In America, it is often believed that you may not use bank notes or coins to make art. The reality is that while you may deface currency for the sake of art, you may not put the coins or notes back into circulation, or claim that they are worth more than they originally were worth. […]
Stella Im Hultberg works in mixed media; combining ink, watercolor and acrylic to create masterful works of art. Her paintings often depict a peaceful, dreamy woman surrounded by flowers, as though every thought and feeling of the girl is made of the soft petals of these flowers. Hultberg’s use of pale skin tones offset by […]
American illustrator and fine artist Kelly McKernan paints women in imaginative worlds other than our own. Each of her scenes includes, as she says on her website; a woman and a world. These women either interact with the world around them or they seem to look off-page, over the viewer’s shoulder, as if there is […]
Crazy Frenchman Sebastien Feraut (aka Niark1) creates cheerfully mad paintings, illustrations and graffiti murals in his signature style. He uses geometric designs, cartoonish characters, text and psychedelic patterns to build each of his designs. The result is a mind-blowing mash-up of images that the artist has somehow managed to render in a legible form. Monsters […]
“Scribe” is the nick of American artist Donald Ross who has put his dynamic talents to use creating graffiti wall murals, children’s book illustrations and fine art paintings. He chose the nick Scribe because he incorporates folk tales, fantasy parables and biblical references in his artworks, turning these stories into visual works of art. Scribe brings […]
UK artist Dan Kitchener has developed his own art style. He begins by designing a scene in his sketchbook and then turns to his computer to create a digital painting in Photoshop. The result is a combination of classic comic book art styles and art software styles, a fusion that creates a densely saturated image, unlike […]
Dutch artist Marcel Witte specializes in photorealistic paintings of personified animals. This video shows the making of one of his paintings, called “Gracious”, in which a lion gently carries a baby lamb with unexpected tenderness and gentleness. Like all of Marcel Witte’s paintings, he has included a human element in the scene. In Gracious, the […]
Bill Carman is an American artist who was apparently born with a banana shaped head. Whether or not this fact added to his artistic talents remains to be seen, but regardless, he’s one talented guy. He’s worked in publishing houses, at Ford Aerospace and he’s even spent time at LucasArts Entertainment. Carman’s illustrations are unlike those […]
Estela Cuadro’s personal art style is unique. She incorporates elements of spirituality, tribalism and psychedelia into each of her paintings to create scenes that are abstract yet contain hints of reality. Each painting is filled with a sense of movement and animation. It’s as though the artist was in the midst of a wild imagining, […]
The figurative art movement is a form of abstract art that retains ties to the real world, depicting real scenes and people in an abstract, yet recognisable manner. Jay Alders’ figurative paintings feature beach and coastal landscapes with human figures engaging in the beach life. Stories of romance, adrenalin and peaceful moments unfold in Alders’ art, […]