Southern California Icons Rendered in Charcoal by Artist Eric Nash
Artist Eric Nash is drawn to Southern California and its mundane imagery. Signs and structures seen so often most of are anesthetized to their appearance.…
Bring a Towel: The Zuma Beach Paintings by Stephen Wright.
With an impressive ouevre of figurative work already under his belt, the Zuma Beach Paintings by Stephen Wright, exemplify his skill at rendering photo-realistic water,…
Extraordinary Oil Paintings by Nick Alm
36 year old Swedish artist Nick Alm is a Contemporary Realist whose paintings of both social and private scenes exude an ethereal gestalt accentuated by…
Bruno Walpoth Brings Wood To Life In His Contemporary Human Sculptures.
Italian sculptor Bruno Walpoth’s ability to turn a hunk of wood into a lifelike looking figure is impressive, to say the least. His sculpted and painted busts and human forms are anything but “wooden.” They seem to be imbued with emotion, capable of possessing a soul and striking the viewer as pensive, thoughtful – even melancholy. (more…)
Mundane Made Magnificent: Michael Ward Paints The Mystery Of The Ordinary.
A self-taught artist, Michael Ward captures what British-born philosopher Alan Watts called "the mystery of the ordinary" in his acrylic paintings of things we often…
Consider Your Mind Blown. The Phenomenally Realistic Graphite Drawings of Kelvin Okafor.
above: graphite drawing in progress by Kelvin Okafor Kelvin Okafor describes himself as a "Passionate penciled artist. Highly interested in detail and precision." I'd say…
Paintings That Are Truly Gems. Realistic Crystals and Minerals Rendered In Oils.
These amazingly realistic oil paintings on masonite by Carly Waito are really precious. Literally and figuratively. The small scale works range in size from 4.5"…
Hugo Kobayashi’s Nothing For Something. Paintings Of Crushed Lottery Tickets.
Los Angeles born, but San Fransisco based artist Hugo Kobayashi, whose painting studio is in Oakland, has a new show opening at the Hang Art gallery today. (more…)
Artists Take The Plunge: Part II. 50+ Paintings of People Swimming.
Last week I posted "Artists Take The Plunge: The Swimming Pool As Subject" and introduced you to paintings of swimming pools; empty, full, still, even…