Painting

May 8, 2024

Artist Uses Squeegee To Create Invigorating Paintings Filled With Unexpected Color and Movement

An artist known simply as Sharece has been captivating fans with her unconventional painting process. Equipped with a canvas, acrylic paint, and a squeegee, the artist lets her imagination soar. Stylistically, Sharece focuses on the ways that form, color, and gesture come together to create a certain image. As she carefully employs these artistic elements, the artist's process involves a very intentional application of paint.

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April 25, 2024

Artist’s Hyperrealistic Paintings Reflect the Vulnerability and Beauty of Animals in the Wild

UK-based artist and environmentalist Sophie Green paints remarkable stories of wildlife. Known for her hyperrealistic paintings of animals, Green's quasi-photographic style captures the vulnerabilities of nature. The artist depicts the grandeur, beauty, and intensity of animals such as guerrillas, leopards, rhinoceroses, penguins, and other species at risk of extinction. “This is not a celebration of nature,” says Green of her most recent collection, Commodities. “This collection is wildlife void of both ‘wild’ and ‘life.

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April 11, 2024

Dark and Mysterious Paintings Designed To Look like Melting Masterpieces

Milan-based artist Dolaana Davaá combines her love for contemporary and classical art by creating Old Master-influenced paintings that look like they are melting. She also handcrafts all of the frames, which appear to drip along with the finished artwork. Davaá's handcrafted frames are her specialty. After sculpting them from clay, she uses silicon, acrylic resin, and fiberglass to cast a mold.

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