This origami oil painting of a horse arrives framed and ready to hang via the pictured wooden frame secured by 30lb wire and d-rings. Paintings also include a Certificate of Authenticity attached to the back of the painting. Paintings are professionally packaged and insured during shipment.
I hand-painted this oil painting directly onto a Richeson gessoed panel. Panels were the industry standard of oil painting way back when, they allow the artist to capture details and are excellent surfaces for realistic oil painting. I enjoyed making the textured concrete in his painting. Often I feel challenged by a painting before I even begin, however, to create the details one often just has to put the effort in, there are rarely easier ways to paint this level of detail than to paint it with a tiny brush. This analogy is also true of life.
Q. Where did you get the inspiration for this Origami Horse Painting?
I used to fold origami all the time as a child. I’d make intricate paper animals when I was bored in class. It felt right to make a series of Origami paintings that combined the many avenues of art that I’ve practiced. Origami, photography, and painting. When I painted this series I imagined it would make an excellent addition to a kid's room. I've always felt that the environment that someone grows up in can heavily influence their development. Even later in life, I feel anxiety when a room is too messy. a home should be somewhere where you want to be. I love getting lost in paintings.
Q. How were you pushing your boundaries as an artist?
I learned a lot about painting by painting this series. My previous artwork was a lot looser. The rigid photo-realistic style for this series further developed my skills as an artist. For this oil painting, I had to learn how to fold an Origami Horse. Then there was actively taking the reference photos in the dead of night. This is not necessarily hard to do but 10 years ago the camera technology was not as good as it is today.
Q. How does this oil painting make you feel?
Origami reminds me of my childhood. I’m attempting to create something beautiful while simultaneously trying to convey the feeling of something impermanent or fragile.
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Cedric Chambers is best known for blending AI, digital photographs, and composite images into the reference materials for his oil paintings. Frequently utilizing metal panels as his canvas, Chambers builds up layers of color over months and sometimes years.
Chambers has said, "Artificial Intelligence is the most significant innovation to influence oil painting since the invention of the handheld camera in the 1880s."
Born in 1990, Cedric Alessandro Chambers is a Bolivian-American oil painter. He holds a BFA and an MBA from MSU Denver.
