Frank Oriti does oil painting portraits of every day people. It’s interesting to see how Oriti’s skill as a painter has steadily evolved. His paintings have become more life like over time and now look like photos found on anyone’s iPhone.
Category - Fine Art
Well it doesn’t get more summer than a day at the beach. So we start things off with American artist Edward Potthast’s impression of such a day near the turn of the 18th century; followed by Jules Brenton from around the same time in France; the Banks of the Seine in Summer (Tournedos sur Seine), by Gustave Loiseau; and perhaps the...
The Art Basel show started back in the 1970s and it’s grown. This year the show featured over 4 billions dollars of original pieces and over 300 galleries featuring some of the most famous contemporary artists of the day. We will feature some of the artist form Art Basel over the next couple of days. Here’s a sampling of some of...
In Artists Inspire Artists’s “Artists Series” we single out one amazing artist who’s work could stand alone. Today we have Nick Gentry, who creates these amazing portrait paintings & art pieces by recycling obsolete media, such as floppy disks, or film negatives as his canvasses and media. Enjoy :)
Christine Krainock creates original, abstract oil painting & acrylic knife painting. What captured my attention Christine’s amazing abstract paintings is her use of texture throughout her paintings. It definitely adds another dimension as well as a totally different feel to her paintings. All around, her paintings are fantastic...
Sandhi Schimmel has found a use for all that annoying junk mail that plagues our mailboxes! She creates the incredible mosaic art pieces, using non-toxic materials of course. Make sure to take a look at Sandhi’s website for more of her amazing work. (She also does custom portraits if you’d be interested in having one done). So as...
I thought this was very creative and just all around awesome. A man by the name of Ed Chapman created this mosaic of Jimi Hendrix out of 5000 Fender plectrums. The portrait later sold for $32,140 at Abbey Road Studios in London for the Cancer Research’s Sound and Vision Fundraiser. View much more of Chapman’s artwork on his website!
