Whether his subject was cats, dogs, raccoons, turtles, or the wonderful world of bugs, American artist Charley Harper made paintings filled with colour, motion, and fun. Careful study of each creature helped him simplify its form so that its unique personality shone through. The new Biodiversity in the Burbs jigsaw dozens of Harper’s whimsical, delightful creatures.
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Charley Harper (August 4 1922 - June 10, 2007) was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist. He was best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations.
In a style he called “minimal realism”, Charley Harper captures the essence of his subjects with the fewest possible visual elements. When asked to describe his unique visual style, Charley responded:
“When I look at a wildlife or nature subject, I don’t see the feathers in the wings, I just count the wings. I see exciting shapes, colour combinations, patterns, textures, fascinating behavior and endless possibilities for making interesting pictures. I regard the picture as an ecosystem in which all the elements are interrelated, interdependent, perfectly balanced, without trimming or unutilized parts; and herein lies the lure of the painting; in a world of chaos, the picture is one small rectangle in which the artist can create an ordered universe.”
