Edward Hopper has always been one of my favourite artists. He died in the 1960's but left the world luckily with many of his paintings which were mainly done in oils. However he was also known for his watercolour paintings too.
Hopper was known for mainly painting alone people who were in very simple day to day backgrounds or surroundings. Above we can see this in two backgrounds being bedrooms and another being a local bar on a night time. Hopper appeared to be able, like no other artist in my opinion, to create the essence of loneliness through a painting. The mixture of darks and light that flow with each painting and also how the people or one person is situated, seated, or looking always pin points a mood perfectly.
My favourite Edward Hopper painting is 'Night Hawks' which is the top picture above. The man who is sat with no company on the bar nearest the front of the painting has his head down, shadow cast upon him and is capturing that mood that Hopper always manages to create perfectly. The streets look bare and dark, giving the impression this is the last place open for this man to go. Not only do Hopper's paintings have personality but i also enjoy his painting style and colours. Nothing is massively precise within the pictures, but the colours and movement of the paint allows it to look real.
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