Your Monday Mixx – Enjoy!
Eli Tiunine: Escargot
Sunday’s image is “Retable “L’Europe”: Escargot” by Polish born artist Eli Tiunine. To see more of her incredible work visit EliTiunine.com.
Jennybird Alcantara: Painting
“Jennybird Alcantara is an artist living in San Francisco CA. She received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. The majority of her work is oil paintings on wood but she also creates art dolls inspired by her paintings and acrylic works on paper. Her work has at its core a dreamlike narrative and […]
Christopher Conte: Sculpture
Norway native Christopher Conte was raised and currently lives in New York. Conte has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and worked in prosthetics making artificial limbs for amputees for 16 years as a Certified Prosthetist. At the same time, he privately created biomechanical sculptures and 2008 became a full-time artist. […]
Esther Barend: Girls In Paint
DAF favourite Esther Barend has a new series of paintings entitled “Girls in Paint” – a fusion of the female portrait with her well known abstract style. About Girls in Paint: “Long ago I started as a realistic painter. Then I radically switched from oil to acrylics and at the same time into abstracts. I […]
Danny O’Connor: Mixed Media 2011
The latest work from Liverpool, UK based mixed media artist Danny O’Connor (aka DOC). O’Connor graduated from Liverpool’s John Moores Art School where he studied graphic arts. Concentrating mainly on figurative and portrait subject matter, his influences include comic books, graffiti, illustration, and character design. With a strong graphic element visible in his work, O’Connor […]
Stuart McGarey: Mixed Media
Born in Scotland and now living in Norway, Stuart McGarey trained as a painter but currently produces mainly digital works. McGarey’s images are created using a combination of photography, found image collage, photo manipulation and digital drawing/painting. “My main interest is in using the strengths of the digital medium while retaining an organic, physical feel” […]
Shingo Matsunuma: Digital Illustration
Shingo Matsunuma (aka shichigoro) is a Japanese artist based in Yokohama, Japan. Matsunuma studied oil painting at university but most of his current work is created in Photoshop. To see more, visit Shichigoro.com or visit Shingo’s profile on Deviant Art. Discovered on: WalkingBlind Art & Literature Magazine Issue No.2 Vol. No. 1
Michihiro Matsuoka: Childhood Dreams @ Artishox Gallery
DAF favourite Michihiro Matsuoka is having his first European exhibition entitled “Childhood Dreams” at Artishox Gallery in Hasselt, Belgium. “Born in 1969, living and working in Ichinomiya-shi, Aichi, Japan. Matsuoka finds inspiration from his childhood memories and deteriorated toys and devices out of that period. He urges the viewer a kind of nostalgic feeling with […]
Month In Review: July 2009 Art News
In my continuing quest to keep on top of all things in the visual arts, starting this month, I will post an end of month review of art news that I found particularly interesting. So, without further ado, here are ten of July’s top stories. ART CRIME: Dutch Arts Official On The Lam After Embezzling […]
DAF 2nd Anniversary Contest Winners!
Thanks to everyone who entered DAF’s 2nd Anniversary Giveaway and for all your well wishes and “happy birthdays”. Congratulations to our lucky winners: A one year subscription to Juxtapoz Magazine. Winner: From: Eliz Hunt – Walton, New York Art: Over 2,500 Works from Cave to Contemporary Winner: Martha Cassidy-Brinn – Vienna, Austria The Daily […]
Anton Semenov: Digital Illustration
Based in Bratsk, Russia, Anton Semenov is a digital illustrator and currently works as a designer at an advertising agency, the main direction of which is illuminated signs, and advertising on vehicles. Semenov started drawing at a young age and studied art for 3 years and design for 4 years. Using real life as inspiration, […]
