Art

June 21, 2020

Artist Paints En Plein Air to Create Vibrant Landscape Scenes Inspired by the Old Masters

Inspired by the Old Masters of landscape painting, Erik Koeppel takes to the great outdoors to capture surrounding nature en plein air. From autumnal forests to majestic mountain scenes in Jackson, New Hampshire, each colorful painting celebrates the beauty of our planet. “I have sought to discover that highest knowledge of beauty, poetic and philosophical, that has been the common thread between all of the great masters of art,” Koeppel reveals in an artist statement.

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June 18, 2020

Detailed Portraits Are Made by Twisting Single Lengths of Thread Around Thousands of Nails

At first glance, the detailed artwork of London-based Ben Koracevic looks like it's rendered in graphite pencil. However, a closer look reveals that his portraits of people and animals are actually made with string. Using thousands of nails carefully positioned on a blank white canvas, Koracevic spends countless hours meticulously winding long lengths of black string around the metal bolts.

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June 14, 2020

Impressionist-Style Paintings Depict the Natural Landscape in Striking Beauty

Artist Jim Musil uses his brush to capture the mutable patterns of the sky in striking Impressionist-style landscape paintings. Each one of his acrylic panels features a wide variety of textures, including watercolor-like washes, dry brushing, and geometric blocks of color. In doing so, the artist's immersive expressionist skies convey a strong sense of emotion which affects the landscapes depicted below them.

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