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Interview with Erik Minter

Myartisreal — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 14:11:44 +0000

We recently curated an online group exhibition titled “Hello, I love you” and you can view it here. We asked six artists to be a part of it and Erik Minter was one of them. Erik’s works touch me deeply almost as if they are staring into my soul. They are full of emotions and love, so who better to have in a show about love than Erik! What is your first memory of being creative? (Project…

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Salman Khoshroo manipulates wool to simulate brush strokes in portraits and sculptures

Maggie Johnson — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:36:57 +0000

Iranian artist Salman Khoshroo began his art career as a self-taught painter specializing in portrait work. But most recently inspired by the covid 19 pandemic, has ventured into the world of sculpture. Drawing from his previous work Salman began to create 3-dimensional abstract portraits out of colorfully dyed wool. Using the wool fibers in a way that is comparative to brush strokes Salman is…

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Faceless Paintings of intimacy, a look at Gideon Rubin

Maggie Johnson — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 18:31:55 +0000

Spectral composites of people in intimate settings are the bases of Israeli contemporary artist Gideon Rubin’s latest collection of paintings. These paintings are made up of thickly applied broad strokes of carefully selected paints of dimly muted colors. These subjects are pictured in intimate situations giving the painting a feeling of closeness while providing a peek into the lives of these…

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Dipped Paintings, a series by Oliver Jeffers

Myartisreal — Tue, 24 Mar 2020 23:21:12 +0000

Today we shine a spotlight on these amazing dipped paintings. “In November of 2014, I began the first of a series of performances whereby I dipped my own fully painted portraits into vats of enamel paints. It is a process that permanently hides parts of the portrait’s features. I painted the portraits alone in my studio and kept each veiled. Prior to dipping. I never photographed any of the…

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Programming Portraits, a look at Dimitris Ladopoulos

Myartisreal — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:07:33 +0000

Follow my blog with Bloglovin Programming Portraits, a look at Dimitris Ladopoulos Paintings and classical portraits in particular use many shades of the same color to achieve perfect transitions between facial features and clothing. Digital artist and art director, Dimitris Ladopoulos, is using 3D modeling software to showcase these little color differences in a beautiful and interesting manner. Dimitris grew interested in the process called ‘Treemapping’ then created his own algorithm in the program Houdini to create these works of […]

Multi Story Portraits, a look at Cristian Blanxer

Myartisreal — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:57:54 +0000

Based in Barcelona and originally from the Philippines Cristian Blanxer is a street artist who paints beautifully detailed portraits. These portraits normally consist of bleeding faces with different scenes of nightlife. These works are more than just a pretty portrait but they tell stories. The longer you stare at the works the bigger the story gets. One of the most attention-grabbing works is…

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Alessio Albi Takes us on a Trip to the Past

Myartisreal — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 17:18:20 +0000

Italian Photographer Alessio Albi is 29 years old and began taking photos at age 24. He comes from a background of drawing and painting and focuses on portrait photography and storytelling. He utilizes each unique setting to create a story and aesthetic for each photo series. In this series, Alessio takes it back to what reminds us of a film set in Italy in the 30’s. The images show what appears…

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