28. Chuck Close

• Painter, printmaker, photographer
  
• Starts with a photo as a reference and then breaks it down into small squares, reducing it to its simplest elements. He has used up to 28 blocks to create one print and a print can take up to two years to complete
  
• 'Emma' (2002), woodcut,113-color woodblock Ukiyo-e print found at
  

http://www.chuckclose.coe.uh.edu/life/gallery.html