Samuel Silva
Samuel Silva (born 1983)[1] is a lawyer from Portugal whose ball point pen drawings received "viral" recognition in 2012. He lives and works in the United Kingdom.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
Silva was born in Portugal,[5] and started drawing at the age of two, He continued to draw throughout his childhood and teenage years. He attended Law School[6] and has been practicing law since 2007.[7] He has no formal art training.
Career
Silva began posting scans of his drawings on the website Deviant Art.[8] In 2012 his realistic art[9] created with ballpoint pens[10] and received attention from a number of news outlets and magazines around the world, including the Toledo Free Press,[5] the Huffington Post, the Herald, and Scientific American.[2]
Silva's drawings are created with cross-hatching and minute detail, and are sometimes mistaken for photographs.[11] His drawings are recreations of existing photographs.
References
- ^ "Samuel Silva Creates Extraordinary Art Using Only Ballpoint Pens (PHOTOS)". Travelers Today, Aug 23, 2012
- ^ a b " Artists Play With Light and Shadows to Trick the Eye". Scientific American Feb 14, 2013 |By Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L. Macknik
- ^ "This is Not a Photograph: Amazing Portrait Drawn with Ballpoint Pens by Samuel Silva". This is Colossal, by Christopher Jobson on August 22, 2012
- ^ "Amazing artist creates lifelike drawings with ballpoint pens". Mirror UK. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
- ^ a b "The pen is mightier: Artist’s ink drawings resemble photographs". Toledo Free Press, Written by Jeff McGinnis
- ^ "Interview with ballpoint pen hyper-realism artist Samuel Silva". LoState Minor/ Inigo del Castillo in New Illustration on 22 February 2014
- ^ "Portuguese lawyer takes world by storm with brilliant biro masterpieces". The Portugal News, by Carrie-Marie Bratley, in News · 30-08-2012
- ^ "Amazingly, this is a drawing made with ballpoint pens, not a photograph". Herald Sun Simon Crerar, News Corp Australia Network August 23, 2012
- ^ "Artist Samuel Silva's Incredible Photorealistic Ballpoint Pen Drawings (PHOTOS)". The Huffington Post | By Hallie Sekoff 08/23/2012
- ^ " Pictured: Amazing artist creates lifelike drawings with ballpoint pens" Mirror, 9 April 2014 By Ben Burrows
- ^ "Brilliant Biro doodles are perfect for any picture". Express. Rick Seniey.