I’ve always loved Halloween, and I’ve always loved dressing up for Halloween, so this year I thought I’d dress PaintBlog up too. Â Introducing “SculptureBlog”! Â
How appropriate that today on SculptureBlog we have the artist Ray Villafane, who on Halloween does crazy amazing work with pumpkins! Â He even has a tutorial on his site if you’re interested in taking your own jack-o-lantern to the next level.
Aleksandra Rdest creates paintings that could be mistaken for microscopic views of amoeba swimming in coloured waters. Â There is a sense of alienness that lives right up alongside with pure natural beauty in her works, which is a sensation I imagine scientists feel when they discover new life through their microscopes.
I’m having a hard time looking away from Ryan Sanchez’s paintings, because every time I look at them I see something new in them. Â Very cool work!
Anna Leyland has a number of incredibly fun portraits on her site, including this great monochromatic Debbie Harry. Â Almost makes me miss the 80’s. Â Almost.
I’ve always loved photography that utilizes a shallow depth of field, so it’s no surprise that I’m loving Martin Ouellette’s photo-realistic paintings that embody a narrowly focused macro view of the world. Â Great stuff.
Jeff Schaller has a great pulp-novel-cover sensibility that is highly entertaining. Â Check it out here.
There is always something a bit off in the worlds that Rachel Salomon creates. Â The colours have shifted into a slightly surreal palette, the figures aren’t always behaving as expected, and even mother nature seems to be behaving suspiciously . Â It’s all very subtle, but the elements add up to some incredible narrative paintings.
Mark Lague finds an incredible amount of beauty in city landscapes, and transfers that beauty onto canvas with incredible accuracy. Which is not to say he paints in a highly realistic style, but rather, his paintings capture light, composition and colour in a highly impressive manner. My favourite thing about his site is that he offers incredibly large views of his work, so you can really get in there and see the brush strokes. Fantastic!
I’m pretty keen on Mark Dixon’s abstractions. Â His landscapes in particular are drawing me in.
I am highly impressed with the way Hyeonggon Kim handles portrait work. Â The shadows, textures, and shapes of skin and bone subject matters can be very tricky to represent, but when it’s done well, it’s an amazing thing. Â See more amazing paintings here.
