Jantine Zandbergen, Author at Beautiful Bizarre Magazine

Avant-Garde Garment Architecture: Interview with IIMUAHII

June 28, 2017

From dressing celebrities to being featured in one of the The Hunger Games films: life is good for Ukrainian born fashion designer Elena Slivnyak and her label IIMUAHII. With her dystopian, science fiction ...

Oil Paintings with a Story: Interview with Donatella Marcatajo

Jantine Zandbergen

June 1, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Craftsmanship is often passed on from generation to generation. For centuries, families have passed on the craft of baking, gardening or writing. Art is another craft that often runs in the family, for inst...

Black and White Hyper-Realistic Paintings: An Interview With Claus Word

Jantine Zandbergen

May 10, 2017

ART, INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

If you come across one of the works of Italian artist Claus Word online, you probably think he’s a skilled photographer. Strong, close-up and detailed: his hyperreal work is quite fascinating. The fascination g...

Romantic Tales With an Edge: Interview With Katie Eleanor

Jantine Zandbergen

April 11, 2017

INTERVIEWS, LATEST POSTS, PHOTOGRAPHY

We all have artists we love so much that they can do no wrong. Directors that can’t create a film you don’t love, writers that publish book after book that steals your heart and painters that seem to be deeply ...

Enigmatic Embroidery by Michelle Kingdom

Jantine Zandbergen

February 20, 2017

ART, LATEST POSTS

The art of embroidery is no longer an art practiced only by 'old ladies'. More and more artists embrace embroidery as a technique for telling their stories. One of those artists is Los Angeles based, Michel...

Elegant Portraits of Royalty by Laura Sheridan

Jantine Zandbergen

January 16, 2017

Photogasm: Dark Editorial

Jantine Zandbergen

December 12, 2016

Enchanting Folkloristic Illustrations by Alexandra Dvornikova

Jantine Zandbergen

November 9, 2016

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

With the short, dark days of winter coming up (sorry Australia!) I feel my taste gravitating towards warm, fantastic art more than any other season. Alexandra Dvornikova, a young art graduate living and working...

Dark Fairy Tales Painted by Sandra Ovenden

Jantine Zandbergen

September 26, 2016

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Although still dominated by men the tattoo world is no longer what it once was: a male driven industry. More and more women find their way into the shops, both to be tattooed and as artists. Sandra Ovenden ...

Enchanting Drawings by Rebecca Yanovskaya

Jantine Zandbergen

September 10, 2016

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Life’s not easy for a fantasy fan nowadays. Where a few decades ago there wasn’t a lot of great material around you now have a choice in thousands of books, films and series being released each year. With t...

The Celestial Photography of Maxime Simoncelli

Jantine Zandbergen

June 22, 2016

PHOTOGRAPHY

A few years ago, I stumbled upon an Instagram account called Iamthewoodendoors. The account, named after a haunting song by the band Agalloch, quickly became one of my favorites; always sharing mysterious, ...

The Dreamy, Mystical Works of Denis Forkas

Jantine Zandbergen

June 2, 2016

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

When people ask me the biggest benefit of living in the Netherlands I always come up with the same answer: the rich cultural history of the country, especially the arts. Living in the Netherlands means bein...

Ghostly Encounters by Matthias Lueger

Jantine Zandbergen

April 27, 2016

PHOTOGRAPHY

Have you ever wondered who or what was living in that old, abandoned house you pass on your way to work every day? Or if there might still be someone living in that dilapidated shed hidden in the forest? There’...

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Expressive Portraits by Schalk van der Merwe

Jantine Zandbergen

March 26, 2016

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

French painter Paul Cezanne once said, “A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” As a post-impressionist Cezanne knew what he was talking about, the movement focused on avoiding the limitati...

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Interview with Mira Nedyalkova

Jantine Zandbergen

February 26, 2016

INTERVIEWS, PHOTOGRAPHY

The photos of Bulgarian artist Mira Nedyalkova are works you won’t easily forget once you’ve seen them. Mira’s main inspiration is water, and she likes to portray her models floating around looking like otherwo...

Digital Illustrations by Miranda Meeks

Jantine Zandbergen

February 17, 2016

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

Miranda Meeks is an artist living and working in Provo, Utah. Miranda’s work, mostly digital, is soft and detailed with a touch of mystery. The haunting atmosphere in her work is explicable when we look at her ...

Photogasm: The Haunting

Jantine Zandbergen

January 17, 2016

PHOTOGRAPHY

We present our favourite photography finds of the week, sourced from various social media platforms. Enjoy beautiful.bizarre’s weekly Photogasm! 'The Haunting' The work of the columns, our bodies communiel...

Surreal Digital Paintings by Aykut Aydoğdu

Jantine Zandbergen

January 13, 2016

ART

There’s a deep sense of mystery in the illustrations of Aykut Aydoğdu, a freelance illustrator from Istanbul, Turkey. Firstly it’s his technique. Even when you study his work thoroughly you won’t believe there’...

Bleak Cityscapes Painted by Mark Thompson

Jantine Zandbergen

November 27, 2015

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

It’s no coincidence that one of the Christmas songs you will hear these upcoming weeks tells you winter is the most wonderful time of the year: winter surely is something special. When the days are getting shor...

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Vibrant Oil Paintings by Jeremiah Ketner

Jantine Zandbergen

November 3, 2015

ART, PAINTING & ILLUSTRATION

There are many influences to be found in the colorful oil-paintings of Chicago based artist Jeremiah Ketner. At first there’s a touch of pop-surrealism: fantastic creatures in bright colors and exaggerated body...

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