104 Pro 1 Precedents and Words

The Precedents

I have decided upon using one of my favourite paintings from my favourite artist, Alex Gray as my precedent

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This image is called "Net of Being", and is from Alex Gray's series "Sacred Mirrors", and is a 7.5 x 15 foot oil painting. I love this painting for the many layers that distort your perception of depth, and have spiritual and psychedelic connotations. It still amazes me how he managed to get such technical accuracy with freehand oil painting, and works really well with stereoscopic imaging which the band Tool used in their 10,000 days album cover. If you get the chance, definately look into it

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For my second precedent I chose a painting by a young South Korean artist, Min Jae Lee. I really admire the vibrance and colour used in this painting while still managing to capture the emotion of the woman perfectly. I like the way the artist fragmented the whole painting like a shattered window, and managed to piece together so many textures into an amazing composition.


The words

I decided upon my three words quite sporadically, and at the time they all made sense to me in terms of explaining my precedents and forming a composition. It would take a very long time to describe just the thought process that got me here, but here are the words:

Incendiary (adj): Causing or capable of causing fire

Fungus (n): An organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter

Entice (v): Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion

I can't wait to start shaping these images into something visually tangible :)