Contributor
On first sight, the paintings of British artist Katie Sims seem to be very dynamic and in movement. On second sight, you can spot abstract landscapes and rural environments. And if you’re a total pro, you realize that a lot of her paintings are a homage to the masterpieces by Mantegna and Poussin, but translated in a contemporary context by undermining the compositional structure of the original masterpiece.
0
Reader Find
Louise Hearman produces imaginative paintings with the use of vibrant and enticing colours and shadows. They hold theatrical notions as people can be seen hovering in a darkened blue skies with foreboding clouds.
0
Reader Find
Andreina Acero’s paintbrush not only combines pigments but also the Latin spirit, the mixture of races. In their veins, the most vibrating pulses run with the best and worst of their cultures as rich and antagonistic. Like street dogs, these characters walk between races and differences. They blend and mate, giving birth to something different and unique.
0
Reader Find
I heard an account once which said Picasso was inspired by wrestling on TV and would watch and make notes to weave in to his art practice. Well here’s a professional wrestler making works of art. Jeff Hardy paints large canvasses in a cubist type way by abstracting portraits to create these other worldly beings [...]
0
Contributor
The techniques Australian artist Kate Shaw is using to create her wonderful works are pretty unique: first, she pours skins of acrylic paint and lets them form naturally; then she looks for landscapes within these abstract forms to cut and reassemble. The outcome are collages that remind you of natural landscapes, showing trees, mountains and lakes, but still giving you a surreal sensation. ‘This is not from this world’.
0
Reader Find
Jackie Hoysted is an Irish-born artist who has been living in the US for fifteen years and working in a number of different media, including encaustic and ceramics. Over the past year, she has concentrated on painting, with stunning results. Her show in early 2012 at Washington, DC’s Gallery 555, called Girls – Nice Doesn’t Cut It, introduced art lovers to a tough bunch of young women. The show of large-scale portraits depicted determined-looking, serious women, many named after legendary heroines. As Hoysted told the Huffington Post: ‘I feel that girls are brought up to be nice and liked and that holds them back from being the most successful people they can be’.
0
Contributor
If you ever feel like normal paintings are missing something, Korean artist Seong Tae Jin may have the answer. The scenes that burst with color are actually created by carving out a block of wood and then painting onto it. As you can see, the creations are extremely intricate and would be mindblowing in the flesh. Road trip anyone?
0
Reader Find
A suped-up celestial battle; people with enormous feet meet their soulmates; a terrible choice at a costume party – these are some of the new images appearing in Stephen Ibbott’s recent paintings. He is represented by Scott Richard’s Contemporary Art in San Francisco and Montreal’s Galerie de Bellefeuille at which he’ll be having a solo exhibition in April 2013.
0
Contributor
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Daniel Melim and seeing his amazing acrylic paintings on a transparent acrylic membrane. The intense blue contrasting against rich vibrant colours becomes clear when realizing that it is actually a painting, of a painting. Melim first paints on fabrics and places them in ‘contact with nature: hills and irregular volumes of stamped cloths that seem to dance in the wind under a blue sky that resembles the Summer clear sky’.
0
Contributor
The work of Bristol-based artist Ian Francis seems almost like stills taken from dreams. His figurative paintings are usually falling apart to melt into profound abstract compositions underlined by intense colours. The inspiration is taken from modern, everyday life: like street culture, cinema, and pornography. And by reflecting its hedonistic nature, he converts these impressions into a mediated landscape that makes his art so unique.
0
Reader Find
Fellow Detroit-based artist, George Rahme, is on a rampage. Or perhaps I should coin the term, Rahme-page. This past weekend I attended the opening for his new series, Fire Over Water at Public Pool in Hamtramck, Michigan. The excruciatingly tedious detail and complex use of layering in his collage work is simply unmatched. Multiply that by the overall scale of each piece (some measuring 8×8 feet), and it’s immediately apparent that he’s charging right into the upper echelons of world-renowned artists. Out of the way, Rahme is coming through!
0
Reader Find
Wayne White, a native of Tennessee, has a eye for colors and a poetic sense of humor. His work consist of colorful words over store bought landscapes in a style that looks similar to Ed Ruscha. Active in the late 80s, his work began to become very popular in the flourishing art scene. Also, his connection with the Pee Wee Herman show gave him a little fame. White’s work deserves a recap for its wonderful connection to the Graffiti as Art movement so prevalent today.
0
Reader Find
Winston Chmielinski has the innate ability to balance his faintly morose subjects with an extensive palette of cheerful and rosy colors. I’m particularly fascinated with his “portraits” and the way he can masterfully render only an eye or an ear and yet leave the rest as foggy patches of flowery hues that sometimes run down the canvas. How did he know my mind would fill in the rest?
0
Reader Find
I’m astounded by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law’s gorgeous artwork. It’s simply breathtaking, if you pay attention to the details and the richness of the scenes she depicts. I just love the way she paints creatures, animals and landscapes. They remind me of magical worlds, inhabited by mythical beings, fairies and wizards. One of my favourite collections is the Zodiac, which portrays the essence of the zodiac signs in a marvellous and ethereal way.
0
Contributor
Charlie Immer’s art is colorful and bright, but with a macabre twist. His paintings have the feel of a child’s nightmare, and his unique combination of color and imagery makes for quite a juxtaposition. Immer’s work is simultaneously appealing and disturbing.
0
Share your favourite cultural finds with the Lost At E Minor community and become famous in the process. Well, kinda.
