Painting

June 21, 2016

18-Year-Old High School Student Already Has a Painting Debuted in the Met

Today marks Cliffannie Forrester’s graduation from New York City’s High School of Art and Design—an achievement worthy of congratulations on its own. Last week, however, the 18-year-old artist already accomplished a major goal that most adult artists aspire towards for decades. On June 14th, her oil painting called Uganda was hung in the hallowed halls of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it will stay until October 23, 2016.

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June 16, 2016

Adorable Paintings of Mice with Butterfly Wings Playfully Suspend Reality

Illustrator and designer Lisa Ericson has a series of paintings that bring a whole new meaning to the term “rats with wings.” Despite the grotesque visual that term may leave you picturing in your mind, her fictional creatures are sure to leave a much more pleasant impression, as the talented artist suspends reality to combine adorable mice with ephemeral butterfly wings.

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March 24, 2016

Hyperrealistic Oil Paintings of Women in Sheets Celebrate the Beauty of the Female Form

Artist Serge Marshennikov‘s delicate oil portraits honour the inherent beauty of the female form. Combining hyperrealistic methods with a flair for accurately conveying the beauty of the women he paints, Marshennikov has made a name for himself in the art world. Recognized as an accomplished contemporary painter, his figurative style draws upon techniques derived from 19th century Russian art in order to deliver spellbinding final works.

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