Alyssa Monks

American traditional painter Alyssa Monks' oil paintings are on one hand abstract as we view her wet bodies and faces through the abstraction of glass and water and hyper real on the other. She captures very personal moments in intimate spaces that allows the viewer to share this captured moment in time in an almost voyeuristic manner.

"Using filters such as glass, vinyl, water, and steam, I distort the body in shallow painted spaces. These filters allow for large areas of abstract design - islands of color with activated surfaces - while bits of the human form peak through. In a contemporary take on the traditional bathing women, my subjects are pushing against the glass “window”, distorting their own body, aware of and commanding the proverbial male gaze. Thick paint strokes in delicate color relationships are pushed and pulled to imitate glass, steam, water and flesh from a distance. However, up close, the delicious physical properties of oil paint are apparent. Thus sustaining the moment when abstract paint strokes become something else." ~ Alyssa Monks.

PS.  my apologies for the delay in posting recently, I have been flat out at work... meh!!

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Daily Delight ~ David Spriggs

David Spriggs

Vision, Espace Virtual

264 x 315 x 91 cm, sprayed acrylic paint on multiple sheets of transparent film

 in display case, 2010.

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Kate MccGwire

London based sculptor Kate MccGwire's feather sculptures appear active as they wind, writhe and emerge, yet they are mostly large frozen shapes created from thousands of bird feathers (which are collected and sent from farmers and pigeon racers) creating sensual, graceful and organic looking pieces. However there is also a sharpness to her work, an edge which creates an almost menacing feel due to its real vs unreal, abstract nature.

'i gather, collate, re-use, layer, peel, burn, reveal, locate, question, duplicate, play and photograph.' - Kate MccGwire

Kate MccGwire's practice probes the beauty inherent in duality, exploring the play of opposites - at an aesthetic, intellectual and visceral level - that characterises the way we conceive the world. She does this by appealing to our essential duality as human beings, to our senses and our reason, and by drawing on materials capable of embodying a dichotomous way of seeing, feeling and thinking. The finished work has a consistent 'otherness' to it that places it beyond our experience of the world, poised on a threshold between the parameters that define everyday reality. http://www.katemccgwire.com/index.php?pid=60  

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非 (hi)

Enigmatic Japanese artist named only 非 (hi)'s work shows the fragile nature of humanity through hauntingly beautiful digital portraits. The viewer cant help being moved, as we gaze into the figures eyes so full of sadness and a desperate sense of pleading. The figurative paintings are mostly of young males that evoke a strong sense of loneliness, of wanting to communicate their internal pain but not being able to.

"The artist explains that “boys are more suitable to express loneliness as women are emotional and powerful.”  http://thecreatorsproject.com/blog/ethereal-digital-paintings-capture-the-look-of-loneliness

He/she captures the essence of teenage/young adult angst with beautiful technique, abstract elements and interesting colour choices that enhance the emotive nature of the work. I wonder as I gaze at these works what sort of torment the artist has experienced to express it with such intense passion here. The scars are so clearly evident in his/her deeply personal work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Silvia Pelissero

Italian artist Silvia Pelissero (aka Agnes Cecile)'s work is predominately figurative watercolour, but she also works in acrylic, oil, varnish and digital.

Her work is delicate and dramatic at the same time, due to her use of watercolour paint along with bold contrasting colour selection. The effect is moving and very beautiful. Her brush strokes and bleed create a wonderful abstract feel to her figures as they seem to seep or explode out of the white background. The female figures eyes and facial expressions are evocative, creating a sense of bitter sweet melancholy in some works, and a wonderful sense of expectancy in others. I adore the texture and movement in Silvia's work, it feels instinctual, spontaneous and intensely emotive. I hope you enjoy my selection. 

For a intimate look at Silvia's painting style, check out the video below of the artist at work.

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