Poets and Artists
Just received a link to Poets and Artists, a quarterly poetry and art publication. Inside you’ll find some familiar names including; David Jon Kassan, Tony Pro, Doug Clarke, and Adam Reeder. Would love to see a printed version of Poets and Artist, but for now I’ll have to settle for the web publication. Some of the images are a bit low-res, but it doesn’t take away from information offered.
To view the publication you can visit:
Various works by Phil Hale
Phil Hale is an American figurative painter currently residing in London, England. He apprenticed under American painter Rick Berry. Prior to turning to fine arts he worked as an illustrator, mainly doing figurative illustration. His current catalog of work is centered around the figure set in a slightly surrealistic scenes.
His most recent exhibition was the Urge Ourselves Under, at Five Hundred Dollars. The exhibition featured the work of Hale under various pseudonyms. This allowed him to the freedom to explore new subject matter,without the preconceived restrictions of the Hale name.
To view additional works by Phil Hale, please visit the following links:
Phil Hale@AllenSpiegelFinearts
Nude of the Day Year End Review
Howdy all.
Coming back for an update after a long hiatus.
It’s the Holiday season and I am running a promotion on Nude of the Day. All paintings are up to 50% off!
Click on image for details of the Sale.
After long consideration, I’ve decided to raise my prices in the early part of 2010. This is the last sale before the prices go up. So go hog-wild and take advantage of it.
A few days ago I posted my 900th Nude!
This was a 40 minute pose painted at a figure drawing session for illustrators organized by my friend Marc Scheff.
And here are some highlights from the last few months:
And here are a few Nude of the Day Rejects which can be seen on my regular Blog:
Gigi La Femme
Bodies in Motion
Bodies in Motion is a full image library from Scott Eaton’s 2009 photo shoot of the same name. Scott has managed to upload a small sample of the full 10,000 image library.
Inspired by photographer Eadweard Muybridge, the purpose was to capture the dynamic figure in motion. Each image was shot at 10 frames-per-second from various camera angles, giving the artist multiple vantage points for effectively translating the pose to the page.
looking at the small sample library, it seems to be a great reference for studying the human body in motion. The full image library is being offered as reference to those who subscribe to Eaton’s online Anatomy for Artists course.
For More information you can visit:
Various works by Sam Weber
Like the majority of art and illustration in my life, I usually run across things while searching for inspiration during my late nights. A few weeks ago I was reintroduced to the work of Illustrator Sam Weber.
Born in Alaska, Weber grew up in Deep River Ontario, Canada. He attended the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary. He later relocated to New York pursuing graduate studies at The School of Visual Arts.
Weber’s work can best be described as strangely hypnotic. You can’t help at first glance but to stare intensely at each image, while trying to decode what makes each image so aesthetically pleasing. He often uses a limited color palette adding to the sense of subtle mystique.
Recently, in conjunction with the the Folio Society and the estate of William Goldin, Sam illustrated a new addition of the classic novel Lord of the Flies.
You can view more of Sam Weber’s work at the following sites;
Beautiful Grim: Breast Cancer Fundraiser
Just received an email about a great cause. Concept Artist Mike Daarken Lim is organizing an Art Auction to help benefit his girl friend Cat ,who is currently battling cancer.
They are currently,accepting submissions ,which center around the theme “Beautiful Grim.” The interpretation of theme is let up to you. Deadline for submission is February 1st, 2010. Definitely, consider supporting this great cause.
For more information you can visit:
Various works by Kristian Mumford
Mumfords work is in a ‘fin de siecle’ time (2012), and Aesthetic in character (suggestion rather than statement; sensuality, massive use of symbols, and “Synesthesia” synaesthetic effects—that is, correspondence between words, colors and music). Despite recent wars, and global recession, perhaps no local artist better conveys the golden age period of elegance, and sensuality. For many, this is also a time of ‘anything goes’ which has found expression across the world, as we move closer to uncertainty, but for Kristian, it also as an extraordinarily rich period that prevails of artistic creativity in the transitional world.
During second year at University, Mumford’s paintings were unsuccessful under the judgments of the conservative majority as a dissident, and a painter of bland images (perhaps void of war, recession etc.). “They told me to stop painting and try art from a different angle”. His break with the establishment, lead to joining the applied arts, and music secession in 1999, and learning, teaching, and performing. Mumford developed, in defense, a healthy disregard for the opinions of others. Mumford always had the confidence to pursue his own unique vision and belief in artistic freedom. It wasn’t until mid 2008 that Mumford realized that again when it came to painting. Mumford’s personality has become enigmatic, and he is aware so. He has become more private about his life, which fascinates people the even more and how one can be so ‘out on his own’ with true friendships that do not suffocate. His routine, peaceful life and his art suggest a person at one. “I love meeting people and places and making pictures”. Whilst Mumford celebrates the erotic beauty of women in his art, he has also carefully experienced it in his private life, and the oneness view within this joy.
Perhaps one of the most influential women was Nicole Andrijevic. Nicole is a talented installation artist of the day. She is in fact a single mother, symptomatic of the ever changing role and position of women in society today. Kristian took a keen interest in her work, and they developed a symbiotic artistic relationship. Nicole and Kristian never married. She in fact chose independence and returned to Western Australia. Despite Mumford’s Girdle of Venus, he’s a modest man, known for his kindness and care in many ways, taking after his Poppa who had a OAM (Order of Australian Medal) for Justice of the Peace, Conservation, and work in the visual Arts. People say he is talented, but he is also extremely ambitious and self disciplined, having always been self employed, an admired supporter of the youth in arts and the natural environment. His life is rarely written about, and he only writes about him self in personal journal, not caring for the audiences provided by the pop art scene. The following words, is about as confessional as he will get:
“In the past 7 months, I have been working on completely new works, which I call awakening. I work closely with models or people (there is a difference) and also photographers, to observe a beautiful women or scene, and express her goddess, her sensuality, and transfiguration with nature. The deep thread of women in my art fascinates people, and many people can relate to it. This Awakening series, expresses the longing for happiness which can be found only through love and art. I do not create work merely to self indulge, flatter, or to create controversy. I paint my truth in such a way… That by high lighting the darkest dark… the light might be more easily seen. I live for art, I live for Love! I love what i paint, and i paint what i love“.
You can learn more about Kristian Thomas Mumford at www.kristianmumford.com
Who is Doug Clarke? Who is Liquidmethod? They are both one and the same. Doug Clarke (Liquidmethod) is a commercial illustrator & artist, residing in Virginia Beach, Virginia. His clients include; The Source, National Geographic, LAWeekly, LINK, and Portfolio Weekly.
Clarke works in both traditional medium and digital. His illustrative style can best be described as “Pulp Noir” combining urban influences with classic noir.
His site includes prints, illustrations, and a blog. His blog is probably one of the best places to see his recent experiments and figurative studies.
You can view more of Doug Clarke’s work at the following sites;
Various works by William Whitaker
William Whitaker grew up in the special world of the working artist. He had access to the finest art materials and was painting in watercolor and oil at the age of six. His fondest early memories are of the sights sounds and smells of the art studio.
The art world of his childhood and youth was the brave new world of abstract expressionism and until he was well out of college his natural inclination to draw accurately and his love for traditional realism was a source of inner conflict. Nevertheless he was fortunate, starting at age 17, to receive a thorough grounding in academic figure drawing and painting from the portrait painter Alvin Gittins at the University of Utah, and after exploring other styles he followed his heart into traditional art.
He believes the value of painting is to be found in its spiritual power. Having been told all his life that the kind of painting he enjoys is dead, he takes quiet comfort in lovingly attempting to capture something the camera cannot see. He is also delighted that there are so many wonderfully talented young artists who are not bound or inhibited by contemporary art world conventions and who are out to paint beautifully crafted pictures without apology.
He has been a professional artist since 1965, during which time he has conducted workshops and been a university art professor. He continues to work with one or two advanced student artists for fun. He paints about three or four hours every day and spends the rest of the time trying not to ruin any good work he’s done
You can find additional works by William Whitaker at the following sites:
William Whitaker@Williamwhitaker.com
William Whitaker@Conceptart.org
William Whitaker@galleriasilecchia
William Whitaker@artgraphica.net
