Yuriy Shevchuk - Artist analysis

Yuri Shevchuk is a Ukrainian painter who attended the Kiev Art School and later the prestigious Kiev Architectural Academy. Among a few other select things, Yuri's passion has been jazz music. This aspect of his life has lead him to produce some stunning pieces of art full of soul, passion, energy and character of performing instrument players.

Here is one example of some of his work; for this, he sketched the picture of the guitarist with his instrument and added watercolour paint for the tones. What catches the viewer's eye with this piece is how he has blown on the wet watercolour paint away from the guitarist to show a sense of energy and eccentric movement, capturing the moment of performance and gives the painting a whole sense of liveliness.

This is another example of his fine work. As a musician myself, I hope to show as much passion for playing my instrument as Shevchuk shows his passion for music through the medium of art. The deep red colours indicate the passion and love this artist has for Jazz music. It also expresses the energy that is radiated from these musicians. 

These pieces have inspired me to use this technique of water colour and blowing the wet paint to create a sense of motion to my own work.