris Regner’s perspective and life-long experiences shine with his perspective.
He states on his website, “He positions himself as an anti-proselytizer, complicating the easy answer and presenting morally questionable individuals with the intent of causing contradictory interpretations by the viewer.” While scrolling through his work, I invite you to keep it slow and look for the details he might have hidden in his work. It can be a small object or a big shift in the color palette. I am sure that uncanny detail can take you somewhere else.
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