Jeremy Hush: Drawing a Hazy Memory
Jeremy Hush, mostly a self-taught illustrator, was drawing before he could talk. “I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t drawing,” said Jeremy. “I always had to be fidgeting with something, and couldn’t sit s...
Jason Bard Yarmosky, A celebration of ageing in all its resplendent wrinkly glory
Our obsession with youth has spanned cultures, civilizations and even tempted a god or two along the way. Cleopatra swore that bathing in milk would sustain youthfulness, whereas modern day advertising promises...
Childhood Tales Will Never Die: An Interview with Evens Joseph
Do you remember the time when artists were the toys of their muses ? Now, muses are usually real people, mostly pretty famous women. But back then, muses were ethereal creatures connected with nature, past and future, and able to direct the creations of wonder...
A note from the Editor: Comparison is the Thief of Joy
Dear beautiful and bizarre friends, The release of the 22nd issue of Beautiful Bizarre Magazine is a mere days away now, and I am so incredibly proud of this issue! Proud of the brilliant and inspiring a...
The Recognizable Incomprehension of Ben Smith
The works of the Australian painter Ben Smith are unique. The compositions build unique worlds that engage you through a recognizable incomprehension, drawing you into their world in the hope of understanding t...
Martin Wittfooth TAKES OVER Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
Every month Beautiful Bizarre Magazine chooses one of our favourite artists TAKE OVER social media for the day. For August, we chose Martin Wittfooth to share with us the artists who inspired him throughout his artistic career. Just in case you missed it, belo...
Erin Nicholls Interview: The Perpetual Tourist
The work of Australian artist Erin Nicholls is a reflection of an artistic life lived well. From learning Old Masters' oil painting techniques in Florence, to travelling around the world for inspiration, no...
Dolce Paganne: White is the Most Horrific Color
When it comes to horror, I always thought that it was more effective when brought out in the story by discreet touches, for example by turning mundane elements into tools of complete nightmare. Stephen King per...
Interview: Hell is Empty, All the Demons are with Jim Pavelec
My fascination with demonology started during teenage years, when discovering the sculptures of the cathedrals and the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch. As I was also a bookworm, I finally stumbled on the Ars Goetia, a 17th century grimoire listing more than 70 d...
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize: Winners & Honourable Mentions Announced
2018 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize Before I announce the winners of the Inaugural Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize I would like to to take a moment to thank all of the artists who entered, sharing t...
An interview with Allen Williams: ‘Covenant’ and ‘Personal Gods’ @ Copro Gallery
Mention the name Allen Williams and it's hard not to envision the dark swirling robes of netherworldly creatures so full of life they are one step away from creeping out of their two-dimensional habitats. His w...
Kylie Dexter: Roving in the “Dolldrums”
Bedraggled bedheads tug at your heartstrings with their pleading, pitiful, bloodshot eyes; eyes replete with the dark circles of an insomniac. With mouths turned over in a simple toddler's pout, the dejectedly darling dolls seem to declare, "Poor me," while we...
Angus McDonald: The Striking Stillness of Being
Angus McDonald's paintings capture the ever-escaping march of light. His works seem to freeze the world around his subject. This depiction may be an attempt to render the illusiveness of light and the beauty th...
Jeremy Mann TAKES OVER Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
Every month Beautiful Bizarre Magazine chooses one of our favourite artists to TAKE OVER our social media for the day. For July, we chose Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize Juror and esteemed artist Jeremy Ma...
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya: Gnawing on Fruits
As a young student, Japanese wood carver Yoshimasa Tsuchiya loved science and art. He continued in these veins, ultimately completing his graduate studies in “cultural property preservation science” where he researched the wood-carved sculptures of Buddha crea...
Painting with Blasphemy: An Interview with Carrie Ann Baade
While the idea of blasphemy is usually tied to religion, it can also be applied to long-held traditions that society also holds sacrosanct. In the paintings of Carrie Ann Baade, blasphemy is used alongside brus...
The Modern Japanese Muses of Ikenaga Yasunari
“Gulls wheel through spokes of sunlight over gracious roofs and dowdy thatch, snatching entrails at the marketplace and escaping over cloistered gardens, spike topped walls and treble-bolted doors Gulls alig...
Emotional Stories and Studio Visit: Reisha Perlmutter
Reisha Perlmutter is an extraordinarily talented oil painter who was born and raised in Naples, Florida. Reisha's subject matter is always connected to both nature and it's organic magical elements. There are emotional stories behind all that she chooses to p...
Cymbals, Symbols and the Hidden Details: An Interview with Chris Rivers
"I beat the canvas to death when I’m painting, I paint like I play drums! All my work lately has a common theme of big abstract style backgrounds with small details that tell a story". https://www.youtube.com...
Jasmine Becket-Griffith’s Magical Thinking @ Corey Helford Gallery
You might have noticed that we’ve been sharing several sneak peeks on our social media of Jasmine Becket-Griffith's upcoming Magical Thinking show, to wet your whistle. Okay, we admit... we're slightly obsessed...