Here are more curated works of art that have incredible stories behind them to inspire you this holiday season.
Have a look at the following art and illustration projects, and here’s wishing you a happy and amazingly creative 2024!
The 100 Greatest Children’s Books • BBC Culture by Estudio Santa Rita ., Nuel Salinas, Palo Graglia, Rafa Galeano and Closer&Closer Artists
Puppets. Digital paintings by Guenter Zimmermann
Mavet`s Transformative Urban Artistry
Submitted by mavet_artist
At the heart of Mavet’s artistic expression is his preference for the “urban” genre. He compiles his collection mainly from snapshots taken by himself or commissioned from his network of photographers. In his own words, “My work is essentially created through the manipulation of images. The images I manipulate are images of the ‘urban’ genre. They are usually shots that I have taken myself or that I have commissioned from my photographic collaborators.”
Mavet’s creative journey proceeds in a series of meticulous steps. The initial edits often involve applying philtres to the images, giving them a distinctive visual character. But it is in the subsequent phase of digital painting that Mavet’s artistic essence fully unfolds. He affectionately refers to this phase as his favourite and explains: “After that begins my phase of digital painting, which I prefer. In this phase, I work directly freehand on the work, with colours and lines.” In this phase, his imagination blossoms, as he adds his personal touch to the artwork and lets colours and lines flow spontaneously from his artistic mind.
The culmination of Mavet’s creative process consists of further adjustments that play with the interplay of light and shadow. About this last step, he says: “Finally, I make further transformations with brightness and contrast adjustments.” These thoughtful adjustments serve as the finishing strokes that bring his compositions to life, enhancing the vibrancy and depth of his urban landscapes.
Mavet’s approach to his craft can be likened to a “magic recipe”, a phrase he uses to describe the enchanting fusion of elements he orchestrates in his artistic alchemy. He sees himself not only as a creator but also as the keeper of the secret behind this captivating magic. “I can say that everything follows a ‘magic recipe’, a fantastic alchemy in which I feel myself the creator and keeper of the secret of this magic I work on the images.”
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Abstracts by M Jones
Submitted by Marian Jones
During the lockdown of 2020 I found a new creative focus as an abstract photographer who quickly morphed into an abstract painter.
During a year of fear, stress and uncertainty due to COVID, I was even more grateful for my morning walks on the shores around my Oceanside home.
It was during one of these walks that I looked down to discover that the sand that I had been walking on for years suddenly looked different. I was inspired by the abstract movements of the sand. I captured these with my phone before moving on to my camera.
From this I created a series called SANDS OF OCEANSIDE. Based on these photographs I decided to create a group of large paintings.
Using my sand photographs as a source of inspiration to painting on 8 x 10 inch canvas paper. Subsequently I moved on to larger scaled stretched canvas. My paintings are always inspired by my innate curiosity about life and the movement of things; be that people, thoughts, years, nature, light, the ocean. Everything has movement and that is what gives me comfort, the knowledge that nothing is permanent. With movement comes change.
My photographs have shown at the online digital gallery; Light, Space & Time as well as the Praxis Gallery & Photographic Art Center.
My painting “Ukrainian Skies” was featured in International Art Exhibition War or Peace, out of Washington D.C.. My paintings have also shown at the Jones Gallery in Kansas City and have been purchased in private collections across the country.
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