"Van Minnen executes in a superb Renaissance style of painting. Through this classical approach the artist is able to tweak the grotesque into vibrant, eerily beautiful artworks. Due to the contrasting nature of subject and technique, Van Minnen’s paintings challenge one’s notion of what is beautiful." (via doze)
Noper is a Romanian illustrator with a thing for animation. He currently lives in Bucharest and works as Art Director with an advertising agency. In his early carreer he often found himslef juggling with various illustration styles, but his more mature work clearly underline his passion to create fabulous and bizarre characters and worlds. His final works are always ellaborated, always yearning to be watched thoroughly in order to discover all the details. He finds his muses in every-day life, be it a funny event or a month-old frustration. That's why the majority of his surreal characters often are a "day to day" satirical quotation. He never plans or sketches a drawing, but prefers to pump every bit of his spontaneous creativity on any type of canvas he has in front: a piece of paper, a tablet, a wall or a napkin. This is how every work gets an organic, unique feeling. He goes by the motto "If I see it, maybe i'll feel it. If I feel it, fuck I'll draw it".
Zhou Fan - Chinese Contemporary Artist: "A series of my paintings is based on dreams that I had as a child of many many jellyfish floating in the sky, some of which fell to the ground on parachutes and became mushrooms. These dreams had a strong impact on me, and I remember them vividly. Somehow I feel that it is easier to focus on dreams than reality. In one particular painting, there is a boy crying because he keeps things within him, is easily sad, and he refuses to face reality."
Inspired by popular culture, and the secrets hidden within the world we all know, Dominique Fung's work often explores a creative relationship, one that occurs through her use of design and fine art in conjunction with one another. Currently residing in Oakville Ontario, Dominique plans to move this fall to either New York, Toronto or Los Angeles.
Julien Pacaud: "Before becoming an illustrator, i was, by turns: an astrophysician, an international snooker champion, a hypnotist and an esperanto teacher. I hope i can someday have enough free time to devote myself to my real passion : time travel."
Michael Steele explored various mediums and styles such as, illustration, oil painting and digital media: " With this new series of artworks that I have created as part of the "Cluster" series, I have been able to explore various styles, techniques and mediums by portraying what I see around me and then present these influences artistically. These influences that I have portrayed come from various avenues, such as the media, memories, people, textures, technology and so on. A Cluster to me resembles images or objects grouped together to form something larger. I feel this gives images or objects a stronger presence, rather than being displayed by themselves, creating a much more dynamic experience for the viewer." (via TGM)
