Cuban painter Tomás Sánchez has been painting serene landscapes of calm waters and verdant forests. Tomás Sánchez was born on May 22, 1948 in Aguada de Pasajeros, in the province of Cienfuegos, Cuba. The eldest of two sons, he comes from a middle class family in Ingenio Perseverancia, where his father was a sugar worker and…
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my paintings are just imagery that I find mesmerizing | Patrick Kramer
my paintings are just imagery that I find mesmerizing | Patrick Kramer. Patrick Kramer is a self-described perfectionist. He still can recall that, when he drew an animal as a child, he would see only the flaws in the piece once it was finished. But he kept persevering through the frustration, taking art classes in…
Damian Lechoszest paints masterful portraits that capture each person’s individuality.
Damian Lechoszest paints masterful portraits that capture each person’s individuality. Damian was born in 1976 in Raciborz, Poland. His first great interest was drawing. From early childhood he liked to copy various characters of comics and fairy tales. His childish sketches were so good that many people from his community were astonished. In his early school…
Mixed-Media Paintings by Arghavan Khosravi
Mixed-Media Paintings by Arghavan Khosravi . Painter Arghavan Khosravi was raised in Tehran, Iran. Khosravi’s work is deeply connected to her own personal experience of the culture and politics of her homeland of Iran that probe both personal and political experiences by integrating historical motifs with imagery taken from popular culture and contemporary media. In…
Bahram Dabiri. Life and Painting.
Bahram Dabiri. Life and Painting. Bahram Dabiri was born in the city of Shiraz, Iran in the year of the Tiger, 1950, under the sign of Sagittarius, whose symbol, the Centaur with bow and arrow figure greatly in his works. Looking at the reliefs and sculptures on the walls of nearby Persopolis and the splendid…
National Geographic Best Photos of 2016
National Geographic Best Photos of 2016. National Geographic Best Photos of 2016 and BEST ADVENTURE PHOTOS OF 2016 plus BEAUTIFUL TRAVEL PHOTOS OF 2016. HIGHLINING IN YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA “Just watching him walk across the line makes my head spin,” says photographer Fred Pompermayer about this image of his friend, Gustavo Fontes, highlining across…
Incredible paintings by Master Cao Yong
Born 1962, Cao Yong was born into hardship in China. After graduation, Cao Yong became the youngest art professor at Tibet University. During his seven years in Tibet, he immersed himself in the spare beauty and distinctive culture of the isolated highlands. To study the prehistoric cave paintings of Tibet, Cao accompanied only by a…