Archive for the ‘Featured Artist’ Category

I discovered this incredibly clever sculptor whilst investigating the endangerment of the tropical marine life in the Coral Sea. What he has done is brilliant. All of the information is from his website.

This talented Canadian artist began his career after attending a graphic design programme at Sheridan College. He went on to launch a successful design business offering design, copy, illustration and production.  Some of his projects included brochures for Denure Tours where he incorporated some of his early paper sculptures into the designs; United Way fund-raiser

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Iwan Effendi is a young Indonesian artist who attended art schools and has already had numerous exhibitions under his belt. I was immediately struck by the power of Iwan’s strong imagery and vivid colours.  Before finding out anything about the inspiration behind this talented artist’s works, I loved the juxtaposition of his beautiful, sensitive imagery

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Margaret Olley was busy at the canvas until her final days. Olley, one of Australia’s best known painters, had been completing work for a solo show due to open in September when she was found dead at her inner Sydney home in Paddington on Tuesday, aged 88.

Bob Nolan is an American realist artist who lives near Pittsburgh, PA with his wife, two teenagers, and a small menagerie of animals.  Bob’s passion is Realism, especially close up, with lots of detail. Each painting is a labor of love, and can take from 20 to 75 hours to complete. He has been working

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Gorillas: Living on the Edge is a book about Andy’s passion for the endangered mountain gorillas of Rwanda.  This multiple award winning photographer is someone who just loves animals.

Jason Morgan shows us how to achieve detailed animal portraits, without painting every hair.

I know Sandi “virtually” and have admired her airbrush paintings of tigers and wolves for years.