A MYSTICAL ESSENCE Marcela Bolívar‘s photo illustrations have a light touch — the figures and surrounding flowers, plants and fabrics appear to billow in the wind, as if they might be blown away at any moment. Sticking to a mostly pale color palette, Bolivar gives her characters an elegant essence. We see them morphing and […]
THIS WORLD OF ILLUSION Gianluca Gambino a.k.a. Tenia: “My works are ruthless radiographs of the soul, compositions dense with symbols and layers, prepared to leave the viewer disturbed, restless and intrigued by the mystery. I try to evoke and to transmit to the viewer that feeling of loss that we live today in this world […]
WHIMSICAL SCENES Marie Debré Chapuis is a French illustrator and art director based in Paris. She specializes in fashion and beauty. She uses various techniques to create her nature-inspired illustrations, including ink, watercolor, gouache, pencil, as well as digital approaches. She also created a series of animated illustration featuring whimsical scenes. [Source: Atelier 22 / […]
A METAPHOR TO THE EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL STRUGGLES Carlos Fdez – aka Penrider – is draftsman working out of Spain, known for his meticulously rendered graphite artworks that often intertwine the kingdoms of human and animal in the forms of witty narratives. Often, these stories can be found to represent both an internal and external […]
VINTAGE ARTIFACTS Found objects marry with the lived-in aesthetic of vintage artifacts. Spanish artist, Susana Blasco, crafts her 2D work mixed with real-world 3D objects in an amazing display of humorous art. Visually clever, each photograph is never too contrived. The artist’s fascination with photos and the happenstance morph into a new image. Blasco’s routine […]
STORIES WITHOUT WORDS Julia Kovaleva was born in Russia. “My drawings are part of a dark world where kindness and sadness also exist. All my life I dreamed of becoming an artist and being able to translate my ideas on paper. I draw with mechanical pencils and sometimes use Photoshop. My goal is to become […]
