Painting

March 15, 2020

Traveling Artist Captures the Charm of Ancient Towns in Watercolor and Ink

Rather than snap photos with his camera, traveler and urban sketching artist Qian Shi captures his surroundings as watercolor paintings. Rendered in his distinct loose style, Shi works quickly to capture fleeting moments, forever immortalizing each scene in gestural line work and painterly brushstrokes. Shi is a great believer of “practice makes perfect.

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March 12, 2020

Iconic Works of Art Are “Scraped Away” in Series of Illusionistic Paintings

When viewing great works of art such as Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night or Johannes Vermeer's The Girl With a Pearl Earring, it's hard to imagine that the creators were anything less than proud of their masterpieces. Artist Patrick Kramer explores the universal feeling of self-doubt in his series of illusionistic oil paintings, wherein he copies iconic images from art history only to disrupt them by “scraping away” certain elements.

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March 10, 2020

Artist “Showers” Her Landscape Paintings With Realistic Raindrops

For some, rainy days provide the perfect ambiance for creative pursuits. Artist Luiza Niechoda combines the serenity of raindrops with natural landscapes in her series of watercolor paintings. Called Rain-Kissed Windows, this project portrays various windowpanes that have been dotted with raindrops from a recent storm. As a landscape artist, Niechoda depicts natural scenes in the series.

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February 21, 2020

Energetic Paintings of Human Skeletons That Are “Alive With Color”

The tradition of still life painting has often involved odd arrangements of motifs, like skulls and fruit. Artist Cam Rackam takes inspiration from these classical compositions in his series of macabre paintings. His eye-catching, Baroque-like canvases depict hyperrealistic human skeletons decorated with colorful botany in dramatic style. Based in Huntington Beach, California, Rackam spent years studying the subtle details of still lifes.

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