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Barbara Morse (1947-2003) American - Billiard Balls - Drawing - Hyperrealism.
Barbara Morse (1947-2003)
American artist.
Billiard Balls.
Graphite on heavy paper, signed lower right.
21 x 20 cm.
Barbara Morse (born in 1947 in Bridgeport, CT, died in 2023 in Amherst, NH) was a graphite artist from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Her interest in and commitment to art lasted her entire life, beginning at a young age. Morse attended Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut, for two years after high school. She then worked as a freelance illustrator for over a dozen years, working for advertising agencies, magazines, and on editorial assignments. She eventually turned to fine art, which had always been her first love. Morse believed that when you find the medium you truly love after years of searching, it also brings with it the ability to express yourself. Her personal strength as an artist lay in her work with graphite, and she dedicated considerable time to developing her specific style of realism and level of quality. She uses Bristol board with a smooth finish and leads ranging from HB to 4B. Acrylic paints are used in washes when color is employed to highlight a part of the drawing. Her works take between fifty and two hundred hours to complete, depending on their size and the level of detail involved. Morse has mastered this medium and has taken great pleasure in seeing a work come to life before her eyes. Her style of concentration was strongly influenced by artists Ken Davies and Paul Lipp, two of her teachers at Payer.
American artist.
Billiard Balls.
Graphite on heavy paper, signed lower right.
21 x 20 cm.
Barbara Morse (born in 1947 in Bridgeport, CT, died in 2023 in Amherst, NH) was a graphite artist from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Her interest in and commitment to art lasted her entire life, beginning at a young age. Morse attended Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut, for two years after high school. She then worked as a freelance illustrator for over a dozen years, working for advertising agencies, magazines, and on editorial assignments. She eventually turned to fine art, which had always been her first love. Morse believed that when you find the medium you truly love after years of searching, it also brings with it the ability to express yourself. Her personal strength as an artist lay in her work with graphite, and she dedicated considerable time to developing her specific style of realism and level of quality. She uses Bristol board with a smooth finish and leads ranging from HB to 4B. Acrylic paints are used in washes when color is employed to highlight a part of the drawing. Her works take between fifty and two hundred hours to complete, depending on their size and the level of detail involved. Morse has mastered this medium and has taken great pleasure in seeing a work come to life before her eyes. Her style of concentration was strongly influenced by artists Ken Davies and Paul Lipp, two of her teachers at Payer.
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