Original artwork description:

"James Earley is one of the most important artists in the world today" The Contemporary Art Curator Magazine 2019

"Joes' Wall" is an oil on canvas painting of Joe Crow. Joe is homeless and he lives on the streets of Winchester. Joe is one of the most gentle guys that I have ever encountered. He lives every second of his life and every second of his life is full of fear, anxiety, joy and hope.

I wanted the painting to shout and scream at those in power who do not help the homeless and who are happy for the homeless to be invisible, to fade away.
Joe fades into the graffiti yet his smile, his hope dominate the picture as they do in real life.

I wanted to paint "Joe's Wall" in a realism style using oil paints on canvas. I wanted to create a documentary of the consequences of poverty.
I primed the canvas in red paint and started building the layers of the oil painting initially using large brushes and gradually decreasing the size of the brushes until I used single hair brushes for the smallest of detail.


ORIGINAL ART BY James Earley- "Joe's Wall" is an original oil painting. Only the highest quality archival fine art grade oil paints are used (Michael Harding Oil Paints).
The painting will come with a signed Certificate Of Authenticity.

READY TO HANG- The painting is framed in a hand crafted bespoke frame and is ready to hang.

SHIPPING- The painting is professionally packaged and shipped within 7 working days. The Tracking Code is provided

Materials used:

oil paint

Tags:

#oil painting #fine art #graffiti #photorealism #hyperrealism #emotive #emotional portrait #graffiti art #political #hyper realistic #documentary #hyper real painting #chuck close #homeless face #homelessman 

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