paulnormansell
one of the hottest emerging artists
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subtle shapes and hidden images within patterns to full portraits made up of fragments of colour, similar to in execution to large scale pointillist paintings. In order to implement greater
They gained him some high profile
fashion assignments including portraits of supermodels Kate Moss and Agyness Deyn. This work caught the attention of major fashion brands after being featured in some of the most desirable style journals. In 2008, Paul was personally
approached by Brandon Flowers, frontman of US rock band The Killers. A fan of Paul’s work, Flowers commissioned him to create the cover artwork for their third album ‘Day & Age’, which is now multi-platinum, having sold over 3 million copies to date. Rolling Stone Magazine championed the artwork voting it as ‘the best album cover of the year.’
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Paul’s unmistakable artwork has developed over several years. First producing abstract pieces from patterns of dots and circles, the natural progression of his style led
Paul to incorporate images within them. As he experimented more with imagery, he moved from creating
detail and tonal variation into his work the time required to execute a full painting increased from days to weeks, to the point where hundreds of hours were needed to paint a full image made up of individual dots. “To paint each dot individually takes as long as it takes - they’re all different in size, shape and colour, and all applied freehand using a fine brush. There’s no shortcut for that unfortunately.” Paul decided he wanted to use his unique approach to produce portraits of some famous faces known for their intrinsic beauty. His aim was to achieve statement pieces with an almost synthetic, polished feel, placing each face in the artistic equivalent of a media spotlight.
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