Always a fan of Gaia’s work, he recently emailed me with some new work that’s up around Baltimore. Happening upon his work is always great – it’s like finding money in your pocket. His newest pieces are large and ambitious,…
Always a fan of Gaia’s work, he recently emailed me with some new work that’s up around Baltimore. Happening upon his work is always great – it’s like finding money in your pocket. His newest pieces are large and ambitious,…
Last weekend I had the delight of meeting with Elena Johnston, an artist based in my home city of Baltimore. Upon meeting her, I was instantly excited by not only her work and work space, but beautiful, light-filled apartment (and…
Today? More portraits! Or, maybe not exactly portraits, but depictions of people. It’s Irana Douer’s work,and I like it. Irana’s rather simple line drawings are complimented by accents of color and shape, interjecting symbols. There’s a connection made with nature…
I enjoy these portraits by Lou Ros because they are a skew on the standard portrait. While they don’t offer a different angle to the human face, Lou has made his work visually interesting by fracturing the features, repeating lines…
With photographic collages, you can expect a certain level of absurdism. That quality can go either direction – it can be humorous or a bit more introspective, using symbols to communicate a larger, more serious theme. I think that Masha…
I find these drawings by Mike Lay to be an interesting example of lifestyle illustration. They are conscious of trends and fashion, expressive at the same time, encompassing a certain feeling from drawing to drawing. The use of bright, electric…
Tom Moglu has been pretty prolific in his collage making. Each day he creates collages out of bills, books, among other things, using a variety of colors and papers. Tom’s Flickr set includes more than 130 collages, often arranging them…
This afternoon, I am really enjoying the seemingly quick, effortless drawings of London-based artist Julie Dru. She writes that she loves the beauty of imperfections, which complements her hand-drawn, graphic and collaged work. Julie also completes monoprints as well! All…
Luciano Scherer has two descriptors in his Flickr profile that I think sum up his work: post-naive and gothic. Themes in his work are a bit dark, with creatures looming over the landscape. They are in contrast to an otherwise…
I first featured Joakim Ojanen last year. A student living in Stockholm, Joakim shot me a link to his website with new work on it. I am a big fan of his drawings, with their visceral quality. I also and…