James Bullough is an American born artist living and working in Berlin, Germany. His studio paintings, and huge monumentally scaled site-specific murals combine delicately handled realistic portraiture with harsh graphic distortion and abstraction. Inspired by the gritty urban graffiti he saw as a youth growing up in Washington, DC, Bullough harnessed it’s energy and edge while teaching himself more traditional realistic oil painting techniques by studying the Old Masters. Combining the momentum of the one and the technical precision of the other, his work is about staging compelling contrasts and juxtapositions. Wether working with spray paint on massive facades or oils in his studio, Bullough’s work strikes a delicate balance between realistic portraiture and stylized distortions, straddling the space between traditional and contemporary.
James completed our mural in around 12 days with assistance from Thomas Turner out of Atlanta, Georgia. The process of creating such a large mural, measuring 10x33 meters (35x110 feet), is as impressive as the final work of art, please watch the full time-lapse video to get a deeper appreciation for what James and Thomas pulled off in such a short period of time.
You can follow both James and Thomas online to view their past and future projects.
James Bullough
http://jamesbullough.com
https://www.instagram.com/james_bullough
Thomas Turner
http://thomasturnerart.com
https://www.instagram.com/thomasturner_tt