Lori Earley

US traditional artist Lori Earley's gracefully elegant elongated portraits are both beautiful and etheral.  Many of her female subjects appear melancholy, the deeply expressive eyes gaze out at the viewer but dont seem to see, rather they seem to be inwardly focused on some painful memory.  Beautiful moving work with a delightful surreal twist.

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Michael Carson

American traditional artist Michael Carson's beautifully textured figurative paintings are captivating.

"My work is almost always figurative. It's just what I find most interesting. And challenging. Once you allow yourself to concentrate so fully on one subject you will be able to explore the other aspects of painting, which is really what I love. The brushwork, the edges and color combinations allow me to maintain my sense of design. I also paint wet, which allows the paint to move easily throughout the canvas. I always try to make the work look effortless or simple. I like to be able to see the actual brush stoke up close and get that sense of knowing exactly how I painted it.   I paint people because I have always had a serious addiction to watching people. I try to get that feel in my paintings. As if I am just watching people doing everyday things in my work. I love the subtle ways that a single brush stroke can create such subtleties in facial expression. I spend most of my time on the face and hands. They tell the story or create an interesting pose.  I also love the process of evolution of the work as time goes. I love all the intentional decisions as well as the accidents that end up working and follow me into my next piece." Michael Carson

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Jenny Morgan

Jenny Morgan (US traditional painter) offers a path within her pieces, as the deeper story of her work's creation reflects the progression of intentional entropy. The layers of Jenny's work collect to form history: a base of red, the scars of early sanding, final touches of light or finish. In this way she tears to the center of her subjects, creating deep colors that lock the memory of strong emotions into the canvas, and speaking as to the inside of our bodies. http://www.likethespice.com/marked/marked.html

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Bruno Walpoth

Italian sculptor Bruno Walpoth's wooden sculptures are breathtakingly beautiful in their silent meditative poses. The life size figurative sculptures are very lifelike, they almost appear to have a soul, a spark of life which creates a desire in the viewer to reach out and touch, to engage with the work. The eyes of the sculptures and their gazes are very emotive, as they seem to silently attempt to communicate with the viewer or their maker. I wonder what they are feeling, what is it they are trying to say? The white wash finish on the wooden figures gives them an otherworldly ghost-like feel, as if they exist in this world but also in the one beyond, and by being in their presence the viewer also becomes part of another hidden world. Amazing!!

 

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Andreea Anghel

Traditional artist Andreea Anghel's paintings and mixed media pieces are raw and powerful. The figures she portrays confront and demand the viewers attention. We are compelled to look and truly see the humanity in her work, faults and all. Her figures are raw and exposed, yet profoundly beautiful and sublime in their complete disclosure. The use of black, white and reds on one hand, and contrasting hues on the other, evident brush strokes and expressive drips adds to the feeling power and vulnerability of the human body and psyche, making her work a deeply evocative.

"The whole theme of my work is based on the human condition and degradation...from sins to problems or simply human nature. I've started to create them when I was 16 and I hope to keep exploring these depths. To me, they represent not only a message to my viewers, but also an attempt at trying to see beauty in imperfection." ~ Andrea Anghel

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Daily Delight ~ Yuri Leonov

Yuri Leonov 

Icarus

2011.  Oil on Canvas.

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Daily Delight ~ Arume Emura

Arume Emura ~ Jewels07

Hand made ball-joint doll.

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Daily Delight ~ Kent Williams

Kent Williams ~ Blonde Natalia, Paint Can, & Orange Electric Cord

2010, oil on linen, 14 x 14 in., 36 x 36 cm.

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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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