DIRTY DIRTY LOVE AND THIS HOUSE OF GLASS
Evolving from the photo-journalistic sensibilities of Dirty Dirty Love, his more recent series, This House of Glass, is an intimate exploration of what we keep hidden from others – and in many cases, what we hide from ourselves. Working with volunteers, I interviewed each model about the relationship between their public lives and personal history; specifically […]
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, ‘The Supper at Emmaus’, 1601
Caravaggio’s painting depicts the moment of that recognition – the two disciples are the men on either side of the table. The artist demonstrates that it is through their faith that they recognise Christ. The confused innkeeper standing behind them, in contrast, has failed to recognise Christ because he does not have faith. Although his […]
DANIEL MUÑOZ “TRENCHES AND OTHER CONTRACEPTIVES”
One of the most talented and interesting contemporary Spanish artists, Daniel Muñoz, also known as “SAN,” excels in fine art and illustration as well as a muralist and street artist. Earlier this year, Muñoz completed an expansive illustration on the floor of an exhibition space at CEART in Madrid. Based on personal experiences and memories, the images form a […]
SELFISH
SELFISH is a multi-medium group exhibition that focuses on the existential significance of self-portraiture and the role it plays in an artist’s creative process. Self-portraiture is sometimes viewed as a casually vainglorious practice⎯the conceptual stroking of the artist’s ego, a pretentious selfie. This couldn’t be any more further from the truth. The self-portrait is a […]
Understanding Value and Tone for Better Painting
Did you know that good drawing and rendering skills will help give you a solid foundation in tone, otherwise known as value? Value is how light or darkness of a color. For example: If you took a black and white photograph of your painting, the shades of grey would be the different values or tones within […]
Understanding Atmospheric Perspective In Art – sec1
Like many subjects in art, landscape paintings can tell a story, taking the viewer to a different place and time. Whether the place is real or imaginary, it should be convincing, making us feel as though it perhaps could exist, even if only within our minds. Putting the rules of perspective into good use can […]
THE PULP FICTION
THE PULP FICTION OF MICHAEL CARSON With a style that reminds us a little of the Radiohead’s “Jigsaws Falling Into Place,” Michael Carson makes a night out seem like a smokey, dreamy experience. We saw these works onEK last week, and just loved the mood; a bit of darkness, still-life, club life, and late night life.
ANIMUS CHRYSALIS MORTIS
For this body of work I was inspired by the surrealist and deeply symbolic films of Alejandro Jodorowsky, Jungian archetypes, and Greek mythology. I created a personal language of symbols, then made a card set and selected at random a different set for each new painting. This method taps into the elements of subconscious influence […]
Whistlejacket – about 1762, George Stubbs
Whistlejacket was foaled in 1749. His most famous victory was in a race over four miles for 2000 guineas at York in August 1759. Stubbs’s huge picture was painted in about 1762 for the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Whistlejacket’s owner and a great patron of Stubbs. According to some writers of the period the original […]
Top Drawings From the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
“Greuze [1725–1805] is normally known for genre pictures, but here he’s trying to embrace a mythological subject, showing Aegina visited by Jupiter,” Woodall explains. “It’s a study for a painting in The Met, and the drawing focuses on the figure. It looks back to classical statuary, reminding you of images like the Vatican Ariadne. This […]