Archive for the ‘2D (media unknown)’ Category
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The Hunter | DAN MAY
Dan May’s work is soft. Truly, that’s the best word I can use to describe it. His fanciful depictions feel painted in thin layers to give the final image a glow, a technique called sfumato, which Leonard DaVinci often used. I don’t know that May actually uses this technique, but ...
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Self Portrait As An Old Man/Josh Keyes
Josh Keyes has been featured in numerous publications as of late and is definitely one of the more prodigious and identifiable artists of the recent years. I admire both his technical skill and draftsmanship. The style here is almost illustration, but with more vibrance and depth. The iconography used in the ...
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Joel Smith/ “It Is Acceptable To Sit Here …X”
Poetry doesn’t seem to be as popular as it used to be. Today if it isn’t coupled with music, it isn’t even accessible. As a result I have developed a formula. Well, we’ll call it that. It might actually be more accurate to describe it as a haphazard-habit. The “formula” ...
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Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis | SCOTT ALLEN
the abstracted elements of Waits’s forehead, his lanky frame, his seemingly physical dependence on the microphone, and his wardrobe all lend glorious credibility to Allen’s rendition.
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“It Exploded” and “Ten Gauge” / William S. Burroughs
The more I meet artists, the more I know that truly creative people can’t be contained. You won’t find creative genius nestled into a niche’ very often. The creative personality knows no boundaries of exploration, expression, or expulsion. I am convinced that every artist feels compelled to get their hands ...
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Premonition in Mississippi/Joel Smith
the use of negative space and heavy blue tone may offer an effervescent dreamlike quality to the ‘premonition.’ but i love that there’s plenty of room to be able to walk into the painting and look around for myself. and it’s there i can realize the solitude of nature in ...
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inward-scream-outward-lust | JEFF FILIPSKI
men become monsters when voluptuous women flaunt their wares