GREGORY MACHNESS

A great example of someone who has a strong foundation in painting with VALUE, Machness is also able to "loosen up" in these paintings. Notice how he manipulates the SHARP and SOFT edges to create a visual distortion of the image......very cool effect.
He was just on the cover of Communication Arts Magazine's Illustration Annual! A very high honor, that will send lots of illustration work his way-

See more of his work here @ http://www.richardsolomon.com/artists/gregory-manchess/?id=1244

Here's his website @ http://www.manchess.com/

And a video of him painting the image above, here @ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OVU7tKxki8

Listen to how he talks about "sculpting" the forms in his painting with VALUE, then playing with colors AFTERWARDS. He also talks about how creative people think "differently", and that ability to ENVISION inspires others.