A Portfolio of Plein Air Landscapes by Michael Gaudreau
Michael Gaudreau is an artist currently based in Bel Air, Maryland. A member of the Pastel Society of America and the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters Association, Michael works deftly in both media, creating beautiful plein air landscapes and capturing elements of nature in their purest form.
Storm Clouds over Porter, pastel
Michael cites Canadian Group of Seven painter Tom Thomson among his influences, and while…
Loose, Gestural Style: The Art Portfolio of Michael Louis Johnson
Michael Louis Johnson is a painter born and currently based in New York. A lifelong artist, Michael uses his artistic practice to depict a range of subject matter -- often scenery and places from his hometown -- in a loose, gestural style.
I really enjoy the sketched, slightly impromptu air that Michael’s paintings have about them. The artist doesn’t seem overly concerned with details but instead focuses on…
The Masterful Coloured Pencil Art Portfolio of David Neace
Goddess of Speed, coloured pencil
Masterful coloured pencil artist David Neace taught himself to draw at a young age by following along with his father, also an artist. David’s current body of work reflects a sense of careful, practiced observation as well as an appreciation for pure experimentation with an artistic medium.
Aged Elegance, coloured pencil
I really love the way that Neace renders reflective surfaces -- polished cars,…
Beauty in the Natural World: The Art of Steve Latimer
Keeping Watch, acrylic on gesso board
Steve Latimer is a painter, photographer, and mixed media artist with a talent for both abstraction and realistic detail. In each work, the artist takes an introspective, personalized approach, seeking beauty in the natural world and in the faces of other people.
Twist and Turns, wood assemblage
Steve’s landscape paintings utilize lighting in a brilliant fashion, creating strictly delineated…
The Art Portfolio of Ron Crowcroft
Ron Crowcroft is currently based in Woodbury, Connecticut, where he creates artworks in an innovative range of media and styles, including traditional drawing and painting, performance, film video, poetry, and more.
Body Language, mixed media on Yupo
Ron’s recent series of works has seen the artist employing mixed media on Yupo to achieve a kind of whirling, psychedelically colourful effect. Some of the…
Overlooked Aesthetics: The Art Portfolio of Sarah Peschell
Wedding Stamps -- Dragonfly, postmarked stamps, reclaimed objects on tea-stained paper
Sarah Peschell graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design. Sarah’s artistic background is in painting, but in her current practice the artist tends toward two-dimensional assemblages of found objects, emphasizing the overlooked aesthetics of everyday items.
Watch Flowers, reclaimed aircraft gasket tabs, watches, and mirror fragments on…
Interactions and Collisions: The Portfolio of Clare Asch
Clare Asch is a painter who makes work emphasizing the interactions and collisions between dilute pigment on a surface. The artist’s painting have a reverence for natural phenomena, like gravity and tidal patterns.
Many of Clare’s works have a translucent quality to them -- this is especially obvious in the recent series Convergence the works in which take the form of overlapping circles painted…
Visceral and Exuberant: Art by Julianna Barabas
Seam 1 (performance at Hastings Art Gallery, photographed by Rebecca Applegarth)
Julianna Barabas is a Calgary-based performance artist, speaker, and educator who often uses her own body as a medium and as a point of contact between artistic concepts and physical spaces. Julianna’s works are equal parts visceral and exuberant.
In one piece, called seamline, the performance consists of Julianna having a single line tattooed…
Alien Forms: The Sculpture Portfolio of Kelsey Kimmel
Glitched Totem (detail), polyeurethane rigid foam, silicone, pigment, spray paint
Kelsey Kimmel is an installation artist and sculptor who tends to utilize neon-bright colours and bizarre, alien forms, building up spaces and objects that make the viewer feel as though they’re walking through an abstract painting, or a bright computer-simulated landscape.
Ground and mirror reflection (detail), cardboard tube, tool dip, mirror, plaster,…
The Watercolour Art Portfolio of Maureen Dougan
Maureen Dougan was a watercolour artist who produced dreamy works celebrating the ethereal nature of the watercolour medium. The artist herself passed away in 2013, and her prolific art portfolio is maintained by the siblings, friends, and colleagues of the artist.
There’s a thoughtful, almost meditative sensibility that runs through many of Maureen’s artworks. I really enjoy the way…
The Mixed Media Art Portfolio of J. Jay West
J. Jay West is a mixed media artist based in Hawaii. In his practice, Jay creates artistic objects that combine an abstracted aesthetic with a sense of concrete tactility, utilizing traditional art materials as well as found objects to produce works worth a second look.
One Fish, Two Fish, recycled scrape stained glass on wood
I like the way that Jay uses colour in his portfolio. The artist’s works vary…
Art Collective: Artists of Bristol on the Delaware
Male Peacock, ink on scratchboard (Kristen Baker)
Artists of Bristol on the Delaware is an arts collective based in Pennsylvania. The collective offers memberships to practicing artists in the Bristol area, and holds groups exhibitions.
Overgrown Shack, framed giclee print (John Styner)
The current member artists of Bristol on the Delaware are mostly painters, though photographers like John Styner and Janice Rhodes also number in…
The Portfolio Website of This is It Gallery
Self Portrait, found object assemblage (Bob Bucholz)
This Is It Gallery is an art gallery based in Chicago, Illinois. As a non-profit, the gallery is proud to offer a variety of programs and workshops to help foster the artistic community in and around the Chicago area.
La Sirena et Agwe, acrylic on canvas (Diane Green)
Gallery founders Bob Bucholz and Diane Green have artworks available on the gallery’s portfolio website alongside…
Illustrative Compositions: Art by Simona Zac
Peachy Peonies, acrylic on gallery canvas
Simona Zac was born in Slovenia and now lives and works near Waterloo, Ontario. In her practice Simona explores a variety of painted media, creating illustrative compositions that vary in their use of colour and texture.
Fire and Ice 3, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas
I love the way the artist utilizes line art in some of her works -- while one might traditionally think of line art as a method…
The Art Portfolio of Barbara Naeser
Barbara Naeser is an artist based in Marblehead, Massachusetts. In her recent practice, the artist has been working with pastels, though she has also used oil paint and watercolour.
I enjoy Barbara’s relatively loose but variable style, and the way she uses pastels and paint to create layered, dense images with just enough detail to encourage a closer look. The artist’s pastel series often utilizes a…