Noah Verrier has been dubbed the “Manet of fast food”, and a single glance at his paintings will tell you how he earned this nickname. The oil painting technique he relies on has been around for centuries, but his subjects are completely modern since he specializes in painting our favorite comfort foods.
Verrier is an artist from Tallahassee, Florida, who used to work as an art professor before his paintings blew up on social media. He explored everything from still life to portraits and landscapes in his work, drawing inspiration from the realists of the late 19th century, before finding his go-to subject in our favorite comfort foods.
The majority of Verrier’s paintings these days put a classic twist on junk food, but that’s not stopping them from looking like fine art.
“There’s a loving care you can give to these objects. There’s the idea that the subject doesn’t matter, but maybe through this wet-on-wet, alla prima technique, and through gesture, you can inject some kind of emotion. You’re putting yourself into that piece, even if it’s cheesy, and that’s why it works,” he told Artnet.
Verrier’s art attracted many high-profile buyers after he found viral success, and he went on to collaborate with numerous famous fast-food brands, such as Burger King, Dunkin, Popeyes, and Little Caesars.
