Original Reference Image for Iconic Painting Sculpture

The artist process is often a vague endeavor that is kept behind closed doors and not shared with the public. Here is an opportunity to purchase a key element in the art-making methodology. Emerging artist, Laura Lineback, constructs her paintings by first obtaining an objective through her visionary genius. Once the idea has blossomed, she then creates a reference image to be the visual literacy to create the painting from. This inkjet print is exactly what the artist used to create her sold and well-known self-portrait painting "pauper artifex mundi". Akin to the Renaissance artists Lineback was influenced by, the artist has used geometry and perspective to grid out her drawing right onto the printed paper. By applying the visual vocabulary and conventions of glorification, history, wealth and prestige to the subject matter drawn from the urban fabric, the subjects and stylistic references for her paintings are juxtaposed inversions of each other, forcing ambiguity and provocative perplexity to pervade this imagery. THE FRAME PICTURED IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS SALE