Impossible Beauties | Monique van Steen. MONIQUE VAN STEEN, A DUTCH PAINTER LIVING IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, WHO IS FASCINATED BY THE EXPLORATION ON THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT IS ESTABLISHED SOCIALLY AS FEMALE BEAUTY. THE FACES SHE DEPICTS ARE OUTRAGEOUSLY DISFIGURED YET THEY SEEM TO BE OF A SOARING SENSUALITY WITH THEIR BIG EYES AND DAZZLING…
Maria Svarbova | SWIMMING POOL
Maria Svarbova | SWIMMING POOL. THE ATMOSPHERE THAT I DEPICT THROUGH A PALETTE OF PASTEL AND OVEREXPOSED TONES PROJECTS THE SPECTATOR INTO A SANITIZED WORLD IN WHICH THE CHARACTERS HAVE CHOSEN TO GIVE UP ANY KIND OF EXTRAVAGANCE THAT MIGHT UNMASK THEM. Like inert and robotic figurines, they rigidly evolve from one photograph to the…
Hans Varela ,Marble Stone Sculptures
In the petreas human figures shown in the sculptures of Hans Varela, the internal order of the stone unfolds in a balanced and serene way, in this way, to conciliate the hardness with the lightness and the heavy with the volatile, making us believe that the matter was Always, really, soft and tepid. The ancestral…
Richard Sanders ,Topiary Cat photos
Richard Sanders ‘s tribute to his beloved dead cat has taken the media by storm . ‘The Topiary Cat’ is an ongoing project to bring life to this popular character, based on late Russian Blue cat Tolly. The topiary cat has been taking social media by storm, according to BBC. Richard Sanders is a Surrealist Artist…
Jedediah Morfit Bas Relief sculpture
Jedediah Morfit ‘s white,bas-relief technique is modeled after ancient ceramic friezes, but his parts are made of urethane plastic and full of contemporary symbolism. Morfit demonstrates his casting technique in his YouTube , and describes the medieval and post-apocalyptic imagery of his work. Morfit is a professor of sculpture at the Richard Stockton College of…
SVIK Design | viktor szedlacsek
SVIK Design | viktor szedlacsek. “THESE ARE SYMBOLS, SYMBOLS OF AN ENTIRE LIFESTYLE” When I finished the first SVIK TROPHY I thought to myself “That’s it! I found it!” It felt 100% right, like it was a piece of me. It was like surfing. Suddenly you just feel, you know that it’s your wave….
Emotionally evocative paintings of everyday modern life, by Jonathan Gleed.
Emotionally evocative paintings of everyday modern life, by Jonathan Gleed. JONATHAN GLEED IS A CANADIAN WEST-COAST PAINTER WHOSE WORKS EXPLORE NATURAL AND ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENTS. Gleed chases after the ever-elusive glint of subtle beauty in everyday modern life. His central ambition is to evoke emotional vigor in those who view his paintings. He chooses his subjects…