Forms and Materiality: The Art Portfolio of R. Dale McElwee
R. Dale McElwee is an artist who often paints in watercolour, recreating and remixing imagery from New Orleans cemeteries. In many of his works, R. Dale examines the forms and materiality of stone statues, as well as plants and other environmental features.
I really enjoy the dreamlike colour schemes that R. Dale employs in his recent gallery of works from 2017. The paintings utilize the diffuse nature of the…
Intuitive Technique: The Art Portfolio of Terry Lee Crump
Terry Lee Crump is an artist currently based in Houston, Texas. In his practice, Terry creates paintings built up out of partially abstracted figures and forms, using a subdued colour palette and an intuitive technique.
I enjoy the subtle texture and deliberate imperfection present throughout Terry’s portfolio. The artist’s use of a relatively cohesive palette -- yellows, blues, and…
The Art Portfolio of Bernard Dick
View From The Kitchen Window, digital painting
Painter Bernard Dick uses a style that celebrates the qualities of his chosen medium, rendering pastoral scenes, portraits, landscapes, and other subject matter in heavy, painterly brush marks. Bernard also works in digital media, creating digital paintings that emulate the texture and volume of traditional oil paint.
Exploring 2, acrylic on canvas
It’s fascinating to see how the…
Picturesque Scenes: The Art Portfolio of Madeline Shea
Madeline Shea is a painter who creates picturesque scenes using a bright and varied palette and detailed yet relaxed brush marks. The artist’s subject matter ranges from cityscapes, to pet portraits, to gestural watercolour paintings.
lincoln and diversy, oil on canvas
I really enjoy the general sense of ease that’s consistent throughout much of the artist’s practice. Regardless of what she’s painting,…
Painting and Digital Media: The Art of Kevin McLaughlin
Tubular Litigation, large format digital print
Kevin McLaughlin works in both traditional painting and digital media, building works off of an undulating, snakelike organic form. In various permutations throughout the artist’s portfolio, these snakelike forms take on new and different identities depending on medium and application.
Focus Pocus, large format digital print
Kevin’s recent digital artworks showcase both colour and…
Technology and the Human Body: The Portfolio of Sonya Stefan
Passé Composé (installation view), collaboration with Emma Roufs and and Mika Posen (Merganzer)
Sonya Stefan works at the intersection of technology and the human body, producing artworks that examine relationships between people and devices. Working primarily in performance, installation, and film, Sonya creates works that are easy to recognize and relate to on multiple levels.
LCD Teardown, collaboration with Stephanie Castonguay…
German Ancestry: The Art Portfolio of Jess Richter
Haus Süd, wood, screen print, paper, silver glitter, paper cut, laser-cut metal, lighting
Jess Richter is an artist who works in papercraft, painting, printmaking, and mixed media. The artist often combines different disciplines and aesthetics to create artworks that explore her German ancestry and prairie upbringing.
I enjoy the blend of delicate and defiant sensibilities that coexist in each of Jess’…
The Art Portfolio of Morwenna Morrison
Et in Arcadia Ego, oil on canvas
Morwenna Morrison creates layered artworks that explore nostalgia, memory, and storytelling. The artist works primarily in paint, though she often incorporates other artistic media and techniques into the brainstorming and planning process of a work.
Nostalgia and the Romantic Idyll, oil on canvas
I love Morwenna’s recent paintings in oil on canvas -- I find these works subvert the usual idea of…
Texture, Colour, and Form: The Art Portfolio of Joy Pesaturo
Joy Pesaturo is a self taught artist currently based in the San Juan Islands, in Washington. In her practice, the artist is drawn toward abstraction, producing works that explore texture, colour, and form with equal weight.
I really enjoy the sense of texture that Joy achieves in each of her works, regardless of medium. Using paint or mixed media, she creates a kind of mottled, soft texture that makes me think of…
From Realistic to Surreal: The Art Portfolio of Jeanne Lloyd
Jeanne Lloyd is a prolific painter who works with subject matter ranging from colourful abstraction to portraits of mythological figures and animals. The artist’s style ranges from realistic to surreal and abstracted, and her use of multiple styles for similar subjects suggests a love of experimentation.
I like the cohesive overall style that’s present throughout Jeanne’s portfolio. The…
The Portfolio of Chickasaw Artist Larry Carter
Chickasaw artist Larry Carter uses a distinctive, colourful painting style to render nature, architecture, and human subjects with a great sense of energy. The artist has a penchant for highly saturated colours and large, heavy brush marks.
I like the almost fragmented appearance of many of Larry’s recent paintings -- I would guess that at least some of these were painted using a palette…
The Art Portfolio of Painter Nicholas Esch
Painter Nicholas Esch produces beautiful, highly detailed works of photo realism. The artist’s subject matter spans portraiture, landscapes, still life, and more, with each subject -- human or otherwise -- rendered with a careful, patient hand.
Michael Elwes Esq, oil on Ampersan board
It’s nice to see some variation in the way Nicholas layers brush marks onto his canvases. With human subjects the…
HAUSON: The Art Portfolio of R.S. Robertson
R.S. Robertson works under the studio name HAUSON, producing psychedelic artworks in a rainbow of colours. The artist’s pieces hearken to the Op Art movement of the 1960s, yet are firmly situated in the present.
DANCE IN THE MIDDLE, acrylic on canvas
Much of R.S.’s portfolio reminds me of work by Bridget Riley, particularly in the way that colours overlap and create new shapes and patterns to trick the…
The Illustrative Art Portfolio of Reed Dixon
Reed Dixon was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania and worked as a commercial illustrator and designer for a time before opening his own studio. In his current practice, Reed utilizes a variable, illustrative style to produce a prolific array of works.
Impact, mixed media and gold leaf on canvas
It’s interesting to see the variety of different styles that Reed plays with in his current portfolio. In terms of…
The Watercolour Art Portfolio of Kathleen Contri
Kathleen Contri is an artist who works primarily in watercolour, capturing her surroundings and imaginary scenes with equal exuberance.
Bridge at Anderson Japanese Garden, acrylic on canvas
Many of the artist’s works take the form of beautiful landscapes packed with colour -- I like the way that Kathleen uses different brush marks to render different objects. In outdoor scenes, leaves and flowers are…