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Salvador Dali
Born: May 11, 1904
Death: Jan. 23,1989
Location: Spain
Style: Surrealism
Spanish artist, Dali is known for his
outlandish pieces of art. His subject matter
includes everyday objects portrayed in very
unique in otherwise questionable forms.
Vibrant colors and focus created a whole
other world. Some of his art is so far out
there that it seems as if he were on some
sort of hallucinogenic drugs.

Techniques

Im not on drugs,
I am drugs. - Dali

Reginald Baylor
Born: Nov. 1966
Death:

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Location: Milwaukee, WI.

Style: Fine Art
Local Milwaukee artist with a unique body of art.
Baylor creates graphic style works. His love and focus
for lines allows his style to show and create beautiful
pieces that capture the eye because of seemingly
random lines. Some of his art kind of reminds me of
blind contour portraits.

Techniques

acrylic on canvas

3D

graphite on paper

Reginald Baylor uses multiple mediums in his artworks. Ranging from acrylic on
canvas, 3D sculptural pieces, ink on paper, graphite on paper...etc. Yet, they all
still contain his signature style. Although each technique contains the same
linear style, it still manages to give off a different sort of feeling to each work.

Shepard Fairey
Born:
Feb. 15, 1970
Death: --Location: Charleston, SC
Style: Street Art, Fine art, graphic artist
Street art punk icon, Shepard Fairey emerged
from an era of street art and is trying to legitimize
the art form by bringing the street art into art
galleries. His art career began when he started
making t-shirts with his art during his skate/punk
phase. He became known for his ICON sticker
when as a joke he created an Andre the Giant
stencil when a friend asked him to teach him how
to create a stencil. The ICON has now become a
world symbol for Fairey and his Obey franchise.

Techniques

Print making
(ink on paper, screenprint)

Wheat Paste
Spraypaint Stencil

The Persistence of
Memory features one of
his more traditional
background of a
landscape scene and
some sort of weird
element as Dali is used
to incorporating.

A lot of his work

(surrealist) makes us
question how we
perceive the
message and just
make us question
WHY?... Why are
the clocks melting?
why are they in the
middle of the
desert?

Includes 4 clocks
melting in an
otherwise empty
desert scene to
convey an
irregular
perception of time
we experience
when dreaming.

The Persistence of Memory, 1931, Dali

http://www.dalipaintings.net/persistence-of-memory.jsp

iconic images from

pop culture and
recognizable
images from our
day to day life.

linear shapes and

patterns
Cool Colors:
Greens, Blues
Warm Colors:
Yellows, Reds,
Browns

forms and depth

are created using
different line
shapes

High Contrast
clash between
colors, lines and
shapes

End Freeway A Love Story About Jimmy and Sarah, Reginald Baylor
http://static1.squarespace.
com/static/540dd37fe4b0c01ba4014941/543d726ae4b00ba13528288
5/54469b07e4b0945f4be79a14/1414512072287/End-Freeway-ALove-Story-About-Jimmy-and-Sarah.jpg?format=1500w

conveys a strong
message with a
max of up to two
(2) words

creates texture and the

illusion of form with
linear and stencilled
shapes transitioning
from one color to the
next allowing highlights
and shadows to be seen
with the transitions.

Signature color palette

His simple and unique color
palette allows his work to be
recognized world wide. His
graphic like allows for a clean
and recognizable style

Shepard Fairey

uses his icon which

appears in most of his
posters/designs

brighter color and different

shades
line work allows for depth

Bold shapes and lines

Simple color choices
Both pieces focus on
females
colorful empty
background
capture the emotion of
their subject matter
give off a POP ART
vibe in these two works

signature color palette; cream,

mustard yellow, red, and black
focused on the empowerment
of its subject matter and tries
to give it a voice

Conclusion
Overall my body of work created over the past two years
was affected by the 3 artists I chose to talk about in this
comparative study. Upon initial research they affected me
enough to try and emulate their styles, even in the smallest
bit.

Works Cited
http://www.reginaldbaylorstudio.com/bio/
http://www.streetartbio.com/#!shepardfairey/cd7u
http://www.biography.com/people/salvadordal-40389