Painting

October 28, 2016

Vibrant Animal Paintings Bursting with Colorful Spirit Are Lifted Off the Page

Artist Katy Lipscomb creates colorful portraits of animals that showcase their inner spirits. Using a rainbow-inspired palette, she produces mixed-media drawings and paintings that are realistic representations of wolves, deer, lions, and more, but expressed with jewel-toned hues like magenta and turquoise. This bold approach—contained within wispy shapes reminiscent of smoke—gives the work a fantastical feel, as if these creatures are summoned by magic.

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September 22, 2016

Textured Oil Paintings Capture the Colorful Essence of Autumn

Polish artist Justyna Kopania welcomes us into autumn with a series of beautifully executed oil paintings. Bursting with warm color, the paintings explore the varying moods of a fall landscape. Trees saturated with leaves in colors ranging from burnt ochre to deep crimson move toward a skeletal state, casting melancholy shadows on lakes and rivers.

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August 17, 2016

Self-Taught Artist Highlights Wildlife’s Alluring Details in Photorealistic Paintings

Self-taught artist Franziska Treptow finds daily inspiration in nature’s splendor, a source she often refers to in her realistic drawings and paintings. Her tiny brush strokes and subtle shading techniques depict creatures both large and small, including wild cats, birds, and fish. One of her most impressive pieces—and the greatest demonstration of her artistic skill—is an up-close view of a leopard, highlighting the countless hairs that line its majestic face.

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My Modern Met

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