The Art of Mel Ramos

Mel Ramos (1935 –) is an American artist, born in Sacramento, California. He, along with other artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg and James Rosenquist, produced art works that celebrated the aspects of popular culture as represented in mass media. His paintings were shown along with theirs in major Pop Art exhibitions both in the United States and in Europe. (Ramos,

The Art of Chuck Close

Chuck Close (1940 - present) is a painter and photographer, capturing his subjects using very unusual techniques. He creates works of art based on the faces of his friends, which eventually turn into dramatically over sized portraits that are nine feet tall. In addition to himself, his sitters range from strangers to family to young artist friends. The subjects weren’t supposed to be