Figurative illustration of people, fine art illustration, faces, scenes with characters
Multidisciplinary Artist With An International Mindset Ben Heine is a Belgian visual artist, journalist and music composer born in 1983 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, currently living and working in Brussels, Belgium. He is best known for his original series “Pencil Vs Camera“, “Digital Circlism” and “Flesh and Acrylic“. He has a Master degree in Journalism …
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Beginnings Kurt Wenner attended Rhode Island School of Design and Art Center College of Design before working for NASA as an advanced scientific space illustrator. In 1982, Wenner left NASA for Italy to pursue his love of classical art. My interest in Renaissance classicism started with the simple desire to draw well. I was struck …
I was born in Patterson, New Jersey not long after the end of World WII. My parents were naturalized Americans, refugees from Silesia (a country that no longer exists) and holocaust survivors. When I was 4, my parents moved to England, where I was educated and lived for the next 38 yrs. I attended three …
Geoffrey Laurence, Painting is about looking not speaking Read More »
ARTIST STATEMENT “The desire to shape clay in my hands resembled something divine to me, an unspoken element of the hidden nature of what it is to be human and the psychological portrayal of what it means to be a female. I became increasingly aware of my feminine perspective and reflection of the life around …
Denisa Prochazka, large relief sculptures, classical & contemporary materials Read More »
Can’t make it to our exhibition in Gibsons, BC in person? Enjoy the exhibition here on this video. Westcoast Figurative Jan 12 – Feb 5 GPAG – Gibsons Public Art Gallery Gibsons, BC, Canada Jan DeGrass She started a website a few years ago www.figurativeartist.org that gathers images of contemporary figure art in drawing, painting, …
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Nils Gleyen is a painter drawing his inspiration from the world of Haute Couture and fashion in general. His association with houses in Paris and London such as Pierre Balmain, Hermes, Lulu Guinness, Anoushka Hempel initially revealed in him a passion for fashion illustration soon followed by paintings. He has been published in the Tatler, …
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Peter Kennelly is a contemporary figurative artist living and working in London. His paintings cover many topics related to Englishness, touching on magic realism and often with a nightmarish element to them. The work is highly narrative. His vision of life is fused together, creating surreal worlds that are often impossible to place in time. …
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I’ve often thought that as humans we straddle the river of our potential with one foot on each bank. Our capacity for love and compassion is equaled by our ability to turn our backs on one another and by the biases and hatreds that people have harbored since the beginning of time. We create art, …
Carla Golembe, Why I Continue to Paint Joy & Beauty Read More »
