An insightful article on Edward Hopper, whose work is currently on exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Through January 21, 2008, is found over at The Weekly Standard.
Being an illustrator at heart and by training, I have always had a happy response to Hopper’s work. I understand and am inspired by his concern with light and shadow, defining his forms through value contrasts and the principles of light logic. He was sort of a granddad of the “painters of light”. His work had clarity and his form always supported his storytelling. Even in his sketchbooks he clarified light, shadow and reflected light to distinguish form and create mood.
The cover story is worth checking out, and so is his work.
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