A TWO DIMENSIONAL PLANE OF NON-EXISTENCE Russ Mills aka Byroglyphics: “Combining a lifelong passion for mark-making and a wish to explore new territory via digital media, the work is only just beginning to scratch the surface. Reference to the human form is obvious, often placed in bleak settings figures dance or fly in impossible ways, […]
METAPHORS AND DEFORMATIONS Miles Johnston (United Kingdom) is an artist and atelier instructor currently working out of southern Sweden. Using predominantly graphite on paper, Johnston slices away and deforms his figures. The works are made to function as open ended visual metaphors for the viewer to contemplate and place themselves within. [Source: Beinart] Discover more […]
A DREAMY DARKNESS London based Karl Trewhela’s use of the finest details in his pen and ink work search for the beauty within the dark. An ethereal world intertwining elements of nature, death, the human psyche and the power and fragility of sensitivity. Influences range from the beautiful drawings of Leonardo de Vinci, the dreamy […]
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 […]
REALISM AND IDENTITY Steve Caldwell is a contemporary portrait and figurative artist. Using his training as a medical artist, Caldwell paints meticulous and intimate works using detail and texture to reinforce the identity and realism of the sitter. His work is informed and influenced by a love of the paintings of Andrew Wyeth, Degas, Holbein […]
SURREAL FACES Iain Macarthur: “I became a fanatic of art at the age of eight when I was first introduced to art through the medium of cartoon shows and comic books. Over the years, I am influenced by many artists and illustrators – all with differing styles and mediums – and have turned to their […]
