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…
The Photography Portfolio of Jane Southey
Jane Southey uses her practice to push the envelope of photography, creating experimental compositions that focus on colour, texture, and form in the same way that might be seen in painting. Jane’s photography portfolio features images captured in close-up and from expansive vantage points; in full colour, and in harsh contrast.
I’m really intrigued by Jane’s Liquid Light series. The images in this series…
Graphic Portraits: The Art Portfolio of The Queen of Tape
Chicago artist Anna Dominguez is better known as the Queen of Tape. Using the novel medium of tape, Anna creates brightly coloured, graphic portraits of athletes, celebrities, and other pop-culture symbols. The artist’s body of work takes a fun and playful approach to playing with a new medium.
In our last feature of the Queen of Tape’s artworks, we looked at the way the artist…
The Art Portfolio of Figurative Painter Richard Mountford
Richard Mountford is a figurative painter based in Wales. The artist’s works encompass a range of subject matter from classic portraiture to still life and contemporary themes. Richard’s style is painterly, with thick layers of pigment creating smooth volumes and a beautiful sense of depth in his works.
I find Richard’s Shoe Series quite interesting to look at as a whole.…
Sculptures and Installations: The Art Portfolio of Hollis Roberts
Hollis Roberts is a sculptor who works with textiles and various found materials, creating artworks that find the intersection between the ordinary and the unexpected. Hollis’ sculptures and installations invite viewers to investigate the true nature of seemingly familiar forms.
I really enjoy the heavy, woven textiles that Hollis creates and uses as the basis for many of her…
A Portfolio of Exploratory Artworks by Anastasia O'Melveny
Anastasia O’Melveny is a painter and mixed media artist who expresses her love of animals, nature, and psychology through her work. Based in Massachusetts, Anastasia builds her practice around observational, exploratory artworks.
I love the heavily layered, painterly aesthetic of Anastasia’s recent paintings – in many, the artist’s brush marks are confidently visible, creating a painting…