Weather Formations: The Art Portfolio of Ian Fisher
Atmosphere No. 93 (Peanut Butter & Jelly Albers), oil on canvas
Ian Fisher is a painter who works primarily in oils, creating monolithic, striking portraits of weather formations. The artist’s works with clouds are arresting in their simplicity, and the artist’s singular focus makes for a beautifully cohesive current portfolio.
Atmosphere No. 106 (Avalanche), oil on canvas
I love the way colours become a prime focal point in…
Fragmented Narratives: The Art Portfolio of Matthew Rangel
Matthew Rangel uses a varied artistic practice to capture American desert backcountry. Using drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, and historical gathering, the artist builds fragmented narratives that emphasize the isolation of the Sierra Nevada landscape.
Gossip Rocks, lithograph and digital
Though currently based in California, Matthew has produced works for publications in Canada, the United…
The Art of Graphic Designer and Concept Artist Hendrik Gericke
Style frame for Taubman's Paint TVC
Hendrik Gericke is a graphic designer and concept artist who works for a variety of commercial clients. The artist produces storyboards, illustrations, and even wall-sized installations for film and television, books, and various other businesses.
Dr. Pete's Tiramisu Cake (illustration created with Postproduktiv (Sydney) for the Great Australian Bake Off 2015)
It’s interesting to see how Hendrik…
Soft and Peaceful: Painting by Gwenda Branjerdporn
Gwenda Branjerdporn is an artist based in Brisbane, Australia. In her portfolio, Gwenda creates expressive landscape, figure, and abstract paintings in a soft and peaceful colour palette.
We have peace with God, watercolour and soft pastels on watercolour paper
It’s interesting to see how Gwenda approaches traditional art in various media including watercolour and acrylic paint. The artist tends to…
The Portfolio of Plein Air Painter Brian Buckrell
Weekend at the Cottage, acrylic
Brian Buckrell is a Canadian plein air painter based in both BC and Ontario. The artist’s award-winning paintings portray stunning landscapes from across Canada, with more recent works taking a slightly abstracted, impressionistic approach to the subject matter.
Brian’s works are wonderfully colourful, with the artist employing a deeply saturated, jewel-toned palette to…
Mythology and Neurology: The Portfolio of Melissa Ann Lambert
Melissa Ann Lambert is an artist from Los Angeles, California, who works in mixed media. The artist’s abstract works are influenced by science, mathematics, mythology, and neurology.
I really appreciate how Melissa explores such a wide variety of different media, often by incorporating as many different media into a single piece as possible. Whether digital or traditional, the artist's works are dense with detail and…
Expressive Art Pieces by Painter Jeffrey Newman
aura.II, mixed media on canvas
Jeffrey Newman is a painter who works in acrylic and mixed media. The artist’s portfolio is packed with wildly colourful and expressive art pieces that occasionally incorporate elements of figure and text.
images.of.we, acrylic on unstretched canvas
Jeffrey’s series of recent works feels light and airy — bright yellow, blue, and pink hues as well as lots of negative space give these works a…
High-Definition Detail: Food Styling by David Grenier
David Grenier is a food stylist with a background in fine art and over two decades of experience in the culinary industry. In his current practice, David produces beautifully composed images of savoury foods, sweets, and drinks that balance high-definition detail with careful staging.
I really like the artist’s treatment of colour in his series book 5. The food photos here are rich with earth tones and the deep,…
Fantastic Favourites: Brian Joubert, Elaine Clapper, Claudette Webb
Today we’re taking a look at some of our favourite works from three different artists. These artists work in a variety of different media, each showcasing their skills and talent through striking imagery and memorable subject matter.
Brian Joubert:
Brian Joubert works out of Narrow Waters Tattoo in Kelowna, BC, producing works of attention-grabbing ink for clients. I love how colourful Brian’s work is, and the way the artist…
Reverence and Nostalgia: Art by Linda Finn
Linda Finn is an Ontario-based artist and painter. The artist’s prolific art practice spans printmaking, acrylic painting, bookmaking, and sculptural assemblage, with a sense of reverence and nostalgia for the Ontario landscape running through the works as a common theme.
I really enjoy Linda’s printmaking works -- in her series Memory of Water she takes a quiet, abstracted approach to water…
Architectural Features: Paintings by Barbara Horosko Nichols
Entrance (from Oaxaca Walls series), mixed media on museum board
Barbara Horosko Nichols is an artist who currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. In her practice, Barbara creates paintings of architectural features and shadowy geometric structures around Los Angeles and other regions.
Passion Flower and Hibiscus, coloured pencil and graphite on paper
I really enjoy the unique texture in Barbara’s paintings -- the…
A Wintry Mood: Landscape Painting by Aimee Rudge
Padilla Bay, acrylic on gallery-wrapped canvas
Aimee Rudge is a painter who specializes in quiet, subdued seaside landscapes. Working mainly in acrylic paints and watercolours, Aimee captures the desolate, slightly cold beauty of Washington beaches and oceans under overcast skies, with a wintry mood.
Bahamas Beach, watercolour on cold-pressed paper
I really appreciate the level of detail that Aimee tends to work with in her…
A Portfolio of Colour Field Painting by CK Kennedy
Three Night Stripes, oil on canvas (three panels)
CK Kennedy is an artist based in Vancouver, BC. In their practice, CK explores the tradition of colour field painting, creating abstract paintings that focus on planes of colour and their interactions with each other across the canvas or other substrate.
Untitled (Additive Grid with Yellow Windows), oil on canvas
I really like the presence of CK’s artworks. Though the canvases are…
Altered States of Mind: Art by Mizu
Mizu is an artist based in Denver, Colorado, who uses his artwork to explore psychedelic settings and altered states of mind. The artist often applies a practiced technique of airbrush painting to everything from paper and canvas to the sides of vans.
I really like the mix of diversity and cohesion in Mizu’s current art portfolio. While the artist’s works show off a sense of experimentation and…
Propaganda and Popular Media: The Art of Dylan Humphreys
Dylan Humphreys is an artist based in Vancouver, BC. In his practice, Dylan is a painter, illustrator, and film industry set decorator, producing works inspired as much by street art and graffiti as they are by political propaganda and popular media.
It’s interesting to see how Dylan’s various inspirations come to play in different modes of art production. The artist’s comic book…