John Urso

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Acrylic 24 in x 48 in, Beach House by John Urso was awarded Outstanding Acrylic in the October 2024 BoldBrush Art Contest & Exhibit.

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Biography

I am obsessed with painting! I love making realistic art and the challenges associated in manipulating color and value to make something look more breathtaking than any photograph ever could. I am inspired by past and present artists to include the late 1800s John Singer Sargent and William Bouguereau, mid-1900s illustrators N. C. Wyeth and Norman Rockwell, and contemporary realists Alex Venezia and Renato Muccillo, among others.

Acrylic paint is my medium of choice on canvas and occasionally wood panels. Acrylic paint has the thick consistency of oil paint, the fluidity of watercolor, and it dries quickly. I have used oils in the past but have transitioned to acrylic over the years.

My process starts by sketching out some ideas for subject matter and basic composition. Then I gather reference photos, followed by making several small painting studies to refine the values and color palette and to get comfortable painting all the details in the reference photos. For the final painting I start with an underpainting using burnt umber or burnt sienna to establish the drawing and initial values. Finally, I apply color paint, working the whole painting at one time by moving fluidly around very quickly with large brush strokes and then fine-tuning detail with smaller brushes towards the end.

I make my own frames for nearly all the paintings by using wood trim, acrylic paint, wood stain, and a polyurethane sealant. All my paintings are framed (or in the process of being framed) and ready to hang.

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