PAINTINGS Arrestedmotion.com has a great article featuring former graffiti artist Dale vN Marshal, who will be displaying paintings at the Soze Gallery in the near future. In very a Jackson Pollock way, Marshall’s abstract paintings reflect his battles with mental health.
Contemporary Artists These works by artist, Markus Schinwald’s focus on two themes common for Schinwald: the body and dysfunction. Shinwald is from Austria and is not afraid to experiment with different genres – he’s used all sorts of artistic mediums over the years… including, sculpture, clothing, paintings, film...
Modern Paintings Mickalene Thomas‘s paintings are often on the elaborate side. She combines landscape, portraiture, and still life to touch on what it is to be a woman. Thomas went to the Yale University School of Art and held residency at the Studio Museum in Harlem and at the Versailles Foundation in France.
Ian Sidway is British painter who spent many of his early years writing and teaching. He now spends his time painting landscapes using a bunch of different materials, but primarily sticks to watercolor and acrylic.
Joel Rea considers himself a Contemporary Surrealist Painter. He is from Australia and has won a bunch of awards for his work. His hyperrealistic paintings explore the duality of nature – how it can be both a destructive and creative force. Joel will be exhibiting new paintings at he Melbourne Art Fair later this month.
The following paintings are from an upcoming exhibition called, Suggestivism — which’s been curator by Nathan Spoor and will be returning for another run in the Los Angeles area. via [arrestedmotion.com]
Jennifer Packer went to Yale University’s School of Art. She’s been exhibited all over and was awarded the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant. She uses live subjects who graciously pose for long periods of time while she works.
Artist Sean Thomas see his method as painting still-life from a photograph, reducing the large image into a more stripped dow, simplistic version, leaving just the picture’s essence.
ALO is a self taught artist from Milan with a very unique style. These paintings are part of an exhibition called, ‘Hail to the Loser’…
Today we take a look at some of the abstract geometric water color paintings of Chicago based freelance artist, Jacob van Loon…
Joongwon Charles Jeong’s incredibly realistic paintings Joongwon Charles Jeong made an internet splash about a year ago with his hyper realistic paintings. Today we check out what he’s been up to recently (a cool Sigmund Freud portrait) and throw in some past goodies for good measure. Joongwon Charles Jeong’s paintings are...
