Painting

April 28, 2017

Hyperrealistic Paintings Illuminate the Glistening Beauty of Colorful Crystals

Toronto-based artist Carly Waito is deeply inspired by the beautiful crystalline structures of minerals, such as amethyst and quartz. Boasting a bevy of spellbinding shapes and sizes, Waito has depicted their sparkling details in her crystal paintings. Their radiance practically leaps off the panels, and the textures are so realistic they seem like they can almost be touched.

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April 15, 2017

Artist Creates Larger-Than-Life Abstract Floral Paintings Bursting with Color

Vancouver-based artist Bobbie Burgers paints beautiful blooms that appear to animatedly burst with each brushstroke. Rendered in an abstract style, her floral compositions capture the unique beauty and diverse color palettes exhibited by bouquets and other bunches of flowers. Like many tried-and-true still lifes, Burgers' creations are composed of acrylic paint and painted on large-scale canvases.

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March 22, 2017

Enlightening Paintings Capture Beautiful Everyday Moments of Interracial Couples

Minneapolis-based artist Leslie Barlow creates oil paintings with a purpose. Employed as a means of studying identity, multiculturalism, and issues of representation, her “otherness” art often incorporates figurative portraits of everyday people. In her recent series, Loving, she explores ordinary moments between real-life interracial couples. Cleverly named after Loving v. Virginia, a groundbreaking, anti-discrimination Supreme Court case, the series of mixed media paintings presents the daily ins-and-outs of interracial couples from Minnesota.

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January 29, 2017

Classical Paintings Seamlessly Interact With Modern-Day Italy

Ukrainian artist Alexey Kondakov continues to superimpose characters from classical paintings onto photographic scenes of modern life. In the past, Kondakov's captivating collages have been set in Kiev. However, for his latest series, the Napoli Project, Kondakov has employed Italy, the home of the High Renaissance, as his canvas. Like Kondakov's past work, the Napoli Project seamlessly combines painted figures with contemporary surroundings to create eye-catching juxtapositions.

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