Black and White Art by RosWebbART

I am an artist painting figurative art; and sharing my work with you on hub pages. I have a variety of styles of which I often chop and change ; such is the nature of a fickle artist!

I take a whole range of influences and mix them up to produce my art ; and I'm continually inspired by others and their work; without the risk of plagiarism; I beg; steal and borrow from everything.

I am unable to paint slow so my work appears full of movement and hopefully doesn't appear as if I've rushed it. The work is me and I am the work... corny; but true.

This is a short selection of my black and white work.

As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it absolutely. Vincent van Gogh

I love black and white art ; and the impact it has on the viewer. I often use ink on paper for quick results and the outcome is often more pleasing than paintings I have laboured over. Work that I have considered just a sketch have formed the basic of a series of paintings and have even become the main painting to a series.I think that is the beauty of black and white art; I'm always attracted to it; and a black and white photo appeals to me far more than a colour photograph.

The painting above was done for an art group I am a member of; it was done in haste in order to fulfil a deadline ; but I was pleased with results and the outcome.I was depicting a famous superstore in America that is low brow.. to say the least; so I took it and made it glamorous; as shopping for groceries is never glamorous.

I've been 40 years discovering that the Queen of all colours is black. Auguste Renoir

Black and white portraits have a double impact ; you leave behind the distraction of colour to look into the person you are painting and reveal their character.

Portraits are not my strong point ; this one was a friend of mine called Amanda ; it is one of the few portraits that actually looked like the person I'm painting ; I have a selection of portraits that look nothing like the person I'm painting.

I cannot say portraits interest me but I will attempt them every now and again; and usually always in black and white ; if I had the complication of colour ; then the person would be lost.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for.Georgia O'Keeffe

Why we are drawn to black and white photography more than a colored photo? is it the artistic merits that are revealed in a black and white picture; and the depth of expression that cannot be revealed in a colour photograph; maybe that is what captivates us and draws us in.

This black and white painting of a dancer ;did eventually become a colourful red picture ; I felt only red could express the passion of the dancer and her movement; I liked her in black and white but loved her more in colour; she now resides in California accompanying an artist in her studio; sending out the powerful vibe of passion and joy.

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.Pablo Picasso

This drawing was originally a fashion illustration ; but the flow of the ink and the lack of detail ; made me abandon the detail and go for the expression. I love ink and mixing it with paint and water gives it a fluid quality that is unique to ink; and makes it a joy to work with.

Art is long, life is short. A picture can become for us a highway between a particular thing and a universal feeling. Lawren Hart

I love monotone paintings that when looked at it detail actually have many colours within them; this painting called 'red wine' appears monotone but on further inspection actually is full of yellows; greens; browns and reddish browns.

Every good painter paints what he is.Jackson Pollock

There is something of the artist in all the work they produce ; I am often asked if a painting I've done is me ; and although I never paint myself ; there is a piece of me in all the work whether that is a desire ; a feeling or a thought transferred onto paper.

This picture was not intended to be me ; but everyone asks if it is me ; so I have decided it is me; whether I like it or not.