Artist: Adnate

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Location: Armadale Central Shopping Centre, Memorial Park, Armadale

Asset Type: Mural

Provenance: City of Armadale

Description: Adnate is an artist who realises his portraits in spray paint. He has moved past his roots in street art, utilising the medium to carry his realist style into the fine art realm. Heavily influenced by the chiaroscuro of Renaissance painters like Caravaggio, Adnate embraces portraiture like the masters of the 17th Century.

Elevating graffiti art above the level of letter writing, Adnate’s subject matter and their subsequent status often belies the intent of his portraits. His works are often cropped by evocative slices of vibrant colour, channelling a presence of character, much like a still life uses its background as a setting for detail and showing fine brushstrokes. Adnate’s realism is highlighted by the use of what appears careless, but is frequently calculated, blocks of vibrant colour.