Fashion: The Hazel Brown

The Hazel Brown... the beauty in the imperfection;

I absolutely adore it: feminin, soft, light, transparency, dusty colors, wild, uniqueness...

"Darling, can I borrow your card for a second, just doing some shopping on the net ;) "

 

 

 

 

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Véronique Barthe

When I was an art student in Toulouse, I used to go to this little art center where they organize really strong and pertinent Contemporary Art exhibitions. Today, here in London, I still receive updates relating to their current exhibitions. Unfortunately this time, I won't be able to enjoy it... but maybe one of you out there would like to go and let us know... :)   Tout est peau cible....

Véronique Barthe, "Aïe et coups", Centre d'art contemporain, Chapelle Saint-jacques, St Gaudens, France

 

Michael Dickter

Through my searches today, I've just discovered this artist, Michael Dickter. My eyes were caught by the fresh colors, the use of the bird figures in an unusual way, the elegance... the paint becoming a bird, the bird dissolved and becomes the paint material... a revelation of the painting action.


"For long my work has dealt with issues of memory and home, stability and freedom, personal history and communication. An encouter with mortality has refocused my work. Now beauty and fragility, the fleeting impermanence yet profound magnificence of life informs my work. Flowers now seem to resonate with that impermanence, with that that beauty, as well as hope and compassion. Wings and boats also speak to the passages we must experience. Ideas are conjured with these, pushing and pulling and glimpsed through layers of paint and awareness, reaching for connections."

 

 

 

 

BP Portrait Award 2011

I always enjoy to vist the National Gallery Portrait in London. Each year, a competition is taking place: the BP Portrait Award, promoting the very best in contemporary portrait painting. This year more than 2300 artist were hoping from all over the world... and here are the four finalists. The 14th of June, we will know the name of the genius winner. Then, from the 16th of June to the 18th of September 2011, the National Gallery Portrait is giving an exhibition with the 55 best portraits of the competition. The Admission is free.

I want to see that....

So, the bets are open, which one do you prefer? ...

Just to Feel Normalby Ian Cumberland

© Ian Cumberland

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Distractedby Wim Heldens

© Wim Heldens

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Mrs Cernaby Sertan Saltan

© Sertan Saltan

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Hollyby Louis Smith with help from Carmel Said

© Louis Smith

Fashion Illustration

Phew... Our internet connexion is finally back. happy but the dependance is worrying ;)... For a little while now, I am quite interested in the fashion illustration, I find it so creative, imaginative, elegant and expressive. They are genius. Here a few links: Amelie Hegardt, David Downton, Monsieur Qui, Judit Garcia-Talavera

Aaron Coberly

I like that a lot... his paintings are alive, vibrant and delicate, the light is beautiful,the colors are perfect... Excellence...

"Aaron Coberly was born in Seattle in 1971. Aaron has been drawing for as long as he can remember. He started taking drawing seriously in his late teens when invited to his first life drawing class by a friend and teacher. Aaron has been participating in life drawing sessions weekly since his late teens. Over the last several years he has run his own open sessions in downtown Seattle. Although dabbling in it before he fell in love with painting in 1999 and turned one of his life drawing session into a painting session. He has been painting there, at home and out in the wild ever since."

 

 

 

Philippe Duplan: my art teacher

Philippe Duplan was my art teacher when I was at University. A character, a really strong personnality, we were all scared on Thursday monings to show him our work... If he didn't find it good technically, he would go across it with his pen... after days on a drawing or a painting, I tell you, it's tough! And if it didn't use his pen (oh happy...), he would say: "Well, you have here a nice Christmas present for your grand-mother!" :)

But after all that, we all knew he was a good teacher, I learned so much through his courses, nobody was missing one! I find his work brilliant: a mix between classic and modernity, abstract and figurative. merci Monsieur le professeur...

Stephanie Rew

I wish I could paint like her... Here is the stunning work of Stephanie Rew. I find it amazing technically, soft and strong in on piece.

"Stephanie Rew was raised in the historic city of Edinburgh, ScotlandStephanie has always been heavily influences by the Baroque style of oil painting and utilises a combination of Old Masters techniques with her own. Her use of glazes is important to the finished article – creating an inner glow to he work. Caravaggio’s trademark use of chiaroscuro and strong colour created by glazing techniques has inspired her work for the last decade. "

Some of her new work will be on sale at the Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London this week-end, and I won't miss that... just to have a look ;)

Kai Samuels-Davis

I like that! to see more, here it is :)

 

 

Philippe Cognée

Almost 10 years ago, when I saw one of Philippe Cognée's paintings for the first time, I was instantly captivated by the strength, the uniqueness of his work, the moving colours, by his technique. He's a genius!

"At 48, Philippe Cognée counts as one of the most well known French painters today. Over the last fifteen years, he has been developing a unique oeuvre inspired by the most mundane aspects of reality. Using video and photography, he documents everyday life – crowds, libraries, supermarkets, skyscrapers – which serves as an inspiration for his strangely blurred, fading images on canvas. Mixing his pigments with wax, he melts the surface of the paintings with an iron, giving them a skin-like smoothness. Through these smudged, blurred, distorted views of the world, Philippe Cognée questions our modern condition as well as the nature of gaze and memory."

:) and don't forget the giveaway!

 

 

 

Desirée Dolron

Perhaps, you already came accross one of her picture. I like her work. Her photographs are mystical and mysterious, soft and violent, colourful and colourless all in one. To see more, it's here.

"Dutch photographer Desiree Dolron’s acute vision meshes traditional documentary photography and computer enhancement, by mixing these two methods, Desiree achieves her powdery, glowing effect – allowing her pictures to look almost like paintings from the Flemish Masters"