Organic Dimension – Paintings & Drawings by Garance Vallée
The great thing about painting is not necessarily the aesthetic beauty, although this is obviously a factor when judging a piece, it’s also about visualisation and seeing things from a different perspective. Everything can be seen as a stepping stone in life. A building block that can push us
A Powerful Simplicity – Artworks by Hildegard Elma
German artist Hildegard Elma’s artwork is very intriguing to say the least. Upon further inspection in to her background as an artist and the life she leads, many of her artistic choices made a lot of sense and I wanted to talk about them here in a little more detail. Living in East Friesland
Improvised Actions – Abstract Paintings by Jane Cornwell
Action defines American painter Jane Cornwell’s paintings, as juicy streaks, swipes and slabs of paint are smeared across paper, torn cardboard and chopped up old photographs. Driven by intuition and impulse, she works quickly without forethought, opening up unexpected pathways through the pro
Going Back to Basics – Minimalist Painting by Artist Carsten Beck
Danish artist Carsten Beck has mastered the art of simplicity, with punchy, catchy and instantly memorable designs that could grab you from a mile off. Huge slabs of paint in simple, appealing colours are angled to and fro against a white ground, sometimes falling off the edges or overlapping one an
Tactile Geometry – Abstract Painting by Kinuko Imai Hoffman
Japanese artist Kinuko Imai Hoffman plays with textural blocks of colour in her drawings and paintings, building them up into rough stacks resembling drystone walls, or leaving them casually dispersed like ruined old relics. Her colours are pared back and discreet, rarely deviating far from black, w
Merging Art & Physics – Torque Series by Artist Matthew Hawtin
Viewing Matthew Hawtin’s work it makes you wonder, is it art or is it sculpture? Or perhaps it’s a bit of both. If you answered the latter then I think you would be correct. Hawtin started his ‘Torqued’ series in 1998 and this has been an important theme throughout his artist
Atmospheric and Gestural – Paintings by British Artist Sam Lock
Sam Lock was born in 1973 in London, England and now lives and works near Brighton, UK. His work combines a variety of media with an emphasis on atmospheric, gestural paintings that are often accompanied with found and fabricated objects. These installations combine frantic and intuitive strokes wit
A Quiet Serenity – Abstract Paintings by Artist Claire Oswalt
American artist Claire Oswalt’s quiet, minimal artworks have an inner serenity, as organic forms sweep over one another with the fluid motion of transient clouds or lapping water. Blushing sandy pinks and pale sky blues enhance this tranquil quality, while fleshy green sprouts sometimes emerge
White Noise – Abstract Paintings by Hideaki Yamanobe
Scratch 2012 – Sudden Rain, 2012 Japanese painter Hideaki Yamanobi’s discreet, minimal paintings are a masterclass in understatement, exploring how subtle nuances of colour and texture can convey quietly brewing mystery. Uneven passages of white paint are built up slowly onto dark grounds th
Loose Parts – Abstract Paintings by British Artist Leo Bruno Todd
Thin lines and soft brushstrokes drift aimlessly through British artist Leo Bruno Todd’s drawings and paintings like memories passing through time. Landscape and architectural fragments are suggested with faint grids or checks, slatted angles and amorphous brick or rock-like shapes, but they are t
Layers in Nature – Sussex Landscapes by Jeremy Gardiner
Jeremy Gardiner is a place-based painter. In 2015 he embarked on “South by Southwest”, an ambitious five-year voyage around the south coast of England to document the land in paintings and drawings. The Sussex Landscapes series was created as a part of this endeavour, developed over many
An Ode to Wild America – Abstract Paintings by Martin Webb
You’re the Place, 2020 mixed media on panel, copyright Martin Webb Martin Webb’s paintings are an ode to wild America, featuring old boats, scattered log piles and rusty shacks in stark, moonlit forests. Hovering somewhere between realism and abstraction, Webb captures the distilled essence
