Kari-Lise Alexander: Wet works
I know. The word origin of ‘wet works’ is something terrible – the kind of work where someone ends up ‘sleeping with the fishes’ – but, like pulling bones from a fire before they, too, are consumed, I seize...
Delicate, Gloomy Portraits of a Dystopian Future by Caitlin Hackett
Polluted landscapes, mutated and mutilated animals and a dark vision on the future of humanity: By description, the work of Oakland, California based artist Caitlin Hackett might not immediately appeal to y...
The Mesmerizing Figures of Aaron Nagel
Like a dream or an allusion, Aaron Nagel’s exquisitely rendered figurative oil paintings are photo realistic images of his subjects, with one or two somethings that are just a little off from reality. These subtle details make his paintings feel special an...
The Witty Grunge-Based Narrative of Lora Zombie
Everything about Lora Zombie’s art screams: narrative attitude, laced with quick-wit. The bleeding of watercolour, scratched-out fonts and splashes of paint are throwbacks to early grunge poster art or ‘gru...
Alexa Meade: Playing with Shadows and Optical Illusions
A woman with the uncanny ability to turn three-dimensional imagery into two-dimensional works of art, Alexa Meade has made a name for herself in this extraordinary medium of creative expression. Real life i...
“Hopelessly Obsessive Creative”: Interview with Mab Graves
When Mab Graves is talking, I always stop to listen. It's worth taking the time. She is a highly sought after interview subject. She creates wonderfully accessible fantasy worlds through her paintings and drawings, and I think we are all drawn into them an...
Bringing Fairytales to Life: The Art of Zelyss
Pop surrealism inspired by incredible Japanese dolls and fairytales, romanticized and made serene on the canvas. Take a deep breath and fall into their enormous welcoming souls. Bringing big eyes into the m...
Lauren Marx’s Interconnectivity of Life: Unforgiving Portrayals of Nature
There is an elegant simplicity to the universe: we live and we die; energy inhibits a form, leaves it and takes on another form. This is because all things are made up of the same twelve (known) building bl...
Audrey Kawasaki’s Mural Magic
We know her name, Audrey Kawasaki, queen of the whimsical wood-grained modern nouveau. Her work has been flowing through the world for some time now. It has been embraced by an array of art enthusiasts because of her ability to connect such interesting dot...
Harumi Hironaka: Queen of Attitude
It's difficult to find any piece you don't absolutely love in Harumi Hironaka's body of work. These wild, sensual, tough women invite you to find those wolves that reside in your psyche. Representing streng...
The Artistic Practice of Ania Tomicka
I have followed Italian Lowbrow artist, Ania Tomicka for a number of years and developed a deep admiration not only for her artwork, but also her artistic practice. Ania, interviewed by Allie Schaitel for Beaut...
Chiara Bautista: Drawing with Stardust
We featured an interview with Chiara Bautista in 2014, but who could help wanting to write about such a talented artist again and perhaps share some of her new works or some you may not have seen to date. I could get lost in Chiara's work for hours, the detail...
The Cinematic Narrative Portraiture of Jonathan Viner
Jonathan Viner is an American painter based in Brooklyn, NY. Viner's work drew me in from his contribution to 'Lush Life': Reverie at Roq La Rue and later in the 10th Anniversary Exhibition at Corey Helford Gal...
Out of the Ruins: Monumental Nobodies by Matthew Quick
For Matthew Quick, watching the most symbolic and memorable moment of the Iraq War was a moment of clarity. As US soldiers seized Baghdad and triumphantly pulled down the statue of Saddam Hussein, he ponder...
Interview with Daan Noppen: Where Substance and Ethers Converge
The innovations of Daan Noppen bring a curious new charge to the art of pencil drawing. His still life and portrait drawings are not only astonishingly detailed, but are scaled to an enormous size. Breathing life into his subjects, he endows them with soulful ...
Luscious Pin-Up Art: Into the Boudoir of ONEQ
Undoubtedly, Japanese artist ONEQ is a prodigy of the pin-up world. Self-made, the 36 year old illustrator has patiently built a reputation with her distinctive drawings of women. She is especially praised for ...
Oil Paintings with a Story: Interview with Donatella Marcatajo
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...
Wendy Ortiz and the Phenomenon of Artist as Muse
If you are like me, you have been watching Wendy Ortiz make art with a mesmerized gaze from the moment you discovered her work. Undoubtedly, Wendy is not to be compared to any other artist. The passion and finesse with which she stylizes her work is an inspira...
Secrets in Bloom: Interview with Anna Kincaide
There is something so striking and powerful about the women in Anna Kincaide's work, as she has always been strongly influenced by fashion and design. However, the past year has taken Anna in a new direction wi...
Fantasy and Fortitude: The Visions of Michael C. Hayes
If you’re familiar with the work of Michael C. Hayes, it’s hard not imagine his delicate brush strokes forged through a childhood of drawing extraordinary visions from his very first breath. I was in for a surp...