Oil Painting

June 5, 2022

Hyperrealistic Oil Paintings Submerge Ethereal Figures in Water

Ethereal women float across clear waters in Marissa Oosterlee‘s mesmerizing paintings. For years, the Dutch artist has been creating works inspired by water's healing properties in a series called Wash Away My Sorrows. In these paintings, female figures lay with their eyes closed, allowing their bodies to be gently enveloped by the still bodies of water.

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April 24, 2022

Sublime Paintings Capture the Unique Ambiance of Urban Settings at Night

Whether it's Toronto or Tokyo, cities cannot be fully understood until they are seen at night. Artist Keita Morimoto captures the special ambiance of urban settings after dark in his electric oil paintings. With a neon-color palette and sparse solitary figures, his canvases reflect the unique experience of living in distinct corners of a metropolis at odd hours. Previously based in Toronto, Morimoto relocated to Tokyo in 2021.

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April 4, 2022

Surreal Portrait Paintings Visualize the Chaotic Worlds We Keep Inside of Ourselves

Artist Irene Pérez blends realism with the utterly surreal in large-scale paintings that delve into the psyche of the human mind. In a minimal color palette, she depicts unconventional portraits of people who have been distorted by thoughts bubbling beneath the surface. One of the artists’ most recent and striking works features a portrait of a man that opens into the labyrinth that is his head. Atop his face is an M.C.

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