Nikos Gyftakis was born in Athens, Greece in 1981. He studied Painting and also Theatrical Stage and Costume Design, at the School of Fine Arts at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His musical studies (National Conservatory,1987-2001) constituted a point of reference and inspiration for my artistic quest. Since 2005 he has been teaching Painting and…
Month: July 2016
Sandesh Rangnekar |Peepal Leaves Painter
Sandesh Rangnekar learnt art from his father Sadashiv G. Rangnekar who was acclaimed artist. “I see art and beauty in every aspect of life and nature. I find the Peepal Leaf medium very different and interesting. This art form is from ancient India and very few artists practice it and hence want to keep this…
Slava Groshev |Beautiful Paintings
SLAVA GROSHEV USES PHOTOGRAPHS TO HELP CREATE STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS OF YOUNG WOMEN. Slava Groshev figurative work is so realistic-looking that you could easily be fooled into thinking that he uses digital photography in its creation, but this is not the case. All his paintings are, in fact, created with the old-fashioned paint brush. When creating his…
Albin Talik |Paper Collages
Albin Talik is a Polish artist , create Paper Collages that look like oil paintings. Albin Talik -“The technique that I use is called paper painting. This is something based on a collage. I’m trying to get the effect of oil painting with irregular brushstrokes. My works are made up of thousands of pieces of paper. Implementation…
John Burden |Symbolic Artist
Visual arist P. John Burden is a classically trained Canadian and British subject. John Burden work includes original acrylic paintings, watercolor paintings, and traditional and modern artist’s prints. His art is symbolic or surrealist, using representational skills from a lifetime of drawing, painting, & design. John also illustrates books for all ages and has work…
Natsumi Tomita |Sculpture/Recycled Materials
Natsumi Tomita is an Japanese artist uses trashes of materials collected from found objects on the streets to create these tiny animal sculptures . Natsumi Tomita using anything from a broken kitchen ware, discarded cans , broken motorcycle parts, and any scarps materials to create these junk objects. “Each of these things, which we usually use everyday,…
Old surfboards given new life as artwork
Old surfboards given new life as artwork. I’M JARRYN DOWER, A 24 YEAR OLD ARTIST FROM AUSTRALIA WHO RE-PURPOSES OLD SURFBOARDS, GIVING THEM A NEW LIFE AS ARTWORK WITH DETAILED ILLUSTRATIONS OF SURF/BEACH INSPIRED THEMES. Having grown up around the Surf Coast, the beach and surf culture has had a large influence on my interests and lifestyle, which…