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4Me4You Features - - 'ADDICTED TO LOVE' .

ARTIST: Sara Pope.
ARTIST: Sara Pope.
ARTIST: Sara Pope.
ABOUT ME

4me4you visits Quantus Gallery which featured the artist - Sara Pope - 'ADDICTED TO LOVE'.

MY PROCESS

Contemporary artist Sara Pope is best known for her bold, seductive paintings of voluptuous lips. Taking inspiration from a successful career in the fashion industry as a shoe designer for brands such as Paul Smith, and also her work in magazines as a designer and art director, Sara aims to capture the sensuality and seductive power conveyed by the lips and mouth. Interested in questions of beauty, communication, and the notion of perfection, Sara uses the perspective of her commercial experience to explore these themes.

'ADDICTED TO LOVE'

Using these shots as inspiration she begins the artwork.

  • The starting point is a makeup brush and a lipstick. She paints the models’ lips, then, using tricks and techniques of makeup and lighting, she begins the process of creating the perfect lips. She asks the model, to express different emotions which she captures photographically.
  • The painting process involves several layers of thin oil-diluted paint being overlaid, blending and smoothing the colours extensively at every stage, sometimes also mixing lipstick into the paint. Emulating the stylistic slickness of advertising, the result is glossy, perfect and irresistible.

ARTIST: Sara Pope

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