Energy and Heart: The Art Portfolio of Angela R. Green
Angela R. Green is an artist and poet who explores a variety of subjects in her paintings and visual art. The artist often draws inspiration from music and other forms of expression, resulting in visual pieces that are imbued with a great sense of energy and heart.
I like the way Angela explores different styles of painting as she switches between different subjects. In her series The…
A Naturalist Approach: The Art Portfolio of Jan Pearson
her path, acrylic on wrapped canvas
Jan Pearson takes a naturalist approach to painting, rendering her subjects in a gestural, almost abstracted quality that suggests movement and ethereality. Growing up in rural Missouri, the artist has been inspired by nature, an inspiration that’s reflected in both her subject matter and style.
There’s a wonderful sense of movement in almost all of Jan’s paintings – though an…
Dramatic Portraits: The Painting Portfolio of Nocona Burgess
Nocona Burgess is an artist and a member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma. In his artistic practice, Nocona paints powerful, often dramatic portraits of native American people from different nations around North America.
The artist’s paintings are made all the more striking by his use of monochromatic backgrounds, sometimes incorporating geometric elements. There’s a contrast at play here between the…
Figures and Bodies: The Art Portfolio of Jon Duci
Living Daylights, acrylic on canvas
Long Island, NY artist Jon Duci creates works of painting, drawing, and collage that explore human forms. In his work, Jon stretches the conventional depictions of figures and bodies to a point of near abstraction, creating works that are fascinating blend of figurative painting, abstract art, and body horror.
Ear Op, acrylic on canvas (album art for Los Doggies)
I find Jon’s paintings and…
Gothic Scenes: The Art Portfolio of Rebecca Chaperon
Rebecca Chaperon is an artist based in Vancouver, BC, who specializes in dreamy, gothic scenes and narrative illustrations. The artist works in a lush, painterly style with deeply saturated hues of green, blue, and pink.
I really enjoy the somewhat gestural quality of Rebecca’s painting style, and the way the artist adjusts her technique to be more -- or less -- detailed…
New Forms: The Art Portfolio of Ashleigh Bartlett
Island Time, watercolour on cut silk suspended from bamboo
Ashleigh Bartlett is an abstract artist and painter based in Calgary, Alberta. In her art portfolio, Ashleigh pushes the envelope of painting, exploring new forms outside of the traditional rectangular, stretched-canvas model.
Shade Pockets, watercolour on cut silk over plant
In her recent series Alive with the Sun, the artist paints in watercolour on cut pieces of silk, hanging…
A Sculpture Portfolio by Sarah Martin aka Fallingmoss
Animal Fibers: Mound Series, shibori-dyed wool and silk
Sarah Martin, a.k.a. Fallingmoss, creates works of sculpture and installation using found materials, wood, clay, textiles, and more. The overall aesthetic of Sarah’s sculpture portfolio is natural and rugged, with works that embrace the rough edges and imperfections of nature.
I Can Hear The Tree's Siing, felted, shibori, merino, silk
I really enjoy Sarah’s textile work. The…
Photographic Expertise: An Art Portfolio by Heather Solomon
Photographer Heather Solomon captures views of landscape, animal, and still-life subject matter with her lens. Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Heather uses her photographic expertise to create fine art as well as commercial imagery.
I really enjoy the overall mood and tone that’s present throughout Heather’s portfolio. While no two photos are alike, there’s a certain cohesion even between…
Narrative Sensibility: The Art Portfolio of Phil Cummings
Phil Cummings was born in Manhattan, New York, and has lived around the world, working as an artist and in the film industry. Phil’s paintings and prints tend to have a narrative sensibility about them, whether they exist alongside a defined story, or are stand-alone pieces.
The style that Phil uses in most of his artworks is fascinating – while the artist works in traditional…
The Design Portfolio of John Greg Ball
John Greg Ball is an artist and industrial designer based in Calgary, Alberta. John’s design portfolio includes numerous designs for household objects, as well as pieces devised for public spaces.
It’s interesting to see all the collaborative work that’s gone into the projects in John’s art portfolio. One recent collaboration, between John and a planning committee of…
The Imaginative Contemporary Art Portfolio of Guntis Jansons
Watagan Creek Road, oil on canvas
Guntis Jansons is a painter from Laguna, New South Wales. In his artistic practice, Guntis takes a painterly approach to a variety of subject matter, from classical landscapes and nude portraits, to abstractions, and imaginative contemporary pieces.
Valley of Kings, oil on canvas
I really enjoy the vibrant and widely varied colours that Guntis packs into each of his paintings. The artist seems to…
Still-Life: The Art Portfolio of Jacqueline Janecke
Jacqueline Janecke is a photographer and stylist who creates beautifully rustic floral, food, and still-life arrangements. Jacqueline’s art portfolio is as much about showcasing individual works as it is about creating a cohesive overall aesthetic.
I really enjoy the crispness of Jacqueline’s imagery. Whether she’s photographing flowers and plants out in the wild, or creating her…
Vast Landscapes: The Photography Portfolio of Jim Friesen
Jim Friesen is a photographer who captures vast landscapes and urban locales, often casting these seemingly disparate subjects in a strikingly similar light. The artist’s photographs tend to picture spaces devoid of human figures, though when people do appear, they’re often alone, or aloof.
There seems to be an overall sense of quiet isolation in Jim’s photography portfolio. Two of Jim’s…
The Art Portfolio of Radhika Matthews
Radhika Matthews is an artist who currently lives and works in Newton, Massachusetts. In her artistic practice, Radhika explores relationships and interactions. By expressing the interaction between substrate and medium, and between different forms on a canvas, Radhika’s works become a microcosmic representation of human and environmental interactions.
I enjoy the way that Radhika brings different stylistic…
Otherworldly Forms: The Art Portfolio of Osvaldo Mesa
Osvaldo Mesa creates abstract artworks that deal with otherworldly forms. Working primarily in oil paint, Osvaldo’s bizarre yet detailed forms subvert his viewer’s expectations of abstraction and surrealism in painting.
A passing glance, oil on canvas
As we discussed in our previous feature of Osvaldo’s surreal forms, there’s a palpable sense of symbolism in these paintings – the artist embraces an…