Vivid Brush Strokes – Works on Canvas and Paper by Vince Contarino
This work by American artist Vince Contarino uses fairly random strokes on the page but has still been able to make them look cohesive, as well as incorporating structural shapes.
Tangling & Overlapping – Expressions in Watercolour by Artist Jen Garrido
American artist Jen Garrido goes through all of the processes that I admire in any creative, considering what to add and subtract in her work, slowly arriving at the final composition.
The Impression of Space & Depth – Paintings by Scottish Artist Daniel Mullen
Daniel Mullen is a Scottish painter who currently works in Amsterdam, making works on canvas that have architectural repeating patterns and elements of deception and illusion embedded.
The Process of Subtraction – Paintings by American Artist Jen Wink Hays
American designer and artist Jen Wink Hays uses opaque oil paint to obscure earlier layers of colour and form, creating what she calls "a-story-within-a-story" experience.
Hard Edge Painting – Geometric Abstraction by Gary Andrew Clark
Gary Andrew Clark is a British artist who lives and works in Manchester. His work are very clean and tidy, but are actually made with acrylic paints on wood panelling.
Crafting Palm Sized Stories – Paintings by Japanese Artist Yui Yaegashi
Yui Yaegashi, a young Japanese painter who lives and works in Tokyo, loosely inspires all of her beautiful artworks, also named "short stories", on the patterns and colours found in textiles.
Reacting to Found Objects – Art and Sculpture by Artist Marcel Frey
With his works artist Marcel Frey is querying many of the functional design decisions that we make and the artistic potential of the items found in our surroundings.
Architecture, Nature & Monuments – Ceramics and Paintings by Davide Balliano
Inspired by architecture, nature and monuments, I really liked this set of work by New York based artist Davide Balliano, who makes canvases as well as sculptures from clay.
Idol Weight – Abstract Paintings by Artist Genevieve Felix Reynolds
This series is from her latest collection titled 'Idol Weight', which are all inspired by the digital age. The concept of this series was to show the two-dimensional alongside the physical, tactile world.
Interaction on the Surface – Works by Swiss Painter Rosemarie Auberson
Rosemarie Auberson is a painter whose work combines collage, painting and drawing. Her work is abstract, using thin but also bold lines, and bright contradictory colours.
At Still Point – Abstract Paintings by American Artist Tamar Zinn
Work by New York based artist Tamar Zinn, who blurs the lines by building up and sanding down layers of paint until she finds the right balance between activity and calm.
Gridded Repetition – Paintings by American Aritst and Sculptor Charles Arnoldi
An interesting selection of artworks by Charles Arnoldi, an American artist and all around creative who blurs the line between abstraction and representation in his paintings.