Expressive, Dark-Toned Paintings by Bonnie Laird
Waiting for the Cod, oil on paper
Bonnie Laird is our featured artist for today! Bonnie’s website – www.bonnielaird.com – is packed with expressive, dark-toned paintings.
Bonnie’s figure paintings and portraits have a very particular style to them, one which calls to mind much earlier art movements where human features and colours were skewed to reflect a darker, more anonymous urban lifestyle. The human faces in Bonnie’s…
Creative Use of Textiles: Laura Keating
The work of Laura Keating is at times soft and ethereal, at times humorous, and at times dark and heavy. As a trained textile artist, she exhibits creative use of textiles in a way that showcases an artist who plays around with style and tries not to get tied down into one particular mode of working.
Miniature No.1, 3-D stitching, natural fibres
I really adore Laura’s Miniatures…
Movement and Texture: the Artwork of David Ferguson
Sky Event, cast cotton and acrylic on painted board
Movement and texture feature prominently in the work of David Ferguson, our featured artist of the day. David is not only a painter, but a dancer and choreographer, so it makes sense that he would utilize his own expertise and appreciation for moving forms in all of his work.
Courtyard for a Bird, cast cotton installation
I am fascinated by David’s use of cast cotton in his…
Softly Stylized Drawings by Greg Dugan
Greg Dugan uses watercolour, ink, pencil, and sometimes a mixture of these to create his realistic, yet softly stylized drawings. His subject matter is varied though he seems to have an affinity for florals – even in his few landscape images the sensibility for large, blooming petals comes out in palm trees instead.
I like Greg’s use of watercolour, I’ve always found it a difficult medium to work with…
Kiln-Fired Glass by Laura Dawson
Laura Dawson is an artist who works in glass to create beautiful pieces of art. Laura’s works often come in the form of jewelry, but she also produces a wide array of objects including small dishes, incense burners, and coasters – as well as glass that functions purely as art.
Laura Dawson's online gallery of glass
Laura has perfected a technique of kiln-firing and etching that produces the unique designs on…
Personal, Original Artworks by Gas Pedals Tattoo
Today we are featuring the work of several artists rather than a single one. Gas Pedals Tattoo, located in Kelowna, BC, showcases the skill and expertise of their staff on their webpage: www.gaspedalstattoo.com. In the studio, artists Jessie, Brian, Kerri and Erin create unique, stylish tattoos for clients who want personal, original artworks.
Looking through these portfolios, it’s a…
A Wide Spectrum of Illustration by Sara Kaltwasser
Today’s featured artist is Portland, Oregon illustrator Sara Kaltwasser. Sara creates a wide spectrum of illustration working with various styles, subjects, and media.
One of Sara’s interesting projects is a collaborative, ongoing work called Defend the City, which is an online story chronicling life inside the fictional Heart City. The works on her webpage that deal with this alternate universe have a very particular…
Photorealistic Portraits and Drawings: Dave Wishart
Our featured artist for the day, Dave Wishart, is a gifted drawer who creates photorealistic portraits and drawings of motorcycles and other vehicles.
I’m impressed by the level of detail in Dave’s drawings – in his portfolio he has several works focusing on military personnel and their equipment, including the inside of a cockpit complete with all of the hundreds of buttons,…
Hand-Dyed Clothing by Annabella Sardelis
Annabella Sardelis is a textile artist and creator of Indigo & Snow, a line of hand-dyed clothing and accessories made using a Japanese technique called shibori.
Shop for clothing, housewares and more on indigoandsnow.com
Annabella has a background in printmaking, which she pursued before becoming a textile artist and most recently a fashion designer. Environmental conservation is…
Surreal, Mythical Artworks by Monique Blom
But We Know Our Place, mixed media
Monique Blom, our artist of the day, has exhibited all over the world, and spent years working in the creative sector. Before becoming a full-time artist, Monique Blom studied sculpture at the Alberta College of Art and Design, and she has now branched off, developing a practice that includes sculpture as well as painting and design.
Current works on www.moniqueblom.ca
Bright, Expressive Tattoos by Vince Parsons
Tattoo artist Vince Parsons works with both realistic and cartoon-like imagery to produce his bright, expressive tattoos. His works range from small and highly detailed single images to entire scenes complete with text pieces.
Tattoo examples on Vince Parson's website
At Pharaoh tattoo studio in Kelowna, British Columbia, Vince works with his clients to create one-of a kind tattoo designs, often in brilliant,…
Absurd Photo Manipulations by Adam Mayster
Adam Mayster, our featured artist for today, is an artist who works in many different mediums, but is most recently taken with digitally manipulating photographs to create strange and absurd photo manipulations.
The Flower Gallery on theabsurdart.com
In many of his works, Adam uses computer technology to alter the colours of a digital image, producing pictures where the original subject is obscured and…
Expansive Landscapes: Paintings by Frank Kusch
Storm Brewing, acrylic on canvas
Frank Kusch is a Canadian painter who works with both oil and acrylic paints. His works tend to be expansive landscapes, both of earthly scenes, and in some of his work, vast areas of outer space.
A Liturgy of Trees, acrylic on canvas
Frank paints in an almost impressionist style, with quick, small brushstrokes that blend together and express movement over large spaces. His…
Painting and Set Design by Yvonne Shaffer
Our featured artist of the day is Pennsylvania-based painter Yvonne Shaffer. Yvonne works in several different mediums and styles, including oil, watercolour and coloured pencil, also moving between representation and abstraction.
A gallery of watercolour paintings on Yvonne Shaffer's website
Blue, oil on canvas
Yvonne’s paintings show a great deal of texture – regardless of the subject matter one…
Modern Meets Rustic: Madera Fina Studio Furniture
Enrique Morales, the name behind Vancouver’s Madera Fina Furniture, creates beautiful furnishings that combine rustic, un-edited nature with smooth, refined furniture designs. Residing in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Enrique has access to the expansive woods of the area for inspiration. As a craftsman he is entire self-taught, and I can see a clear sense of play and exploration in his pieces.
