Jenny Saville is a British artist, best know for her large scale paintings and life drawings.
The thing that strikes me most about her work is her unique way of arranging her models, often using a sheet of glass or perhaps a window to get a view that would otherwise be impossible.
Using the glass, the models press themselves up against the surface, this gives quite an interesting perspective for drawing and would most likely be different every time.
I think her work is very unique, and definately not something Ive seen from other artist before.
And not just this, but the other ways she positions her models and even expands the picture with her imagination makes for yet more interesting works.
An example of this would be this piece, where the models are positioned so close that their skin is pressed up against each others in places, and Jenny has actually turned them into conjoined twins.
I have personally been the subject of a GCSE piece a few years ago, where me and my twin sister had to model like this for a student, who had chosen Jenny Saville to be her projects' inspired artist.
Another thing to note would be the way she uses colour, which she purposely doesn't blend together in places, which leaves a somewhat rugged or in some cases injured look.
Overall I personally think her artwork is some of the most interesting Ive ever seen among artists, and certainly takes life drawing to her own level.
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