Beauty and body image figurative art that challenges traditional standards of beautiful bodies
City Arts Salon We at the City Arts Salon were looking forward to showing the new works of artist Mikel Elam at our season opener. Unfortunately this will not happen in the way we expected, due to the state of affairs locally and around the world. But Mikel’s work is hung and we are very …
Mike Elam, City Arts Salon lively figurative show online soon Read More »
I have spent my life creating safe spaces for patients to reveal themselves… In turn, painting has given me that safe space to reveal myself. The body is my medium- I see/feel/know the body as something that gives me inspiration. As a physician and artist it is the language with which I am most comfortable.Studying …
Katha Rossein, from physician to abstract figure painter Read More »
. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been an artist. My mother was an artist, so, as a child, the materials and inspirations were close at hand. I began painting with the tools and materials of childhood – water colors, crayons, finger paints, etc. – and graduated to “real” artists’ materials – oils, …
Byron Taylor, female form as reflection of the Goddess Read More »
Marie Smith is a sculptor based in County Cavan, Ireland making contemporary figurative sculpture using materials such as bronze, ceramic and Jesmonite. After graduating from Carmarthenshire College of Technology & Art in 1995, Marie started work at AB Fine Art Foundry in London where she trained as a mould-maker and wax worker. She returned to …
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“BELIEVE IN YOURSELF. LISTEN TO YOUR INNER VOICE. FOLLOW YOUR DREAM.” CORNO ‘I wanted to be huge’: Quebec artist Joanne Corneau, aka Corno, dead at 64 – Montreal Corno studied at the University of Quebec in Montreal where she obtained a BA in Fine Art turning to a full time painting career in her early …
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The “women at the bath” genre is one I have revisited over and over. From my perspective as a female painter, it is important that the unadorned women in my work are portrayed honestly, without the gloss of perfection. The returned female gaze is deliberate and engaged. This series evolved from my interest in feminine …
Meredith Spencer Mullins, feminine traditions in figurative painting Read More »
My mother passed away when I was twelve years old, and I never wanted to experience loss like that again. Barely a young adult, I was confused and unwilling to deal with it, but I soon realized that I really did not know much about her. Over the next few years, I would create an …
America Martin America Martin is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America is a painter and a sculptor. The magnetic pull of Martin’s work is authentic, generated by both her ability to express a unique gesture that speaks to a universal truth (thus, we recognize it instantly) and her exceptional skill …
