Showing posts with label artist of the day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artist of the day. Show all posts
Artist of the Day: In A Man's World - Anna Magruder
in a man's world
distance
book of poems
coast
In A Man's World reminded me of an essay I read recently by Tara Mohr. The thesis is that women do no take criticism well, that criticism of any kind is taken personally, rather than as a means to modify and improve. Mohr posited that one of the reasons for this may be:
On an even deeper level, my sense is that women cope with living in a highly patriarchal world by trying to find safety and legitimacy through their own competence, through doing everything right.
Criticism can feel like a gash in the middle of something very important we are building – something that will shelter us and keep us safe.
This resonates.
I've been a crazy perfectionist for as long as I can remember. I'll admit that although I've found some criticism helpful, a lot has felt deeply personal and connected to my worth.
I also have to admit that I am not even close to doing everything right. But I have the impulse.
Intellectually, I know that doing everything right doesn't equal success, or happiness, or appreciation, or acceptance.
Further, doing everything right is not a safety net. Nor does it ensure equal pay for equal work. That is just the reality of the world I live in.
Doing everything right is exhausting. I'm tired.
I think a better plan is doing everything the best I can, without the pressure or judgement of "right."
I love the idea of doing my best, even if it not's perfect.
What about you?
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artist bio: My favorite subjects for my oil paintings are people and faces. Many of my images are inspired by found photos as well as photos from old yearbooks. Drifting between realism and surrealism, I love recreating vintage America, often re-imagining the lives and stories of the characters on my canvas or just exploring the emotional color of faces in the crowd. Find out more at: annamagruder.com
Artist of the Day: Containers - Jeremy Miranda
containers
shelter
Jeremy Miranda's painting shift perceptions of what a home is. In his works, home becomes something much differnt than a structure contains and shelters. Home becomes an oasis, a garden, a wilderness.
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artist bio: I live and work in New England. To see more work visit jeremymiranda.com
Artist of the Day: Pink - Georgianna
pink dahlia
pink roses
pink hollyhocks
paris peonies
I think flowers are the gods apology for the mayhem of winter.
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artist bio: Welcome! I'm a long-time photographer, digital artist and designer who switched from corporate marketing in Hollywood to working with my husband in our own studio on a wooded wildlife habitat in the gorgeous Pacific Northwest.
Specializing in garden, floral and travel photography, I journey extensively around the world and in realms of the imagination, seeking to return with beautiful, serene, light-filled images sprinkled with a bit of magic. I sincerely hope you enjoy them!
Blog: georgiannalane.com/
Portfolio: www.georgiannalanephotography.com
My stock photo library: www.gardenphotoworld.com
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgiannalane/
Artist of the Day: Grow - Jon Duenas
grow
Four months into the year, I think grow is the theme of 2013.
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artist bio: photographer time traveler space explorer
jonduenas.com twitter.com jonduenas/facebook.com/jonduenasphotography
Artist of the Day: Found Baseball - Don Hamerman
found baseball
This is a marvelous photograph.
If you look at it long enough, you'll begin to see something else. I began to see a distinct image of John McEnroe, mainly of the tennis player's infantile temper tantrums. I think it's because of the stitches unraveling around the "mouth" and the unruly "hair" of the baseball, aka McEnroe.
What do you think?
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artist bio: www.hamerman.com
Artist of the Day: Animals - Andrea Hauer
tiger
monkeys
pigs
bull
These lovely collages from Madrid based artist brightened my day. The tiger is my favorite.
They are available as signed and numbered prints.
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artist bio: I'm a Madrid based artist and love to work with my hands. I love to paint, print, sew, cook and mainly convert one thing into another, adding in this process beauty and sense.(you can see my almost-daily works in www.andreahauer.es)
Artist of the Day: Sweet Connections - Louise van Terheijden
sweet connections
This print reminds me of cells.
When I saw it I thought it expresses how my place in the world has been shaking out the last few months. And it's been shaking, not as in seismic, but as in slight tremors turning the ground to sand.
I've been in a very introspective, inward phase. I haven't felt like talking so much, as doing.
This past January I made a decision to change my life, as in chuck all the "stuff" that no longer worked, and the Universe took me seriously! Be careful what you ask for, because you will get it. Not always in the time frame you think, though.
What I'm realizing is that small decisions or conversations or transactions from years ago are directly connected to the here and now. Some connections are slap your head realizations, other connections are not always that obvious. Some are sweet. Some bitter. Some terribly sad. Others verging on joyful.
Life really is good. And beautiful. And, oh, so complex.
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artist bio: My name is Louise van Terheijden. I'm from the Netherlands in Europe.
Artist of the Day: Polyphemus - Shawn St. Peter
football
What does this football in the Shawn St. Peter's photograph remind you of?
I see Polyphemus - the Cyclops from Homer's Iliad. That menacing eye in the center of the leather forehead. That scraggle-tooth mouth.
Do you see him? Of course you do.
artist bio: I am a father and a husband living in the Pacific Northwest. My love of photography started in highschool and it fuels my creative side. I love all aspects of it from the camera to the end product. I love post production and manipulating photos into art. I collect vintage cameras especially old polaroids.
Artist of the Day: Artists & Writers - Bett Norris
kahlo
warhol
woolf
bowie
These portraits by Bristol, England based artist Bett Norris are of four of my favorite artists and writers.
I wish Norris would paint James Joyce, Toni Morrison, E.L. Doctorow, Billie Holliday, Aretha Franklin, and far too many others to list.
Have you ever considered what the world would be like without Mrs. Dalloway, or Thirty Six Soup Cans, or Modern Love, or every single painting or creation or word of Frida Kahlo's?
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artist bio: I'm an Illustrator from Bristol, United Kingdom. I like drawing portraits and am available for commissions. http://bett-norris.blogspot.com
Artist of the Day: Still - Kat Hannah
still
Although the title of this strange and wonderful painting suggests stillness, peace, tranquility, that thin red hoop illustrates the nature this day, (mine), perfectly.
Some days you jump through hoops. Or, skip on one foot, then the other through whatever hoops are in your path. Other days it's possible to dodge them altogether. And then there are days when you float through very slowly.
What is your experience with making it through hoops?
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artist bio: I'm Kat Hannah and I create imaginative, yet strangely familiar figures, with the occasional oddly behaving animal thrown in the mix. Following a fine art degree in sculpture, primarily of large metal found objects, painting of a narrative nature has emerged as my primary focus. These figures, at times bittersweet and reflective – are much like the times in our lives.
Artist of the Day: Dogwood - Carolyn Cochrane
dogwood
daffodils
tulips
hyacinth
dogwood
It does not phase me at all, I mean one little bit, that it snowed all day.
I'm resolved the snow is just spring in disguise.
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artist bio: Hello! I'm Carolyn Cochrane, a 35 year old self-taught photographer with a passion for creating beautiful images inspired by nature. My eyes are always scanning my surroundings for meaning and beauty. I've always been captivated by color, textures, shapes and light. From the time I was very young, I've been a crafty right-brained gal, fascinated by art. For years I searched for the right way to express myself creatively but could never find the perfect fit. I've dabbled in music, painting, jewelry making, scrap booking, crocheting…the list goes on and on. When I finally gave photography a try at the age of 32, I knew I had found my true passion. I've always been so enchanted by the beauty and wonder of our natural world. There's nothing I love more than being outside on a beautiful day with my camera. My photography has a pure, clean, uncomplicated style. For me, the simplest of subjects are often the most powerful. I am smitten with the process of digitally enhancing my images. Creating different moods through the use of color, light and texture is the best form of expression I've ever found. A little piece of my heart and soul is in each image I create. I especially LOVE colors and the moods they evoke. To me enhancing the color in my images is like painting, but without the mess! Nothing thrills me more than when an image I create has an impact on someone else. It's my hope that my work will inspire and touch you. Our world is full of such beauty and it is my ultimate pleasure to share it with you. Sometimes photography can take us where words can't.
Artist of the Day: the bird had flown - Brooke Schmidt
brooke schmidt
'In the window full of ferns
there hung a birdcage, unlocked.
The birds had flown, all but one
that lingered in the green, its three
notes of wood and water climbing
through the fronds, the miles and
miles before it enchanting the
recollection of flights in a previous
life before the egg.'
Kintnersville, Pennsylvania based artist Brooke Schmidt's found poem constructions are lovely. So are her Polaroids taken on a vintage SX-70 Polaroid Land Camera.
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artist bio: I work in a little white studio in my backyard in Pennsylvania surrounded by boxes and trays of book words, cocoons, bird skulls, feathers, tiny bottles, pieces of garnet, leaves, wings, chunks of beeswax and measuring tapes. My degree is in painting but I mainly work nowadays on paper ~ sewing, collaging, poem-forming and sculpting from unusual materials. My altered books include my narrative prose and poetry, often gleaned from within the framework of what is found inside the book; finding my words as part of a larger story already told, much like we do in life. Some of my work deals with brevity and solitude and the awkwardness of life, while other works are about connection, cycles, fullness, beauty. The beauty of living, however it is done. I love using objects and images that are symbolic of these ideas, like wishbones, feathers and ocean waves. My polaroids are taken with an SX-70 Polaroid Land Camera with mostly expired Polaroid 600 film. Instant film delights me and the hunt, capture and whirr of the process is deeply fulfilling. I photograph my daily life and travels.
Artist of the Day: Dream Beast - Tracy Stokes
beast
bunny
hatted
elvis
I discovered this artist earlier, but haven't been close to a computer since early morning. Looking at these paintings is a fine way to close the day.
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artist bio: My name is Tracy. I'm a self-taught mixed media artist living & painting on the slopes of Devil's Peak in Cape Town. I was born at the tip of Africa and grew up in the desert landscape of Namibia where I spent my childhood years playing in the dust, stepping on thorns and running free in dry riverbeds.As soon as I was old enough to leave home, I headed back for the bright lights of Cape Town. London followed a few years later, and before I knew it, I was married, with two children and pushing forty. For a while I thought I’d never get home again. But my homing instinct was strong, and I found my way back to the Mother City in 2008. Once safely ensconced at the foot of Table Mountain, I started creating, and I haven’t stopped since. This is how I really found my way back home. These days I spend my time painting, exploring the delights of the local countryside and hanging out with my family and other fun folks. My website: http://wildish.co.za
My Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TracyStokesArt
Artist of the Day: Follow Your Heart - Nadezda Bokovikova
follow
signs
free
train
Following your heart is a simple process unless your heart can't decide which direction to take.
Latvia based artist Nadezda Bokovikova painted stones remind me to not take art or life so seriously and that sometimes art is right under my feet.
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artist bio: Thank you so much for visiting my simple and quiet shop. It is full of Mother's Nature touches and kisses. I love so much the materials what I use for making this unusual, warm and cozy things. And it is full of real life when you see it, touch it, wear it. I love these beach stones so much! They are so simple, so quiet... But every stone is so beautiful! Especially when you look at it longer - you see its own story, its secret patterns and you love it more and more. And you want to be quiet, meditative and happy like this little stone...You can follow my blog: happy-emotions.blogspot.com and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/zenpebbles
Artist of the Day: Wading in the Sargasso - Jamie Bollenbacher
wading
times
repressed
Jamie Bollenbacher's photographs are mysterious and disturbing, and portentious. Looking at them I feel as if I have inadvertantly crossed into a kind of twilight zone, just before the scary music comes on and the hair raises on the back of my neck. I love a photograph that evokes strong emotion!
Columbus, Ohio based photographer Jamie Bollenbacher does not have a bio, so I have written one for her.
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artist bio: I'm an Aries. Enough said.
Artist of the Day: Confetti - Danna Ray
danna ray
Despite the overturned and slightly submerged lawn chair, this painting feels oddly hopeful, like the first wild rumpus days of spring.
It could serve as my autobiography today.
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artist bio: To find out more, please visit groundwork & dannaray.com & featured interview.
Artist of the Day: Still Life of Cow Skull with Pink and Ivory Roses - Lucy Snowe
lucy snowephotography
Lucy Snowe is one of my favorite contemporary photographers.
This photograph is an ode to Georgia O'Keeffe stark, and hauntingly beautiful paintings of bones and blooms floating above desert horizons.The word that comes to mind to describe the feelings they evoke is lush.
Other than her gorgeous paintings, what I admire most about O'Keeffe is her fierce dedication to her vision. And to her own bent. She followed her heart, her muse, her own voice. No matter what. She quit her suffocating teaching position to paint. She took long walks. Alone. She never let the fact that she was a woman in the male dominated art world intimidate or stop her.
She painted what pleased her. She did exactly what she wanted.
It has to be said that she had a powerful ally and financial backer in her husband Alfred Stieglitz, which, really helps one be true to oneself.
Her singular dedication to her work, has been thinly described by some scholars as verging on bloodless. The reality is that Georgia put her work first, just like her male peers. Her stoicism during her husband's affair, and then her calculated retribution on the other woman after his death is one part chilling, and one part yougogirl worthy.
She remained in New Mexico when husband Stieglitz was ill, and even when it was clear he was going to die. She loved him. He loved her. After he died, she eviscerated his lover, and returned to the desert.
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artist bio: My husband is a cowboy, riding horses, raising cattle and peacocks, tooling leather, and can't understand for one minute why in the world anyone would buy a photograph of a little dog wrapped up in a scarf.
Artist of the Day: Magic Carpet - Dawn Siebel
magic carpet
summer picnic
tea party
american gothic
marie antoinette
farm children
I love Dawn Siebel's reimagining of classic paintings, and her innovative painting style.
I truly wish there were magic carpets on which it were possible to soar above the landscape and escape for a brief time.
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artist bio: Old photographs began appearing in my paintings in 2001 within months of my parents giving me all the old family photographs. I love history and exploring the effects our culture has on our thinking and our lives. Incorporating these photos into my work seemed a perfect way to explore these themes. My story paintings begin with an archival scan of an old photo that is glued and sealed to a wood panel before being transformed with oil paint. The only thing sure to survive is the original face; I may transform everything else. More recently I have incorporated found paint-by-number paintings into my canvases.
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