Caitlin Doherty has always loved making things, sculpting, print making and especially painting. Indeed, this recent graduate of Canadian OCAD from the Drawing and Painting program even paints on hand constructed birch supports she makes herself. Her work is derived from vintage family photos that she finds at garage and (...) Read More about Caitlin Doherty Learns to Multiply (160 words)

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Korean artist Ho-Ryon Lee’s pieces are classified as paintings, although they look much closer to photography. Indeed, he paints on canvas but the previous process includes the artist taking several photos of the model in a specific pose and(...) Read More about Ho-Ryon Lee’s Overlapping Images (44 words)

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The sumptuous ALKAHEST series is the latest work of artist Jonathan Saiz. In this crystalline form everything is made of the multitude – the splendors of Versailles, the rearing stallion and other distractions or ambitions. A curious history restlessly shifting, (...) Read More about ALKAHEST Paintings by Jonathan Saiz (59 words)

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It was just a matter of time before young, modern artists would draw from technology and gadgets for inspiration. Take the work of Kon Trubkovich, a Russian-born, New York-based artist born in 1979. He begins his work by filming his own videos, which he further analyzes, sometimes presenting selected clips as separate films, and then decides which stills will go on to become intriguing still-life works.(...) Read More about Kon Trubkovich’s Glitch Paintings (98 words)

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You really enjoyed Noah Sheldon’s cats wearing clothes, so you will love Heather Mattoon’s adorably styled fur ball paintings. All these kittens have names, occupations and wear cool clothes just like their keepers. Giclee prints of all of the paintings are available to purchase the very friendly price of $32.(...) Read More about Cats in Clothes by Heather Mattoon (194 words)

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Since 1987, Dutch Photo-realistic artist Tjalf Sparnaay has been working on his imposing oeuvre, constantly seeking new images that have never been painted before (mostly painting food). What he calls Megarealism is part of the contemporary global art movement of Hyperrealism, and with prices of  original oil paintings between 10.000 and 45.000 €, Sparnaay is now(...) Read More about Tjalf Sparnaay Photorealistic Food Paintings (76 words)

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The Canadian artist Melanie Authier‘s paintings bring together visual contradictions into one imaginary space. By drawing upon the histories of abstraction and the strategies of representation, she presents improbable environments. A sense of disorientation comes about through the way in which colour, texture, line and shape compete for (...) Read More about Mélanie Authier Surrealist Paintings (28 words)

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I’m in love with these amazing paintings by American artist Kelly Reemtsen. The unexpected combinations of anonymous headless figures in beautiful vintage frocks holding simple tools like axes, gardening sheers, bolt cutters, chainsaws and crowbars also have great names, like “Heavy Handed”, “Axe” or “Character Assassination”.  I really like the way the artist captured the combination of softness and strength, fantasy and reality, noir undertones and lovely candy-bright colors.

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Based in Los Angeles, the Belgium-born artist Anja Van Herle has been painting portraits since she was a child. Her paintings are an attempt to tell these stories by capturing delicate facial expressions and juxtaposing them with vibrant color and the dramatic interplay of shadow and light.
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