South Africa
• 1970
Biography
Jimmy Law is a South African artist born in 1979 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. He has a diploma in graphic design from the Technicon, Orange Free state.
Initially, he worked in a printing company for clothes and surfboards in Woodstock, then he became a freelance illustrator in the world of comics.
He practiced painting on the side but in 2008, he decided to dedicate himself to painting. In 2010, he drastically changed his approach and began to paint with large paint brushes. Indeed, he changed his style in a radical manner, moving from photo-realism to a more energetic type of painting, while being extremely accurate for the most important elements in his paintings, a look which was detached from his portraits and realized nudes in oil paint or acrylic.
His paintings are presented in several private collections around the world.
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Initially, he worked in a printing company for clothes and surfboards in Woodstock, then he became a freelance illustrator in the world of comics.
He practiced painting on the side but in 2008, he decided to dedicate himself to painting. In 2010, he drastically changed his approach and began to paint with large paint brushes. Indeed, he changed his style in a radical manner, moving from photo-realism to a more energetic type of painting, while being extremely accurate for the most important elements in his paintings, a look which was detached from his portraits and realized nudes in oil paint or acrylic.
His paintings are presented in several private collections around the world.
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1970