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| Richard Phillips 'Peel' 1996 Oil on linen 198 x 218cm |
Richard Phillips, an American painter, born in Massachusetts in 1962,
was commissioned by MAC cosmetics in 2009 to produce a version
of one of his own hyperrealistic paintings using MAC's latest cosmetic
colour pigments and products, including their 'In the Gallery' eyeshadow.
Employing the retouching technical expertise of Pascal Dangin, the
renowned digital airbrushing artist, Richard Phillips produced 'Der
Bodensee', a vivid, super hyperrealistic painting based on a
photograph, executed to highly glossy, digital effect. Advancing the
medium of painting in this way, Richard Phillips' work has always been
influenced by photographs and adverts he finds of women in fashion or
other magazines from the late Sixties and early Seventies in particular.
Although often provocative, you admire the skill of his paintings at
Although often provocative, you admire the skill of his paintings at
first. 'Peel' (1996, above) is a painting of his I admire the most for it's
beauty in detail, colour and close-up.
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