Paint and Installation: The Art Portfolio of Diana Lynn
helen's table (from installation aunt helen dances at dia de los muertos)
Diana Lynn is a California-based artist who works presently in paint and installation. The artist’s installations are usually site-specific, and often address themes of temporality, death, and rebirth.
Impermanent Marks (installation view)
Diana’s recent installation Impermanent Marks takes an interactive approach, allowing visitors to “paint” on…
The Art Portfolio of Brad Nuorala
Brad Nuorala is an abstract and figurative painter based in the United States. In his practice, Brad favours the use of acrylic paints, creating images on a variety of surfaces included canvas, board, and paper.
I like the cohesiveness of Brad’s overall portfolio -- though the artist experiments with a wide range of different imagery and subjects, he manages to maintain a pleasantly consistent style…
The Portfolio of Textile Artist Michael Shyka
Michael Shyka is a textile artist and fashion designer who creates his own fabric designs by painting directly onto silk. Michael also works in watercolour, creating paintings that bring the artist’s fashion-minded aesthetics into the realm of landscape and portrait painting.
I love Michael’s floral designs on silk textiles. As we saw in our previous feature of Michael’s …
The Art Portfolio of Carly Jaye
SEINFELD, mixed media on wood canvas
Carly Jaye is a painter who works primarily in acrylic, creating portraits of friends and family as well as athletes, celebrities, and other pop-culture icons. Beyond human subjects, Carly’s portfolio also features examples of pet portraiture, and landscape and architectural painting.
In our previous feature of Carly’s pop-culture paintings and portraiture, we looked at the artist’s…
Professional Looks: The Portfolio of Stylist Karen Kleber
Talia Balsam for Angeleno Magazine
Stylist Karen Kleber works with clients in fashion, music, advertising, and other industries all over the world. In her practice, Karen creates polished, professional looks, shifting easily between red-carpet glamour and functional, everyday clothing.
I like the way that Karen tailors her styles to both the context -- whether that be an advertising video, a gala, or a magazine shoot -- and…
Kaleidoscopic Imagery: The Art Portfolio of Amber MacGregor
Flowering (detail), graphite on archival paper
Amber MacGregor was born in Edmonton, AB, and now lives and works in Victoria, BC. In her artistic practice, Amber often utilizes kaleidoscopic imagery, lending a surreal, abstracted edge to traditional portraiture.
Kaleidoscoped Self Portrait, acrylic on wood panel
In some of Amber’s recent works, the artist has been exploring themes of digital technology and how its use relates to and…
The Art Portfolio of Jordan Dunlop
Artist Jordan Dunlop explores abstraction through wildly colourful compositions, using different brush marks, textural qualities, and substrates to push the envelope of painting. Jordan’s current portfolio features drawings and paintings, both of which are representative of different facets of the artist’s style.
In our previous feature of Jordan’s work, we looked at the way the…
The Art Portfolio of Vicki Beamish
Vicki Beamish is a British Columbia-based oil painter. In her practice, the artist enjoys creating paintings that focus on the details of vast landscapes, depicting small bodies of water, fallen trees, and sometimes animals with a sense of reverence.
Vicki’s paintings are impressively detailed and realistic. As was addressed in our previous feature of Vicki’s sweeping…
The Painting Portfolio of Robert Devriendt
Untitled (from series The Missing Script,) oil on canvas
Robert Devriendt is a painter from Belgium. In his practice, Devriendt creates artworks that borrow visual rhetoric and aesthetics from the medium of film. The artist’s works encourage audience interpretation, while purposefully leaving space for misinterpretation.
Untitled (from series The Missing Script,) oil on canvas
I love the way that Devriendt’s oil paintings act…
Portraits of Houses: The Art Portfolio of Joel David Abramson
North Minneapolis House, watercolour
Joel David Abramson is an artist and illustrator trained in both fine arts and graphic design. In his professional artistic practice, Joel specializes in portraits of houses and other real-estate properties, often creating the works on commission.
I’m quite charmed by Joel’s architectural illustrations. The artist works in watercolour, graphite, and ink, creating portraits both in…
The Art Portfolio of Clayton Samuel King
Memengwaa (butterfly), ultraviolet luminescent acrylic paint on Stonehenge paper
Ontario-based artist Clayton Samuel King paints primarily in acrylic. The artist tends to focus on animal subjects, using a unique visual language that’s influenced by the local landscape and fauna, and by the Woodland Art Style developed by contemporary First Nations artists in Ontario and the surrounding regions.
The Art Portfolio of Jeffrey Fine
Jeffrey Fine is an artist who works in paint and mixed media, building landscapes, city scenes, and abstract compositions out of wildly colourful, overlapping, curving forms. The artist is mainly self-taught, and his current portfolio represents multiple decades of prolific work and visual exploration.
It’s interesting to note that Jeffrey’s artistic practice has, for much of the artist’s life, sat alongside a…
The Portrait Art Portfolio of Judith Elsasser
Passionate Heart: Suzette Sherman and Michele Green, oil on canvas
Judith Elsasser is an oil painter who specializes in detailed, photo-realistic portraits. In her artistic practice the artist skillfully captures the faces and expressions of her subjects, as well as objects and spaces that are important to them.
I’m impressed by Judith’s ability to capture not only faces, but a sense of movement and life…
A Portfolio of Pop-Art Inspired Images by Stephen Middleton
November at the Vancouver Rowing Club, acrylic on canvas
Stephen Middleton is a Vancouver-based artist specializing in acrylic painting. In his practice, the artist creates vivid, pop-art inspired images that showcase scenes from around Vancouver, as well as portraiture and text.
Myria Le Noir, acrylic on canvas
In our previous feature of Stephen’s work, we looked at the artist’s use of graphic planes of colour. I love how Stephen…
The Watercolour Medium Portfolio of Travis Poelle
Travis Poelle is a watercolour painter who uses his chosen medium to depict slice-of-life scenes, cityscapes, and figures. In his current portfolio, Travis showcases an eye for detail, and great skill and control with the watercolour medium.
I like the way that medium and subject matter work together in Travis’ portfolio. As we saw in our previous feature of Travis’ sunny…