Greek artist Stratis Tavlaridis constructs perforated installations out of paper inspired by everyday household objects traditionally made out of fabric. Using his eye for geometric pattern and flowing designs, Stratis transforms ordinary items into ethereal manifestations of themselves.
Photographer Kyra Schmidt‘s Transcriptions series is breathtaking, and in a most unexpected way. As she says, we’ve come to rely on photographs as a definitive reality and we believe what see. But the medium can be so much more. Transcriptions acts as an evaluation of representation of the landscape as a way to propose alternative ways of experiencing a place by challenging our usually limited scope.
Paduan chickens are a breed native to Padova, Italy, and photographer Dan Bannino is showing off their unique looks in a way not common to most farm animals – as models! Bannino is highlighting the breed’s pouffy hairstyles and quirky personalities with the use of colorful lights and camera in the project Chic Chicks.
Embroidery thread is Diem Chau‘s slingshot and porcelain cups and plates are the target. I’m loving the unexpectedness of this pairing of common mediums and the delicate minimal outcome. Her current work explores the periphery of moments forgotten and faded or too brief for us to retain.
Craig Hawkins is a true artist’s artist, a man of many talents and many mediums. Charcoal, lithography, acrylic – the list just goes on as does the bevy of styles he’s fluent in. Plenty of Hawkins’ work focuses on different facets of religion in interesting and creative ways, however if that’s not your thing it’s still worth taking the time to view his portfolio.
Can you even believe that this is collage work?! Melbourne-based artist Alice Lindstrom creates her unique style by slowly building up layers of painted paper and gluing them in place, each finished piece ends up resembling a painting more than anything else.
Massachusetts-based Mariko Kusumoto‘s textile sculptures are something to behold. She uses translucent polyester fabric to create orbs that enclose small objects, the result is purely delightful and wearable. That’s right, some of her pieces function as either a necklace or brooch.
Alexandra Levasseur‘s creates her masterpieces with acrylic and pencil on wood, and each one has an all around calming presence (she typed as she watched election poll coverage). Each scene is manipulated to reveal something unexpected, the Milky Way here, an ocean view there.
Oil, wax, canvas, and wood. Those four things, along with some serious vision and blending skills, are all that go into each of Derek Root‘s creations. Feels a little like you’re walking through clouds though, no?
I’ve been struggling to make the time for my own art for quite some time, but Jane Rainey‘s paintings are tugging at me in a new way. Just what is she exploring exactly? In her latest works mainly the horizon, the division between earth and sky, the end result an otherworldly muddle of abstract and realism.
