Painting

March 10, 2025

Exquisite Exhibition of Swirling Landscape Paintings Imagine Intangible Elements of Earth Through Color

Taiwanese artist Su Yu-Xin visualizes intangible elements of Earth. She's created a series of paintings around this idea for her exhibition titled Searching the Sky for Gold. Now on view at the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA), the show is her first solo museum exhibition outside Asia. In this new body of work, she uses natural and synthetic materials to create pigments and delves into atmospheric and geological phenomena within her paintings.

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March 7, 2025

Oil Paintings of Animals Doing Human Things Add a Hilarious Twist to a Classic Medium

Oil painting has been around for centuries, but contemporary artists worldwide are proving that the rich, glossy pigments are suited to more than just traditional landscapes and portraits. Using classic oil painting techniques, British artist Alison Friend brings a modern twist to the style of the Old Masters. She creates humorous anthropomorphic animal portraits that look like they could hang in a grand stately home.

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March 4, 2025

Hazy Zodiac Paintings Play With Augmented Reality To Convey a Message of Wonder [Interview]

Since the dawn of time, stars have fascinated humans. And while we now have more answers about space than the ancient civilizations–such as the Babylonians, which developed the zodiac–we are still allured by the mysticism and beauty of the universe. Mexican artist Bral Sorchini explores this feeling in her ZODIACO series, bringing together wonder and science in her geometry-infused work. Born in 1985, Sorchini has made stars a major element of her paintings.

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