If you have ever thumbed through an old photo album at a flea market you might be familiar with that slightly disarming sense of experiencing somebody else’s memories second hand.
I can’t say for sure that Mary Henderson is depicting her own memories in her paintings, but looking through her site I sure feel like I’ve wandered into somebody’s memory bank. Â It’s a good place to be.
I stumbled across Gabriele Brucceri’s blog to discover some fantastic portrait work. Â My Italian is non-existent, but according to an online translator, she is painting on burlap, which I’m guessing is a poor translation for ‘canvas’. Â But if it is burlap, that would be interesting. Â Regardless, I really love the look of these paintings, be sure to click on the images for the larger views. Â
Have you ever walked by a wall that has been tagged with graffiti, hastily painted over, re-tagged, re-painted over, re-tagged, etc. until the overlapping layers create a unique, unintentional, and beautiful collage-like image?
I’m guessing so has Travis Chatham, only his work is much more intentional. Â He layers styles and materials and colours on top of one another to create some very cool paintings that you can check out here.
I am a big fan of the paintings of Tony Peters. Â His urban settings, inspired in part by the Southern California landscape, are just what I needed on a grey day like this. Â
Who am I kidding, I’d be a fan on a sunny day too.
Like many who have come before, Ai Ohkawara is inspired by the naked female body to create her paintings. Â There appears to be more than one influence here though, and if I had to guess I would say she is also inspired by Francis Bacon and Ralph Steadman. Â That is just a wild guess of course, but I am positive that her work is amazing.
Eliza Griffiths is an amazing artist creating incredible figurative paintings. Â Her works, in her own words, address “sexuality, intimacy, and the persistance of desire”, and they do this in an impressive fashion.
Thanks to Carrie for the link!
I haven’t been to the zoo in a while, but I’m a little worried that the normal animals there might seem a bit, well, normal, after visiting Scott Musgrove’s website. Â Judge for yourself, there are many wonderful creatures to see.
According to her website Leanne Davies’ new works are based on photographs her mother took as a child in the 50’s. Â I really love that concept for a series of paintings, and the results are very cool.Â
Jaq Chartier seems to be as much a scientist as she is an artist (though that could be said for most artists really). Â Her paintings often serve as experimental testing grounds, like those in her “Sun Test” series, but they are also very effective as works of art. Â The results are quite beautiful.
Karin Rabuka paints in several styles, but it’s her exaggeratedly simple style that I enjoy the most. Â The simplicity of the paintings make the details, like a couch by the side of the road, or a washing machine on someone’s lawn, stand out that much more. Â
