Collection #12

David Gilbert- Studio, 2011

I think this is a very cool peice of art, David Gilbert uses the artists habitat as his mediam for his work. He will stage a studio and then create the light and photograph it to have a really cool looking photo to show you the crazyness of a real studio, but also the things around that are used to inspire the artist and the actual setting of where the artist would work! All the objects work together to help you understand the story. In this scene there is lots of colors and it reminds me of a kids birthday partty!

I also love all the hearts around and the randome things laying on the floor like the lamp, tools, and string!

David Gilbert was born in 1982 and lives in Los Angelos, CA. In 2004 he went to Tisch School of the Arts, New York Unversity and in 2011 he went to UC RIverside in CA. He is a newer artist and just started to gte noticed in 2010.

Collection #11

This is the picture I chose for my collection this week, it is 12"x16" acrylic on canvas, done in 2010 by Maya Hayuk.

Maya Hayuk loves symetry and bright colors. She likes to embrace sexuality and spirituality in her work. She does huge murals alot. But also works with other artists and musicians. She has worked on Album Covers and stage sets for well known artists like The Beastie Boys, Rye Rye/M.I.A., TV on the Radio, Oakley Hall, Dan Deacon, and many more. She went to Skoowhegan School of Painting and Sculpting in 2011.

I like this painting of the Elephant because of the bright colors and eyes, I also like the interesting patterns, they remind me of something that would be in Henna art or something! Because of the eyes that she painted on, all the other dots she uses make you think of eyes so you end up seeing/imaganing more than the four eyes that are actually there. I think this peice is very fun and young vibe!

Collection #9

Gallex by Laura Redburn, available as a print, 2012

I loveeeee this peice of art! It is so cool! I love the way the building is very odl looking and looks like it was taken with a old camera, and the different colorful paper rain drops, all over a beautiful pale women with red lipstick. It is so neat!!! The way the raindrops cover her face conceals her in a way.

This artist goes be Cardboard Cities and is currently studing a BA in illustration in Cardiff. She completed a ND in graphic design in 2008.


All of her work is dream like collages, and they are all very interesting and fun to look at, to see more go to her website: http://cardboardcities.co.uk/post/20008133787/gannex

Collection #8

I always loved collages, I think they are the coolest thing, and so fun to make! So this week I decided to collect a art collage! The artist's name is Francisca Pageo, asd she is from Spain.

I like how her collages look like she used really old magazines or photgraphs to cut out the subjects. Like this face looks like it could have been off a beauty magazine from the 60s! And the gray colored paper reminds me of an elephant. The teal colored papers look like drips, And the top looks like an old camera? Collages are cool because you can see different things in them and everyone has a different interpratation. Kind of like when you look at clouds and everyone sees something different!

This collage is Untitled. Collage 24x32cm. done in March 2012

Collection #7

The peice of art I decided to collect this week is titles Violet Berry and done by Maria Aoaricio. She works with photographers and then uses a needle and thread to add visual element to the photos, it's reallly neat. This would be cool to see in real life since it is multimedia art.

The way that she builds the thread up in the empty space really makes you aware of it. It looks like a jungle gym on a playground that you just want to climb. It's very cool looking and is something I would like to try out with a photograph and needle and thread!

This is another picture of hers I wanted to share... you can see the connection that this couple has and the way she threaded there faces together is like showing a magnetic field that they have going on. A plain photograph can't show how much these two people are drawn to each other, but adding the thread really shows you what's going on, and their love.

The way she threads these photographs makes you feel like your being pulled into them and understand whats going on.

Maria Aparicio lives and works in Chile. In 2008 she recieved a degree in Architect at the University of Chile. She always loved visual arts which is what got her interested in Architect. Then, in 2011 she recieved her Masters in Urban Design at the University of Barcelona, Spain. Since she is a new artist she has only had a few shows but had one last month at the Savage Art Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahaoma. And a show this month in Toronto at The Drake Hotel.

She uses other people's photographs which she mainly finds on Flickr because she doesn't have the time now and is not that good at photography yet to use her own, but someday wishes too. She uses photos that have cerain geometric patterns, that she can see the need for connection.

Her art is very cool and I suggest you all look at more of it!

Collection #6

Infini, by Fabiola Govare, 2012, 100x81, paint on aluminum plate, lacquered finish

Fabiola Govare used to be a dancer, and that is how he fell in love with painting, because of the movement. His whole website is in French so I had to use Google Translator to figure out what it said. He has a passion for art and he loves to use color in all of his paintings. When I see all the faces with all the different colors it represents diversity and culture to me. It is all beautiful.

Collection #5

I fell in love with this painting at first sight! It is beautiful and colorful and has texture. The patterns of the flowers are amazing.

Its title is Flowers for Jolie. It is painted in acrylic on a wood panel by a artist from South Caroline named Lulie Wallace.

This artist studied art at the College of Charleston, which is the school my twin sister goes too!All of her paintings are of flowers in vases and they all are bright and colorful with unique patterns!

Here is her website: http://luliewallace.bigcartel.com/category/painting

Collection #4

I'm in Charleston, SC for Spring Break. So I decided to collect something from here for this week. I've been walking by a lot of galleries but haven't had much time to go look around, so instead I looked up the local artists on Etsy. Her name is Faith Evans-Sills and she grew up in New York City, but her dream was to live on the ocean and paint so she moved to Charleston.

This is called Our Love and was done on 14 by 11 canvas.

The artist wrote this poem about her husband when painting it.

::Our love is....

a soul mirror,
life's sweet blossom,
my sun and moon,
a gentle touch,
a refining fire,
a soothing balm,
my thoughts echo,
a cleansing elixir,
resounding friendship,
the warmest embrace,
an honest reflection,
God's gift,
a deep gaze,
a joyful breath,
wild abandon,
a safe haven,
a counter balance,
a quenching well,
a quiet whisper,
my candle's light.::

Collection #3

I was looking around online and I found this Bulorussian artist named Leonid Afremov. I found some of his paintings and had to zoom on the tiny and hard to read signature and keep trying different things until I finally found some info on him! He was born in 1955 and his works are very different from other artists. He works with oils and a palette knife. He does not do many exhibits and stays away from galleries. Instead he sells his work on Ebay. His early paintings were influenced by Marc Chagall and Modigliani. He just wants the world to see the world how he sees it! All his paintings have a watery look to them and are very vibrant and colorful! The way he uses the palette knife makes it look like little squares of glossy paper cut out and put all together to make a picture!

Los Angeles 1930, cannot find date done.

I can't find the exact date but a lot of his paintings are reacent. Like in the 2000s.

"I tried different techniques during my career, but I especially fell in love with painting with oil and pallette-knife. Every artwork is the result of long painting process; every canvas is born during the creative search; every painting is full of my inner world. Each of my paintings brings different mood, colors and emotions. I love to express the beauty, harmony and spirit of this world in my paintings. My heart is completely open to art. Thus, I enjoy creating inspired and beautiful paintings from the bottom of my soul. Each of my artworks reflects my feelings, sensitivity, passion, and the music from my soul. True Art is alive and inspired by humanity. I believe that art helps us to be free from aggression and depression."

~ Leonid Afremov

Collection #2

For my second item in my collection I would like to do my favorite painting, Wind from the Sea by Andrew Wyeth.

Wind from the Sea, Andrew Wyeth, 1948, Tempera, 19"x28".

Wyeth painted this picture in the Olson House, which is where he painted over 300 of his pictures.

I really like this picture because of the way he painted the curtains, I think it is amazing and you can actually feel the wind.

This is the actual window Wyeth painted from.



Collection #1

My first image in my collection is Falling Into Love by Mark Warren Jacques, 2010.

This is acrylic and ink done on a 11''x13'' canvas board.

I chose this as my first image because I really like all the colors and how you can imagine them spinning to the center. It's titled falling in love and I think the title matches the piece because it is like falling in love. Everything is bright and wonderful and you feel like your spinning when you fall in love!

Mark Warren Jacques was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1984 and now lives in Portland, Oregon.
His friend, Howard Hurst says, "Mark’s paintings trace the lines that connect us all into playful lazy circles." I think his work looks sort of psychadelic.

Here is a video of Jacques talking about his art, and how he thinks it's weird to sell art.
http://vimeo.com/1714290

“I am a painter, a dreamer, a reader, often a thinker, ambitious, and living for love and beauty. My work is a major connector between my body and my mind. Sometimes life is pretty wearing on the soul and the body, so the work becomes a resting place." Mark Warren Jacques