Ocean of Flowers is a painting by Alejos Lorenzo Vergara from Spain. It is a vibrant piece that features scattered flowers on multiple layers. The spots of colors where the flowers become abstract, as juxtaposed on the representational flowers are in many ways similar to a painter’s color board, going from round spots of clearContinue reading “Bathing in an Ocean of Flowers”
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Waiting for Spring
This abstract painting by Ukrainian painter Andris is actually a triptic. It is a mix of representational and abstract art, drawing from clear floral shapes and moving into an abstract viewpoint. Thus, it brings together two worlds, one of the everyday concrete and one of the impression.
Memories of Home
Shandor Alexander captures a very warm and colorful, yet nostalgic atmosphere in is paintings of East-European villages. The inviting vibe of the image allows the viewer to enter a world that hides many stories of old and new.
Don’t Repeat after Me
Originally from Brazil, Daniel Bo has also lived in Paris in New York and has exhibited on many occasions. In his childhood, he saw many of the women in his family craft and paint delicate porcelain dolls. His paintings of wildlife, by which he is fascinated draw in a way on the fragile aesthetic ofContinue reading “Don’t Repeat after Me”
Reflection
Sergei Inkatov was born in Baku, Azerbaijan in 1971. He is a renowned artist with paintings exhibited worldwide by private collectors, as well as museums. This painting, titled “Reflection” is 100×60 cm and sells for €1,860. It was painted in 2014 and centers around a broken-down geometry, can invite the viewer to contemplate on the changingContinue reading “Reflection”
Boris Kustodiev’s Eternal Light
Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev (7 March [O.S. 23 February] 1878 – 28 May 1927) was a Russian painter and stage designer. He was an extremely talented genre-painter and authored many powerful works. His poetic paintings have a strong theatrical vibe to them; they are incredibly vivid, yet subtle and reserved and raise people’s experiences to anContinue reading “Boris Kustodiev’s Eternal Light”
Bruno Borges’ Mysteries
Bruno Borges is a Brazilian artist based in New York City. His illustrations are a combination between geometrical shapes constructed in a very personal manner and natural concepts. Overall, his works have a slight occult feel and can be contemplated for very long periods of time. His work with illustration (but also with other formsContinue reading “Bruno Borges’ Mysteries”
Monet’s Nymphéas Bleus
Claude Monet was extremely passionate about his garden and his water lilies and painted an entire series of beautiful images depicting these flowers. He actually grew white water lilies in the water garden he arranged in his property at Giverny in 1893. His garden became his only source of inspiration from the 1910s until hisContinue reading “Monet’s Nymphéas Bleus”
Beyond the Surface: An Interview with Søren Martinsen
Søren Martinsen is a Danish painter with a very analytical artistic point of view. Most of his works revolve around the idea of landscape, which he often processes in a very clear and detail-oriented way. In the paintings, one can see almost a dissection of a landscape, which sometimes results in an image that isContinue reading “Beyond the Surface: An Interview with Søren Martinsen”
Considerations on Caspar David Friedrich’s „Two Men Contemplating the Moon”
German romanticism is one of the most influential artistic movements in history. The romantic thought, the imaginary and the aesthetic of the romantics continues to fascinate people around the world to this day and has a strong influence on the artistic world and global visual culture. Friedrich Schlegel, a historian, critic and literary theoretician saidContinue reading “Considerations on Caspar David Friedrich’s „Two Men Contemplating the Moon””