Daniel Richter

In my work I'm trying to get the figure down in one stroke, but I'm also just making faces out of whatever my hand initially marks to create distortion. There's a sense of first impression in the way he renders people, that creates this feeling of energy, of which I'm really into. There is also this anonymous feeling in each figure, something that I am trying to create in my own work. He's also creating a sense of crowd or population, that especially with the last piece I show of his, removes all sense of individual. The figures are of almost one identity, an element that I'm exploring in my works. He also makes me wonder how my pieces would be with more color