Inspired by Her Travels: The Art Portfolio of Maryam Vancouver
Spring Flowers, acrylic on canvas
Maryam Vancouver is a Persian artist who lived in Germany before moving to Canada. The artist’s works are largely inspired by her travels around the world, and her experimentation with a wide range of different media and regional art practices.
Ocean Side Monalisa, acrylic on canvas
Maryam has a gestural, colourful painting style that hearkens to art movements of the past, as well as imagery by her…
A Portfolio of Stained Glass Windows by John Boyd
Celtic Weave Window, clear glass with textures
John Boyd is a glass artist based in Burlington, Vermont. In his artistic practice, John creates stained glass windows and wall-hanging art pieces that utilize abstract texture and colour, as well as depicting a wide range of figurative subjects.
I really enjoy John’s figurative stained glass works -- throughout his portfolio, the artist tends to focus on a strong central…
The Abstract and Figurative Sculpture Portfolio of Felix Laguna
Felix Laguna is a sculptor originally from Habana Vieja, Cuba. In his artistic practice, Felix creates works of abstract and figurative sculpture, using wood and stone as a medium.
Looking through Felix’s online art portfolio, I find it interesting to see how consistent the artist’s style remains across these two different mediums. Felix tends to favour the female figure in his representational…
Rocky Landscapes: The Art Portfolio of Bob Spille
Everyone's Sedona, oil on gesso board
Bob Spille is a plein air painter who grew up in Minnesota and is now based in Colorado. The artists works are often inspired by the rocky landscapes in which Bob spends most of his time, and celebrate the beauty of dramatic natural formations.
Evening at the Canyon, oil on canvas
I love the way Bob captures the hard planes and angles of cliffs, canyons, and other rock formations in his paintings.…
A Portfolio of Custom Lighting Fixtures by Odell Golomb
Labradorite & Selenite, brass, selenite, rose quartz, raw quartz cluster, polished labaradorite and hematite
Odell Golomb is a glass artist based in Israel, who uses her glasswork talents to create beautiful custom lighting fixtures. Odell’s light fixtures are produced with an awareness toward the therapeutic qualities of crystal.
Piryte Lighting Fixture, brass, glass and raw stones (left: pyrite, tangerine; right: pyrite, calcite)
I…
Cut-Out Panels: Art by Nippy Blair
Rhoda Roundtree, mixed media on wood
Nippy Blair is an artist based in the southern United States. In his practice, Nippy creates layered artworks made from cut-out panels of painted wood. Affixed together into wall-hanging images and sculptures, these artworks have a great sense of depth and volume.
Calico Cat, acrylic and mixed media on canvas
I’m enjoying browsing through Nippy’s online art portfolio and seeing the different ways…
Zinski Design: The Design Portfolio of Robert Porazinski
Pratt Design Studio proposal system
Robert Porazinski creates streamlined communication designs under the name Zinski Design. Robert’s portfolio includes examples of designs for print media, advertising, presentations, and user interfaces.
Hu Friedy Powerpoint presentation
I like the way that Robert balances functionality with sleek aesthetics that are easy to view and navigate. Many of the examples in the artist’s portfolio…
Marks and Shadows: The Art Portfolio of Karen Smith
Abstracted Landscape (Long Lake), oil and graphite on cradled birch panel
Karen Smith is an artist based in Westminster, Colorado. In her practice, Karen creates sparse abstractions based on a range of subjects including landscapes, people, and objects. Occasionally, the artist also veers into the figurative realm, building up recognizable objects out of carefully placed marks and shadows.
I really enjoy the works in…
Gestural and Geometric: An Art Portfolio by Irene Lisny
TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS, acrylic on canvas
Irene Lisny is a painter who works primarily in acrylic paint, creating images both abstract and figurative that utilize a variety of unique visual languages. The artist’s abstract paintings are both gestural and geometric, and Irene also tends to combine abstracted elements with figures.
The artist’s Abstract gallery on her portfolio website showcases a…
Fantasy Subjects: An Art Portfolio by Steve Ferris
Steve Ferris is a fantasy illustrator based in Eastern Long Island, New York. In his artistic practice, Steve creates works featuring a range of fantasy subjects, from mermaids and faeries to Tolkien characters.
The attention to detail in Steve’s illustrations is stunning. I love the way the artist renders different textures -- skin, fur, hair, and more -- always paying attention to how lighting and…
Impressionist Hand: An Art Portfolio by Karen Dale
Karen Dale lives and works in Long Island, New York. The artist works in watercolour, ink, acrylic, and more, creating artworks that often feature floral forms, with bright colours and a loose, impressionist hand.
In the SunLight, watercolour on canvas
I enjoy the artist’s use of apparent combinations of media in some of her works. In some floral pieces, for example, it looks as though Karen uses acrylic paint to create…
Combining Colour With Sound: The Art Portfolio of Adrian Molina
Adrian Molina is a painter and an illustrator who currently works in two distinct separate styles. In his painting practice, Adrian creates abstract works that explore a kind of synesthesia, combining colour with sound. In his current illustration works, the artist is developing narrative imagery for a mystery and suspense comic series.
The Werewolf of Kendall (promo poster II)
It’s really interesting to see…
Odd Sensations: The Art Portfolio of Nina Dell'Orto
A Look Inside the Mysteries, oil on linen
Nina Dell’Orto is a painter from Brooklyn, New York. The artist works in an abstract style, utilizing figurative elements in novel combinations and creating artworks that are evocative of odd sensations and strange dreams.
Per Chance the Eye, oil on linen
The artist’s Unspoken Creations series contains works that utilize imagery ranging from geometric elements, to disjointed human…
The Painting, Drawing, and Mixed Media Portfolio of Eunice Sim
Eunice Sim holds degrees in both Oriental painting and divinity, two fields that seem to intersect and inform each other within the artist’s portfolio. Eunice’s painting, drawing, and mixed media artworks are usually figurative, and showcase the artist’s skill at rendering subjects delicately and with just the right amount of detail.
I love the gestural, momentary quality of many of Eunice’s works. Her…
Travel Photography: A Portfolio by Susan Raines
Susan Raines is a photographer based in the Washington, D.C. area. Susan’s portfolio is packed with colourful travel photography, figures, and black and white portraiture.
Susan has worked as a photographer on both a professional and personal basis.The photographs in her black and white portrait gallery largely feature the artist’s friends and family members, sometimes posed candidly, other times in a more…