ATMOSPHERIC AND SUGGESTIVE PAINTING Angela Reilly works wholly in oil and is a figurative painter with an emphasis on light and tone. Concentrating mainly on the female form, her work is variously deep and powerful, moving and atmospheric, suggestive and commanding. Her work has an intriguing quality of offering on one hand clarity, and on […]
KNIFE, SPRAY-CANS, PAPER AND WOOD Mittenimwald prefers working in a small garage, on canvas and other supports. He defines his work as not art but simply craftsmanship and graphic expertise. To work, he uses a knife, spray-cans, rolls of paper and wood to create extremely detailed, hand cut stencils that he places on ground coated […]
HAUNTED AND ETHEREAL APPEARANCES A multimedia artist whose works personify a mysterious, somewhat haunted and ethereal appearance, Siv Storøy designs aesthetically striking images using a color palette of predominately black and white that transfix a compelling and contemporary gaze. Born in Norway, her creative background that comprises of illustration, painting and graphic design was carefully […]
MANGA AND FILM NOIR Throughout his work, Shohei Otomo – a Japanese artist and the son of Katsuhiro Otomo who created and directed the famous manga Akira – combines three elements. First is the traditional Japanese art. Never inserting more than needed, Otomo tells the complete story by drawing one character at the time. Second […]
THE ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE MODEL At an early age, Stephen Bauman followed his older brother into the world of graffitti. During the years he spent studying – and later teaching – at The Florence Academy of Art, his instructors taught him to look at the human figure, and to see beauty in its proportions. To […]
AN IRONIC WORLD? Thierry Bruet paintings knocked the inner dual fiber for 3 reasons: first of all he’s using a classical technique to paint (which is unusual for this modern days), second the colors, contrasts and the way he use light are just amazing and third (and most important) the way he mocks society with […]
