About:David Overfield is a contemporary artist currently based in Fairmont, West Virginia. Overfield recieved his bachelors in Fine Arts from Fairmont State and studied the figure under the acclaimed painter Lynn Boggess. Overfield specializes in figurative art and the powerful transience of life, energy, and the human form. Overfield highlights the importance of the immediacy, energy, and vitality of his pieces and works to bridge the old mythic and heroic figures with contemporary processes. Overfield uses a process of scraping away wet paint to create his lines and layering washes of paint. Overfield explores gesture and minimalism to an advanced degree to produce sophisticated, moving, and dynamic pieces. Artist Statement:I paint powerful and expressive figures that would feel at home in both the ancient and contemporary world. My style is rooted in the passions of antiquity, while being refreshing and raw in its modernity. My figures are relics from a more heroic time - fragmented and mysterious. Energy and vitality are dear to me, so I craft works of immediacy that display a balance of precise control and gestural abandon. Devoid of ornamentation, they are instead simple and spontaneous; minimal, yet compelling. My work brings with it a bold and heroic presence, a one-of-a-kind and unique experience. Similarly, I feel honored to be a part of the age old tradition of figurative art. Collectors of my work partake in that venerated tradition as well. They too celebrate the primal yet divine nature of mankind, the potent and strange force of humanity. To learn more about Overfield check out his website at: https://www.derekoverfield.com/about.html The Process:Reflection: Overfields work is absolutely extraordinary. His movements and figures are so powerful. I enjoy watching his processes and how he builds up his figure. Overfield masterfully incorporates gesture and loose yet highly realistic painting. It is interesting, Overfield does pre-plan his work, and so his "spontaneity" is carefully posed rather than actually in the moment. I love his use of layering and minimalism. I want to try incorporating his technique of scraping away paint to build line as well as use more washes to build more texture and line. I have been using washes in my work and I'd like to build up and develop more technique with the application of washes. I additionally love how for some of Overfields work he depicts only gesture which is a fascinating parallel to be drawn. I did use some gestural markings with chalk in my last piece, however, I'd like to take a bit of Overfield and pull some parts of simply gesture into my pieces. Works Cited:
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