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.



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