John William Waterhouse was an English painter known for working in the Pre-Raphaelite style. He worked several decades after the breakup of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which had seen its heyday in the mid-nineteenth century, leading to his sobriquet “the modern Pre-Raphaelite”. Borrowing stylistic influences not only from the earlier Pre-Raphaelites but also from his contemporaries, the…
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Jimmy Law & uniqe expressive portraits
Jimmy Law painting style and technique is self-taught. As an artist with a graphic design background, Jimmy Law had a tendency to work in a very controlled and precise style. He was very accomplished as a realistic painter, technically his work was great, but his work was stagnant it lacked energy. In December 2010 he…
Lindsay Rapp magic & femininity paintings
Lindsay Rapp Statement:As many have done in mythology, I relate the beauty of water to feminine deity. I see water as life giving, fertile, powerful, sensual, changing and mysterious. It has long been equated with the feminine aspects of creation, nature and spirituality. In my art, my brush strokes mimic expressions of water through how I paint, creating currents, splashes, fluidity and…
William Wetmore Story and his Neoclassical sculpture
WILLIAM WETMORE STORY (FEBRUARY 12, 1819 – OCTOBER 7, 1895) WAS AN AMERICAN SCULPTOR, ART CRITIC, POET, AND EDITOR. William Wetmore Story was the son of jurist Joseph Story and Sarah Waldo (Wetmore) Story. He graduated at Harvard College in 1838 and at the Harvard Law School in 1840, continued his law studies under his…
Eric van Straaten 3D sculptures design
Eric van Straaten : “I believe there is no other technique that can achieve the level of hypersurrealism made possible in 3D computer modelling. Industrial 3D printing is the only technique that can be used to make full color digital models tangible, close to the original design. I aim for physical expressiveness in my sculptures,…
Contemporary Abstract Art of Rimi Yang
Rimi Yang ’s paintings -mostly figurative, but with a playful approach to abstraction- reveal an intuitive, contrast-rich take on Eastern and Western art history. It is as though they are struggling to make sense of dualities which simultaneously inspire and confuse us in their attempts to structure the world. Pleasantly suspended between familiar polarities like…
Paper fashion designer Edgar Artis
Illustrations related fashion designer artist Edgar Artis has taken a tremendous job with this signature work. Paper flowers that draw the image of women’s clothing by cutting portions, adding more fruit and architectural background. In doing so, women’s image, positioning the most suitable party clothes, flowers and architecture of the artist; This work offers tremendous…