Alexis Ralaivao Paintings Are A Peek At Intimacy
French artist Alexis Ralaivao began creating a series of artworks in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests. A prisoner of…
Recent Work (and a Limited Edition Sculpture) by artist Johan Barrios
Contemporary Colombian born artist Johan Barrios considers himself a figurative painter but not a portraitist. Despite the fact that his subjects are always humans, their…
Mercedes Helnwein’s Evocative Renderings of Halloweens Past.
Mercedes Helnwein, WITCHES (detail), 2017, oil pastels on paper
Artist and writer Mercedes Helnwein likes Halloween. One look at her artwork over the past decade and there's no denying it. Amongst her pieces you'll…
Emerging Talent: Meet Artist Loribelle Spirovski.
Loribelle Spirovski, Uzumaki 3, oil on panel, 2017
As someone with a love of fine art and a modicum of art history knowledge, you can imagine my glee when coming across artist Loribelle…
Nina Nolte Paintings of Water, Women, Turbans and Cocktails
Born to German parents in El Salvador, artist Nina Nolte, has had a fascination with water since childhood. In her series of acrylic paintings, The Best Is Yet To Come, water is represented as a social sanctuary for glamorous middle-aged women and their friends. (more…)
Recent Work from Figurative Painter Jonathan Wateridge
One of the leading figurative painters of his generation, Jonathan Wateridge (born in Zambia, 1972) recently exhibited his latest work, a collection of paintings named…
Conor Harrington Watch Your Palace Fall – All 11 New Paintings
London-based Irish painter Conor Harrington recently exhibited eleven new fabulous paintings in Watch Your Palace Fall, a show put on by Pace London and HENI…
One Subject. One Dress. A Bunch of Fabulous Paintings By Erin Cone.
Texas born artist Erin Cone was named one of Southwest Art Magazine's "21 under 31" to watch in 2003. Since then she has had numerous…
Lucian Freud Remembered. Images of (and links to) his Astounding Work.
British realist, figurative and portrait painter Lucian Freud, who was one of the greatest artists of our time, passed away at the age of 88…
Europe Gets Introduced To A Great American Portraitist, Alice Neel.
The work of Artist Alice Neel has finally reached Europe with a comprehensive retrospective of the American painter’s impressive portraiture. An inspiring exhibition, and the first major retrospective of one of the 20th century’s greatest portrait painters, American artist Alice Neel, has made its way to London’s Whitechapel Gallery after debuting last fall at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. (more…)