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Gary Cantor Art

Gary Cantor Art

Del Mar, California Artist

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Artist’s Statement

I have been a painter all my life – my medium for many years was oil paint on canvass. In the 1970’s I painted with acrylics on canvass and on plexiglass – and in the 1990’s I went to the computer and began painting with pixels on a screen. 

Gary Cantor

The images displayed on this site are drawn freehand using a mouse with a laptop attached to a TV monitor.

Most often I create my paintings with a black digital line on a white ground. I freely allow the line to guide my hand and follow the pattern that comes forth. In time shapes appear and in further time a subject appears.

Then I determine what I have drawn and from the determination I develop my painting. I rework the new image until I have a composition that is ready to be “decorated.”

I then fill the positive and negative spaces with color and values, shades and patterns that aesthetically appeal to me. I readjust and juxtapose these elements until, once again, they appeal to my aesthetics.

Then and only then, do I give the work a title that describes what I have subconsciously done thus  bringing the image into a consciousness that the viewer can better understand.

There are other times I have an idea for an image – and I set out to accomplish that visual goal. I still let the lines guide my hand, but I do add some control to direct the lines to achieve more objectivity in that I want the final work to represent my original vision.

In general my colors are pure and tend to be on the bright side – I like color. I normally do not use shading and only do so if it enhances the colors themselves and not to show dimension.

I am subjective about the shape, size, and placement of things including facial characteristics, figure proportions and that would include limbs, hands, feet, etc.

I dress up my paintings with the wonderful patterns and textures one can only get with digital art techniques. I like juxtaposing a flat surface against a patterned one.

I am not on any social media, so the only way of exposing my work to others is for you, if you feel so inclined, to forward my work to your family and friends. I know it will make my major “patron” happy.

Thank for your time and attention.

Gary Cantor

Major Patrons

I would like to give credit to some of my major patrons who I have not yet recognized, who hold major collections of my earlier work, and who gave me the recognition to keep going.

  • Chris and Dr. Roland Blantz
  • Dennis Cantor
  • Ron Gerber
  • Jay and Susan Golding
  • Randy Gruber
  • Henry Haimsohn
  • Howard Koosed
  • Leo Zuckerman

Pricing, Painting & Prints

Tea Time
Vaudevillian Soft Shoe Act
Surfer 102
If Castro Could Only See Us Now
Calculations

Pricing

8 inch x 8 inch, $90.00

12 inch x 12 inch, $140.00

18 inch x 18 inch, $200.00

20 inch x 20 inch, $250.00

Contact the Artist

For more information or to make a purchase, contact Gary.

Digital Painting

Digital Painting is an art form in which traditional painting are applied using a computer. The artist uses painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer. To print a giclee print, a 12 color inkjet printer squirts special pigments (not dyes) onto archival quality material – 100% cotton paper, linen rag, or canvas. Because of the pigments and quality print medium, giclee prints demonstrate longevity with fade-resistant colors.

Giclee Prints

The beauty of a giclee print is that each reproduction is as true to the original as possible, and a lot of that has to do with the 12 colors of the printer. Printers with 12 colors are better suited to accurately recreating the original look of the image. This is especially important if you are planning on selling your artwork or entering it into competitions. As a bonus, an artist is no longer limited to selling just the original; s/he can sell as many copies as desired. As such, giclee prints are suitable for both printing of digital photographs as well as creating copies of original art.

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