CL Martin, drawings & mixed media figurative sculpture I draw male dancers and actors in graphite. I choose them because they represent preconceived roles yet are themselves at the same time. The play between the reality and projection of the person is as immediate as their profession, presence and aesthetic physical form allows. I want […]
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Alejandro Pasquale, intimate drawings from Argentina I feel that the fact of drawing is merely an instinctive reflection … maybe the consequence of a certain point of view of the world. This action and form of language has been with me since childhood, exploring different ways to exhibit in two-dimensional form the facts and passages
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Fool-proof method for shipping artwork Guest article by figurative painter Laura den Hertog I have been shipping art around the world for the last decade, and in all that time and hundreds of paintings later, I have only had one painting damaged by the post office. I had heard from other artists that somehow the
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Rebecca Carron, contemporary portrait painting, Belgium Rebecca Carron is a Belgian, Flemish painter, of what she calls “fine art with balls”. Emotions, vitality, atmosphere is what her paintings are about. Some paintings and series, such as her cityscapes and some of her landscapes, are more restrained. Most often she tries to find a balance between
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Elena Caravela, portrait paintings Elena attended The School of Visual Arts, where she earned her BFA. She has worked as an illustrator, instructor and fine artist. Elena Caravela has received numerous corporate and private portrait commissions and has exhibited work in a variety of genre and media. Her illustration work has been published most recently
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Jim Ferringer, figurative fine art photography I am fascinated by and in love with light. It’s what draws me to the art of photography and what I strive to capture in my imagery. To me the art of manipulated photographs is the ability to see and paint with light and combined images. Through the manipulation
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Tom Montan, BP Portrait Contest THE CONTEST Submitting a painting to the BP Portrait Contest has become a yearly ritual for me, like a birthday or a holiday – it happens each year. I have submitted five times and been rejected five times. This years contest had over 2,700 entries. But far from a Sisyphean
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Ramesh Chindam, figurative painter from India Painting is to me self expression I grew up in an environment where painting got priority over other forms of art. It is quite interesting to note the fact that my father is into textile design by occupation and weaver by choice without a sound knowledge in either history
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