I've never seen the work of Justin Mortimer before, but after looking at his paintings I felt very inspired. The last painting above was the most startling, but like a lot of his other work it is very graphic and moving. You can tell he is definitely trying to get a point across in every single painting. I was also very intrigued by his work because he has such a graphic style while depicting the figure. His use of strong black and white contrasts draws the viewer in, especially in the second work. I love the portrait of the boy and girl because there is a definite attitude coming through the work. I had to look twice at each of the portraits because the figures are so realistic they look like photographs. It is obvious that he does a lot of studies in pencil before he applies to paint to finish the piece. The poses of the figures aren't ordinary, but rather challenging, just like the concepts that Mortimer is bringing up through his work.
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