From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Andrew Parker – portrait artist – online artist

May 30, 2010
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Andrew Parker: portrait painter Andrew is a figurative painter working from life in oils. He approaches each work as a journey of exploration. Whether the subject is portrayed energetically in as little as one sitting or layered over multiple sittings, his passion for life, light, form and paint are evident throughout his work.

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Adam Dabrowski – fantasy art – online artist

May 29, 2010
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Adam Dabrowski – fantasy art. Adam’s paintings have a pure and dreamlike quality, which portray very real symbols about man and the world he lives in. Intriguing and enigmatic images provoke questions and emotional responses from the viewer. Inspired by his visions and dreams he asks us to examine the human condition, our emotions, the [...]

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Alan Stark – landscape art – online artist

May 28, 2010
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Alan Stark marine and landscape paintings Alan was born in Glasgow and now lives in Charnwood, a beautiful part of the East Midlands.

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New artists in Italy: Ceramics and Roberto Butta

May 24, 2010

We spend part of our year in Italy. On the cheaper side of Lake Como, we get to look across to where George Clooney hangs out. Our apartament is in a pictuesque village called Varenna. It has a thriving artistic community with three privately run galleries all with some nice original art to tempt the [...]

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The influence of sport on original art through the ages

May 22, 2010

Artists, when producing original art, have long taken inspiration from and attempted to depict sporting activities in oils, watercolors and other mediums on canvas. But there is a long history of original art of the period depicting sporting achievements even back to the cavemen drawing on cave walls. These earliest sporting activities were paintings/drawings where [...]

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Still Life: still popular today thro’ artists such as Christine Derrick

May 10, 2010
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What is still life? A still life is a work of original art showing commonplace objects which may be either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, or shells) or man-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, and so on). It was particularly popular in the 17th century. Still life paintings give the artist more leeway [...]

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Sculpture: the original art of Frank Bruce

May 10, 2010
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 Frank Bruce: contemporary art in a unique setting. Entrance to the scuplture trail  I guess a lot of people will be holidaying in the UK this year, given all the trouble with air travel. For art lovers who find themselves in the Spey Valley, Aviemore, Scotland, check out the Frank Bruce Sculpture Trail. It is unique, original [...]

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Zanna Wilson: landscape art in oil and beeswax

May 9, 2010
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Zanna Wilson - landscape art   Argyll seascape: Oil and beeswax on board  Zanna Wilson: producing original art Zanna Wilson has gained fame for her oil and beeswax canvases.At Leith School of Art, Zanna Wilson learned  to paint with oil and  beeswax. Although beeswax is not her only medium,  the main part of her work is in this medium with [...]

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Art Competitions: Paisley Art Institute Annual Exhibition

May 8, 2010

You can buy original art in many places and in many ways. The Paisley Art Institute has been organising exhibitions/competitions for over a hundred years. Given that length of time supporting artists, I thought it would be good to check it out to see if it was a good source to view/buy contemporary art. There [...]

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Landscape Art: the most popular theme in visual art? Ken Bushe

May 8, 2010
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Landscape Art: popular theme of original art – explained A landscape painting can depict such natural scenery  as villages, valleys, mountains,  rivers, and forests. This theme of original art often has as it  the main subject a wide view with nature as the dominant  element. In other works, landscape  is the  backgrounds for human figures or animals –  but [...]

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