Tanya Mayer is a master painter working primarily in watercolor on paper with the occasional use of ink and water dyes. Often depicting the human figure in shining, voluptuous form, her subjects pose nude or semi-nude in plush domestic settings or against [Read More]
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Color and texture are at the center of Georgian artist Tamo’s quest to express her emotions. The artist cites Abstract Expressionism and Conceptualism as influences, but her images have a combination of restraint and power that puts them in their own category. [Read More]
Long Island native Christopher Breining’s naturalistic watercolors and drawings balance technical mastery and figurative representation with the personal interpretation of the artist. A self-taught artist, Breining prefers to start with a photograph — usually black-and-white — that he can trace and then [Read More]
In her lively oil paintings, C. Selves says her goal is to depict no less than “my life, my person, my class, and my generation.” Her vision of her world in contemporary Spain is at once personal, humble, and wittily modern in [Read More]
Inspired by Toulouse-Lautrec and the lyrics of Bellman, an 18th century Swedish songwriter, Swedish-born Anders Hafsbrandt explores the decadent and romantic sadness of society’s outcasts. “I place the poor, misunderstood and drunken people in exclusive environments and a tension emerges,” notes the [Read More]
Richly wrought in vivid tones, Chilean artist Alejandra Larrea Koch’s luscious geometric abstractions explore the sphere as a symbol of organically feminine perfection, dynamically balanced between timelessness and creation. The roundness of the shapes becomes filled with a textural movement and surface [Read More]
“Painting is an expression of my inner person,” says the definitively Portuguese fine artist Tiago Atalaia. Drawn to the spatula and its naturalness, Atalaia maintains that it is his country of origin – particularly its sun, heat, ocean and green vegetation – [Read More]
The original artwork of Indian artist Shams is as fascinating as it is beautiful. Inspired by Zari embroidery, Shams’ innovative, three-dimensional technique combines bright colors with detailed forms, creating dynamic images that explore both the beauty of the physical plane and the [Read More]
The Harley Open Exhibition, running this year for the third time, is a biennial art competition which attracts entries from artists from across the country. Previous exhibitors have included established artists Richard Combes, Sarah Sharpe and Aran Illingworth, but anyone can enter [Read More]
Blue and white china is often found at home; it is a visual language that many people are familiar with. Paul Scott’s appropriation of its traditional patterns as vehicles for socio-political commentary has made his work unmistakeable. Warning signs for radioactivity are [Read More]
David Poston is a jeweller and designer whose work has been collected by museums across the world and bought by individuals to be worn every day. Unconventional throughout his career, he has designed a necklace for an elephant, photographed bands like The [Read More]
The tenth edition of MASTER DRAWINGS IN NEW YORK –sister event to LONDON ART WEEK each summer – takes place Jan 24-31 here in New York, with a preview January 23. This year several of the 30 participating dealers – who each [Read More]
Inspired by calligraphy and life’s radiant emotional energies, the works of Turkish abstract expressionist Feride Binicioglu employ contrasting, chaotic and dynamic structures. “My paintings are a second language… a journey to spirituality… the energy I get from colors,” notes the artist. Binicioglu [Read More]
Eli Cantini’s striking abstract acrylics are both graphic and organic. Cantini covers her canvases with intricate, layered textures that only sometimes resolve themselves into a recognizable depiction of space, with foreground and background and even half-visible figures. These works show imagined landscapes [Read More]