Artist Dominic Philibert Portfolio Reel - Digital Artist, illustrator, Caricature Artist

Dominic is a Guest Artist in New Caricature Drawing Book by Anthony Geoffroy, preview it here.

Once in every generation -- once (?) -- fortunately, it's even better! Everyone, in every generation, is born with an immanent sense of joy and wonder and the drive to recreate the immediacy of his/her existence; life seen via the naïveté of children. Nut how many of us stay connected to that wonder, that precious honest cognition? Dominic, through opportunity, deep inclination and constant daily effort, is one of the few who brings the sight and discipline of the adult, with the verve of the adolescent and the 'now' of the child to a constant and delightful yield.

Look at Dominic's works. We know who they (his characters) are, but we also know what they're feeling and, more often than not, what they're about to do next. They are so much a product of 'this' moment that we anticipate their next. That's not portraiture, that's alchemy, that's enchantment (albeit an enchantment informed and reinforced with lots and lots of hard work, effort and understanding). It's not distortion, but revelation.

Dominic paints moments of truth. Moments of truth with huge glasses, titanic chins and beady peering eyes... and yet this Frankenstein comedy, like all good comedies, attracts us, amuses us, and then reveals the truth in a way that no photo, no press release, no Biopic would. Thomas Edison said, "Genius [and the success it brings] is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration", and Dominic certainly draws deeply on each to achieve his caricatures. But Dominic's real alchemy is such that we can share, we can witness that same inspiration when we look at this work -- he just spares us all the effort. What a nice chap! ~Nigel Bell

Dominic is available for commissions. Please contact him via the following points of contact. http://dominicphilibert.blogspot.com  and on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dominic.philibert