January 17, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Chris Duncan paints such blazing and brilliant shapes of color amassed into circles, diamonds and starbursts. His inclusion of colorful dots shine like candy or crystals. Chris employs a wide variety of materials in his work, from photos to string to mirrors and light, all as a means to investigate perception and balance through repetition and reflection.
January 16, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Jeremy Miranda paints wonderfully vibrant glass houses; beaming with light and life against stark landscapes. The contrast is brilliant, fabricating a great desire to unwind in a warm and cozy resort.
January 16, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
There are a million reasons to love artist Alexander Kori Girard. One being his radiant combinations of color mingling together to create irregular symmetrical patterns. I may find inspiration in his work for a future book cover or two!
January 10, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
I am in love with Mark Warren Jacques. If I could, I would have included all his work on my blog, so you have to promise to check out his tumblr. As a visual exploration of life’s little oddities Mark paints good vibes with bursts of colorful sun rays, vein-like trees against black spaces and endless oceans of mesmerizing waves.
January 9, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
I really enjoy these paintings from Ryan Stewart Nault. Perhaps it’s the unusual and quirky still life or the palette of natural tones with bursts of corals that I love.
January 9, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
During an artist’s residency on board a sailboat near the Arctic Circle, Canadian artist Sarah Anne Johnson captures these alluring images of the surrounding landscape. In the series Arctic Wonderland, the landscapes are transformed further into surrealism through the subtle application of pigment by using techniques ranging from painting with acrylics and india ink to photoshop and screen-printing.
VIA: Julie Saul Gallery
January 3, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Pakistani artist Murad Khan Mumtaz uses his training in the art of Indian miniature painting to create these beautiful scenes depicting bits of traditional culture as they fade away in our contemporary materialistic landscape. Keeping with traditional practices, Murad paints on a canvas of wasli paper, which is prepared by glueing sheets together with flour paste and then burnished with either a smooth glass ball or sea shell. Burnishing crushes any grain leaving a shiny, smooth finish.
January 2, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
These pieces from Austin-based artist Xochi Solis are keeping painting weird! Mixing solids with found imagery on top of swift brushstrokes of watery, opaque and metallic paint. In these simple abstract paintings, Xochi creates competing layers bouncing between the 2nd and 3rd dimension. 
VIA: The Jealous Curator
December 19, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
Greatly inspired by 70’s cabin architecture and his woodworking father, Drew Tyndell brilliantly assembles abstract dwellings through the use of scrap wood, painting in structural elements such as doors, windows and stairs. Oh yea, by day Drew is the creative director of Awesome Incorporated creating animations for Adult Swim, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. So all around this dude is pretty swell.
December 12, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
Taking inspiration from American folk art, Byzantine icon paintings and geometric abstractions, Betsy Walton, brings together her talents of drawing and painting to create pieces teetering between mystery and mundane. Betsy has collaborated with several talented artists, such as APAK and Yellena James.
