Oil Painting

August 14, 2025

Abstract Painter Creates Colorful Works Inspired by the Beauty of Stained Glass

Creativity often builds from one medium to another, and British artist Jason Anderson knows this firsthand. His artistic journey began in stained glass, when he worked on several restoration projects for cathedrals in England. Although he left the medium behind, it still shapes his style today. Now a painter, he creates vibrant, abstract works filled with luminous colors and geometric forms that echo the glasswork tradition he came from.

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August 12, 2025

Artist Looks Inward To Create Mind-Bending Paintings That Explore Mental Health [Interview]

For Maite Autrique, painting is more than a creative effort—it’s something that saved her life. The Mexican artist defines work as “raw, emotional, and deeply personal.” But just because something is rooted in personal experience, doesn’t mean it’s bound to stay in the realm of realistic or figurative art. Instead, Autrique takes an oneiric route, meditating on feelings and events she has faced through mind-bending compositions that evoke a form of contemporary surrealism.

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June 29, 2025

Artist Draws From Mexican Pictorial Traditions to Explore His Inner Life Through Self Portraits [Interview]

In the work of artist Angel Cammen, there's much more to a self-portrait than the likeness of the painter. Born and raised in Northern Mexico, a stronghold of conservative values, Cammen's paintings are charged with a bubbling symbolism. On one hand, they are spaces of introspection, carved out by the artist himself. On the other hand, they are joyous statements that he is thriving and going to be loudly himself—whether society likes it or not.

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April 27, 2025

Expressive Seascape Paintings Capture the Fleeting Moods of the Open Waters

Like many things in nature, the sea is far from constant. One day, it can be placid and gleaming, whereas on another day, it can be volatile and severe. It’s temperamental, its moods sometimes shifting within the same hour, but that’s precisely what Scott Laurenson is drawn to. Based in coastal Queensland, Australia, the artist has long created oil paintings of the ocean, capturing its distinct colors and contours.

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