In my recent updates, my main focus has been three-dimensional chalk art. However, the world of street art is far more diverse than this. There exists a plethora of talented artists and dazzling paintings out there, so this post would probably conclude my venture into the marvelous world of three-dimesional chalk art.
My third and final favorite 3-d pavement chalk artist is a British guy named Julian Beever. An internationally recognized artist, he has done several commission murals and painted around the world. In fact, Beever’s images have been posted and displayed for all the public to see around the Internet. You may recognize some of his pictures from chain emails, websites such as Flickr, Tumblr, and various art journals. [Insert pictures here] In the first post, I listed 2 of the pictures supposedly done by painter Kurt Wenner. However, these are wrongly attributed. The coke and the superman painting were actually created by Julian Beever, one of the masters of modern chalk illusion.“My art is for everybody,” Beever once commented. The paintings created by Wenner, Muller, Beever, and countless other aspiring 3-d street artists are not hung up to admire in a gallery, or framed and priced. Art like this is not carefully protected and watched over by guards, but rather peered at by pedestrians and left to the mercy of the elements. That might be one of the most rewarding parts of 3-d art: having the ability to create such a stunning illusion that blends into its surroundings and makes people stop and stare in awe.
Personally, I have never actually attempted 3-d chalk art myself. Perhaps someday, I should take out my old box of colored chalk, sit in front of my house, and try to produce some painting like those of the internationally recognized masters of chalk. Perhaps I can learn a bit of illusion, and make my paintings come alive.
