TRANQUILIDAD, the series of abstract paintings is performed with a unique technique developed by Jan Astner. Light layers of paint are applied with a damp sponge. The drawing is gradually washed out. This way the artist obtains the effects of transparency and luminosity. One image has many such layers. The delicate texture obtained as a […]
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Jan Astner TRANQUILIDAD
Jan Astner TRANQUILIDAD abstract forms The works of Jan Astner are associated with an extensive catalog of abstract forms. His abstraction is born from the desire to convey one’s own world of feelings. The artist studies his reactions to social, sociological and psychological problems and relationships between people. To achieve his goal, he created his […]
Jan Astner – TRANSHUMAN PORTRAITS – abstract vision
Jan Astner paints his TRANSHUMAN PORTRAITS as abstract visions, visions of the future. It is an ongoing project as new compositions are constantly being created in this series. These are not strictly speaking portraits. More sketches of a vision of the future. Notes from the dehumanized, technologically reconfigured future. Abstract visions, a vision of the […]
Ana-Maria Panaitescu – visiting artist’s studio
Ana-Maria Panaitescu – visiting artist’s studio Most of my work is about using traditional materials (like wood, canvas, paper, cardboard, metal, oil colors) and finding a way to combine it with new stuff, like silicon, acrylics, polystyrene, different types of strong glue, etc. It is my way of being traditional and living in our days […]
David Carr – Celebrity Colour Challenge
O-A: What is the Celebrity Colour Challenge? David Carr: It began as a small experiment. Usually I work with a large range of paints and my pictures are very bright and colourful. I wanted to try and create a piece using a very limited pallet, and came up with the idea of asking someone else […]
Vidal Toreyo Metamorphopsia
Do we all see everything the same or do our perceptions differ? Our brain, our nervous system can make us see differently, if only due to visual impairment. Metamorphopsia is a specific disorder of visual perception. This is due to the central nervous system, which is involved in the transmission, modality and analysis of visual […]
“Four Directions” paintings by Patrica Hume
Four Directions was inspired about 2 weeks ago. I’ve done multiple different paintings with the colors of the four directions. But this series is specific in color and direction. Each canvas is colorful but the middle of each there is either white, red, yellow or black. These colors represent north (white), east (yellow), south (red) […]
Abstract painting by Bartos Saro
Bartos Saro abstract painting Inspirations of abstract painting by Bartosz Saro Abstract painting draws from many different inspirations. A synkope is a kind of metro-rhythm disturbance in the course of a piece, used as a stylistic measure in music. It consists in extending the rhythmic value. The typical accent changes. Abstract painting by Bartosz Saro […]
Catherine Guinot – Pixel waves
Title of the series of artwork: Catherine Guinot – Pixel waves Short description of series idea: For this color stripes series, it’s ail about light waves, colors and blood streams … 1 become a pixelated image, like when a video stream suddenly breaks up and blends the images together. For a suspended lime, 1 experience […]
Ingela Wallgren Lindgren – “In true colors we will became”
PRESENTATION OF A SERIES OF ARTWORK Title of the series of artwork: “In true colors we will became” Short description of series idea: Intuitive artwork, paint in oilcolors on canvas. Styles of presented artworks: Color Field Painting, Informel, Post-painterly Abstraction, Process Painting TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ARTWORK Used technique and materials: Oil on canvas, 35×35 […]
Yvette Kaiser Smith – pi x 5s Series
PRESENTATION OF A SERIES OF ARTWORK Title of the series of artwork: pi x 5s Series Short description of series idea: I create wall-based geometric abstractions by utilizing grids and simple geometric shapes as tools in inventing systems for visualizing numerical values of sequences derived from the numbers pi and e. In 2016, I began […]
Nataša Gregorič NABHAS – “NABHAS XXL CANVAS”
Nataša Gregorič NABHAS – series “NABHAS XXL CANVAS” Description of series idea: 1.Description of the concept of the series of artworks: The concept of my work is intertwining, internalization, and life inspiration from: • Impressionism, pointillism, divisionism • Abstract art • Atoms in the universe • New painting media, exploring, and understanding • Communication with […]