Wednesday 18 June 2014
Monday 10 March 2014
Mia Bergeron
"Most people don't know that I have done self portraits most
of my life. In the past years, I have done one on my birthday every year to
mark changes in my self, my thoughts, my techniques, and just generally to
journal time in the mirror. It's a little vulnerable to put some of these up on
the Internet, I must say. Not many artists show work from when they were young
(and not very skilled!). But when I looked through them all, I realized there
were a lot of changes, and those things are worth showing, I guess. Being broke
for all of those years, a self- portrait was my way of being curious about form
and drawing, without wasting anybody else's time. I was not a born draughtsman,
as you can see. I worked very hard, and
fought through a lot of my issues with drawing with dozens upon dozens of
sketchbooks filled with horrifying sketches.
I didn't paint any
self-portraits while I was 23-25, due to my time in Italy studying, and frankly
being too enamored with everything around me to care about a mirror. 31 was a
strange year. The painting I did for a self-portrait was not in fact this one,
but it may as well have been.
The one all the way at the bottom is my most recent
portrait, "32". I finished it September 1st, 2012. Thanks for
looking! Enjoy!"
(Source www.miabergeron.com )
Monday 3 March 2014
Dene Croft
Within the walls of his studio in North Vancouver, Dene
Croft immerses himself in his world of "film noir" inspired
narratives, urban landscapes and his love of teaching.
"I've always believed that by the time you turn
professional as an artist you are a thousand influences deep. My great
influences are Tamara De Lempicka and Edward Hopper and with endless respect
and admiration for the ground that they broke for future painters, I pay homage
to them daily in my own work, while constantly pressing forward with my own
sense of aesthetic and story telling."
"My figurative paintings often reflect a bit of film
noir "kitsch"- narrative paintings that leave the viewer writing the
end of the story."
"Painting has become both a great passion and a blessed
curse for me; I love what I do and I love to infuse my passion for my art in
others and with that, my studio has become a hive of creativity in the
mentoring of other artists, and marries my passion for what I do as an artist
and my love of people through my teaching".
Sunday 2 March 2014
Michael Shapcott
Michael Shapcott (born June 6, 1982 in Hartford,
Connecticut) is a Central Connecticut-based painter, known for his daring colour
palette and emotionally charged portraits. His work deal with highly detailed
graphite underdrawing’s which he then paints with colourful washes in oil and
acrylic paints. In addition to painting, Shapcott creates art videos that track
the process of painting a painting and show his unique style of working.
Shapcott studied illustration for two years before switching
to fine arts for the remainder of his studies at Paier College of Art in
Hamden, Connecticut, graduating in 2007 with a diploma in Fine Arts. He credits
his education for basic technical experience but feels that only in breaking
some of the traditional methods, he was taught and experimenting on his own did
he develop the confidence, unique voice and style he continues to expand upon
today.
(Source michael-shapcott.com)
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