Satire/Painter research

Vincent Van Gogh is possibly one of the most popular 'abstract' artists known. Although most of his work wasn't appreciated until long after his death in 1982. The two paintings above are Starry Night (left) and a self-portrait (right) both using a form of abstraction known as Post-Impressionism. He used rough beauty, emotional honesty and bold colours. I love the blue and orange colours he uses, along with the natural swirls and paint brush strokes.

Jenny Saville is a British contemporary painter who is well known for her large-scale painted deceptions of nude women. She works and lives in Oxford, England. I quite like her 'messy' style of painting people but still keeping the realism.