Ebb and Flow with Marc Scheff
Along with time and skill, there is also an energy that brings an artist's piece to life. We often don’t get to see these early beginnings as a viewer but they are the soul of the work we see. The studios i...
Disrupted Realism: An Interview With Meredith Marsone
Realistic portraits abstracted by streaks of oil paint, colors pulled through the paintings, blurring through arms, torsos, faces. The emotive figures are portrayed in a way for open interpretation by the viewe...
Your Favorite Instagram Posts of 2018
The New Year is a wonderful opportunity to look back at the previous year and count the blessings we received. The Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Instagram account has reached half a million followers in the last 12 months (OMG!), and we thank you dearly for your ...
Creation Process: The Visual Language of Stuart Holland
"I work in very subtle layers when beginning my figures, slowly building up nuanced values to match the lighting I’m trying to achieve." ~ Stuart Holland
There is nothing more exciting than taking a look into a...
The Whimsical Paintings of Robert Page
A look at the portfolio of Austin based artist Robert Page will remind you of novel ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell, and a lot of literary references on the animals we raise and the animals we are. But if his wo...
Chris Rivers: Mountains We Climb
Bringing a piece to life encompasses so many different skills. A thought provoking journey with colour and rituals that take place to help the artist bring their own unique vision to the canvas. There is so much more behind the scenes for us to explore as the ...
Loving Humanity: The American Realism of Leigh Bongiorno
There are many ways to perceive art: it can be a mean to escape reality or to embellish it. But some artists prefer to see it as a tool to reflect their contemporary society. It is the case of Cleveland based p...
Interview: The Feminine, Symbol-Filled Pop Surrealism of Dawn Cooke
Bodies. They are at the center of art. First, because artists are using their own to create their artworks. And, of course, the body is one of the most favorite themes in art history. Female bodies, animals bod...
Journey Into The Archetype: An Interview With Hannah Yata
"I’m really passionate about exploring the different aspects of the Mother concept of the Nature archetype. The all-devouring mother, nurturing loving mother, the rituals, the dance, the wild excess of being of the Garden herself." Beautiful Bizarre Magaz...
Legacy @ Thinkspace Projects: An Interview with Dulk
One of the biggest fears becoming an adult is losing your imagination and only seeing the world as it is through dull lenses. Dulk proves this doesn't always have to be the case by creating artworks that appear...
Alex Louisa: Painter and Curator of All the Little Things
Soft, subtle, detailed and startingly lifelike are the first words that spring to mind when looking at Alex Louisa’s paintings. Muted and deep backgrounds contrast richly with pops of colour and exquisitely-det...
The Delectable World of Will Cotton
Fantastical, sumptuous candy landscapes where youth, glamour and beauty reign supreme. Couture made of candy bar wrappers and icing. Cotton candy clouds and snow made of icing so light that you can imagine the feel of it's soft edges grazing your fingertips be...
Left Hand Black Gallery: Welcoming the Strange and the Curious
“My husband and I have always been collectors of ‘strange’ things. we opened our shop and gallery in the new “South Park” district of San Diego (formally Golden Hill), we definitely grabbed the attention of th...
Tom Christophersen Interview: Artist. Actor. Atrocity?
Portraiture and performance artist Tom Christophersen knows the two disciplines go hand in hand. His portraits are a performance and he takes this truth to another level by more often than not working with perf...
Casson Trenor & Caia Koopman’s ‘Umijoo’: A Tale of Adventure, Beauty and Conservation
Art connects with us on many levels. It can remind us of memories and experiences, touch our hearts through the strength of emotion and magnificence it emits, and inspire us with the imagination and technical ability, which gave the art life in the first place...
The Illustrations of Evens Joseph: The Necessity of Metamorphosis
I recently had a chat with American artist Evens Joseph about the construction of his visual universe, inhabited with butterfly-winged creatures. Both his process and his focus on harmonious female forms led me...
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Curated Exhibition ‘Ephemeral’ @ Modern Eden Gallery
“We owe at least this much to future generations, from whom we have borrowed
a fragile planet called Earth.” Maurice Strong
‘Ephemeral’, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine’s second curated exhibition at Modern Eden G...
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 still, so I drew constantly.” Using ballpoin...
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 ...