Steven Torrisi

Lines, darkness, light — defines and confines these depiction’s much like life. How each plays off the other dominates my little gray cells where imagination and possibility await realization or frustration. Simple graphite and white charcoal sells this artist’s conundrum nicely. Two-tone constraints does wonders for stoking creativity and difficulty, a perception shaded by the Dürer grid method but an absolute rule broken when circumstance and effect demands color’s power absolutely. Sticking with the Renaissance masters, I don’t care for ultra-realistic fine pencil work. Impressive, but I want my scribbles looking like drawings not faux photographs. Drawing inside and outside the box, subtle cross-hatching or the tattoo artists needle-like tapping affords enough detail reproduction to awe not mislead the senses.

An expanded line of double-sided t-shirts are available at http://www.printfection.com/thecornerartist. Certain originals are available too for sale but only genuinely interested parties please. Or, perhaps you want something custom-drawn, I do commissions. Female figuratives and portraits a specialty. (go to steventorrisi.redbubble.com or e-mail me at thecornerartist@aol.com for prices, terms, and conditions.)

Cheers
Steve (aka the “corner artist”)

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