Art/25 Nov 2014
Allan Otte’s Graphic Paintings of Landscapes and Accidents
These acrylic paintings by Allan Otte have a bold, graphical quality that seems to draw as much inspiration from the world of…
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Category: Art
Artist profiles and studio dispatches from the Arthaus archive — painting, illustration and mixed media, written about the work itself.
Art/20 Nov 2014
Spazuk: Painting Birds with Fire
The art of “Fire Painter” Steven Spazuk is beautiful as a finished work, but what I think is even more breathtaking is…
Art/14 Nov 2014
Great Art in Ugly Rooms
Displaying fantastic art works in a room should make the room more appealing … but sometimes it doesn’t work out as planned.…
Art/13 Nov 2014
Erik Olson’s Oil Paintings of Shattered, Abstract Faces
Painter Erik Olson has a strangely cool way of abstracting the human body in Architecture of the Face and his other portrait exhibitions. Some…
Art/7 Nov 2014
Realist Paintings of Fabled Characters and Creatures by Matthew Grabelsky
In the vein of the TV show Once Upon a Time or the graphic novel series Fables, Matthew Grabelsky‘s oil paintings show…
Art/31 Oct 2014
Maori Sakai’s Cute, Seasonal Animated GIFs
Japanese illustrator Maori Sakai has created a bunch of adorable animated GIFs with seasonal themes. The illustrations are vignettes in soft colours. I think they…
Art/23 Oct 2014
Nostalgic Marker Drawings of Cassettes by Hollis Brown Thornton
If you’re in the mood for a throwback to some outdated technology, or trying to explain to younger generations just what a…
Art/21 Oct 2014
Typewritten Portraits of Famous Authors
Brazilian artist Álvaro Franca pays homage to his favourite authors in a series of portraits created using just a typewriter. So far,…
Art/20 Oct 2014
Historical Hipsters: Illustrated Portraits by Fab Ciraolo
In this group of illustrated portraits, Fab Ciraolo takes pop culture icons and gives them a modern update. The collection includes…
Art/16 Oct 2014
The Simpsons’ Hometown Recreated in Screen Prints by Tim Doyle
The town of Springfield, home to The Simpsons, is illustrated in a gritty, creative way in these fine art prints by Tim…