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Luis Miguel Goitizolo

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Lifelike drawings by Zaria Forman
5/19/2014 2:31:22 AM
Lifelike images are actually drawings

Drawings by Zaria Forman

Yahoo News/Courtesy of Zaria FormanMay 14, 2014 3:00 PM


Greenland #63
50"x 75"
soft pastel on paper


Zaria Forman is a Brooklyn-based artist who creates life-like works of art by using pastel colors to draw. The representations you see here are all created delicately by finger.

The inspiration for my drawings began in early childhood when I traveled with my family throughout several of the world's most remote landscapes, which were the subject of my mother's fine art photography. After my formal training at Skidmore college I now exhibit extensively in galleries and venues throughout the United States and overseas.

In addition to exhibitions, recent projects include a series of drawings that served as the set design for the classic ballet Giselle, which premiered in October 2012 at the Grand Theatre of Geneva, Switzerland (see drawings and performance photos here). Ten of my drawings were also used in the set design for House of Cards, a Netflix TV series directed by David Fincher and starring Kevin Spacey.

In August 2012 I led Chasing the Light, an expedition sailing up the NW coast of Greenland, retracing the 1869 journey of American painter William Bradford and documenting the rapidly changing arctic landscape. Continuing to address climate change in my work, I spent September 2013 in the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, and arguably the most vulnerable to rising sea levels. (Zaria Forman)

Find more news related pictures on our photo galleries page.

Visit Zaria's website and follow her on Facebook. Limited edition prints are available.





Her mother was a photographer, but Zaria Forman employs another medium to make her art feel real.
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RE: Lifelike drawings by Zaria Forman
5/19/2014 2:41:38 AM

Two superb works where the sea waves play the main roles.



Maldives #1 (40"x 60", soft pastel on paper)


Maldives #2 (41"x 60", soft pastel on paper)


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RE: Lifelike drawings by Zaria Forman
5/19/2014 3:54:34 AM
Hi Miguel,

I like her work, checked her out on FB. Very nice

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Luis Miguel Goitizolo

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RE: Lifelike drawings by Zaria Forman
5/20/2014 1:48:49 AM

Thanks for showing up, Myrna. I too checked her work out on FB. I expect to bring some interesting images here. I might include a video.

Thanks again,

Miguel

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RE: Lifelike drawings by Zaria Forman
5/21/2014 1:59:42 AM

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Hyperrealistic seascape drawings by Zaria Forman

She traveled around the world with the artist photographer mother in her childhood years, and now Zaria Forman is an artist herself. Unlike her mother she doesn’t use a camera, but she can take pictures with soft pastels on paper that looks like photographs.

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Zaria Formen - Maldives #10 (soft pastel on paper, 45" x75")


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