Artist Reference: Mitzie Green

Contemporary artist Mitzie Green specialises in a variety of topics: Flowers, Figures, Landscapes and Seascapes but it's her Townscape work that appeals to me. I particularly like her use of colour and the way she chooses to use bright, vibrant colours to highlight the fact that her paintings are modern. I also like how she uses similar colours in each of her paintings as a way to link them together. Although her style is different to my usual work, I do find her work visually interesting and wanted to experiment with it myself.

'Piazza, Rome I' Acrylic on Canvas

'Piazza, Rome III' Acrylic on Canvas

"I am a neat and tidy person and rather than fighting this, I felt I might as well make use of it and therefore began to look at towns and architecture with renewed interest. I pay particular attention to the horizon line of buildings with their strong verticals, horizontals, diagonals and trapeze shapes."
Mitzie Green

'San Giminiano' Acrylic 72x63cm

After looking at some of her work on her website, I came to like Mitzie Green's pieces more and more. I wanted to try and recreate one of her paintings in a similar style using the same techniques as she does in her own work. I am pleased with the end result and I think the combination of paint and collage works well and plan to experiment with this further throughout the project. The images above show the original painting by Mitzie Green and the different stages my own painting went through to get to the final outcome.

Mitzie Green Official Website: http://www.mitziegreen.co.uk/