Oil Painting

April 24, 2025

Monumental Oil Paintings Explore Personal Transformation Through Swirling Ethereality

London-based Australian artist Ella Baudinet unifies the mind, body, and spirit through her ethereal oil paintings. The pieces combine sensibilities from multiple art movements, including abstraction, Surrealism, and realism, and are expressed through colorful, swirling compositions. Monumental in their beauty and scale, the thought-provoking works are included in Baudinet’s solo exhibition at S GALLERY in Madrid, Spain. The collection of paintings is titled Expansion, and they emerged during a period of personal transformation for Baudinet.

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April 2, 2025

Self-Taught Painter’s Evocative Art Straddles the Line Between Figurative and Abstract [Interview]

Haitian-American artist Patrick Eugène‘s oil paintings straddle the line between abstract and figurative art. They sit in an area that almost appears Post-Impressionistic on the verge of Cubism; yet, at the same time, they are decidedly contemporary. His paintings are all the more impressive when looking at his creative process, which forgoes a traditional sitter or reference image, allowing him to paint freely and spontaneously.

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March 5, 2025

Artist Paints Evocative Portraits That Celebrate African Heritage, Identity, and Resilience [Interview]

When compared to other art forms, portraiture is arguably one of the most intimate. It requires a level of understanding, trust, and reciprocity between an artist and their subject, one that, under a skilled hand, is often reflected in a completed composition. This exchange is what Osimeh Godstand seeks throughout his own practice. Upon a first glance, it’s clear that Godstand’s paintings exist, first and foremost, for the sake of their subjects.

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