Artwork shows the nuanced colors and textures of bare skin.
Most often working on kraft paper.
Gim uses cross hatching—a technique most commonly associated with ink drawings or prints—with an array of colors to capture hands, arms, feet, and the occasional cat.
Though simple in subject, Gim’s drawings pulsate with the gestural
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Zaria Forman
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https://www.zariaforman.com/about
Documents climate change with pastel drawings
She travels to remote regions of the world to collect images and inspiration for her work, which is exhibited worldwide.
She has flown with NASA on several Operation IceBridge missions over Antarctica, Greenland, and Arctic Canada.
She was featured on CBS Sunday Morning, CNN, PBS, and BBC. She delivered a TEDTalk, and spoke at Amazon, Google, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, exhibited in Banksy’s Dismaland, and was the artist-in-residence aboard the National Geographic Explorer in Antarctica.
Her works have appeared in publications such as The New York Times, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, and the Smithsonian Magazine. F
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Stev’nn Hall
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Toronto Based Artist
Blends photography and painting together in an impressionistic style, often focusing his works on the rural landscapes of his Canadian home, or images of flowers he takes in his studio.
The pieces are built from images shot with a 35mm camera, and feature gestures on the surface in the mediums of acrylic, ink, and pastel. The underlying photograph appears more like a painting, and Hall’s painted additions to seem like photographic errors.
Uses staining, scratching and embellishing the image with sharp brushstrokes and raw colour.
His images appear both magical and somewhat menacing – at once ravishing and ravaged. Life and love and loss.
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Nikos Gyftakis
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Born in Athens, Greece in 1981.
Studied Artistic Research in Stockholm, and Painting and Stage- setting Design in Greece.
Hadfour solo and many group exhibitions in Greece and abroad
Created the stage-setting and paintings for several movies and theatrical shows and at the same time I have been curating art exhibitions and teaching Art.
Afstiros katallilo (painter): Two young Greek filmmakers seeking financing for their film "The End of the Passion" and end up with "Panourgias" a former actor of the 70s. He agrees to shoot the film but he also has another secret plan.
Pseftis pappous: Grandpa the liar
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James R. Eads
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James R. Eads is a Los Angeles based surreal impressionist who explores ideas of the soul and human connection through traditional printmaking and new digital media.
builds imagined worlds with vibrant, short brush strokes, often featuring exotic birds, half-sunken boats, and swirling star-filled skies.
he has created imagery for dozens of bands ranging from The Black Keys and Leon Bridges to Jerry Garcia and Iggy Pop.
His series of pastel paintings called Many, Many Paths explores the idea of meandering paths in otherworldly gardens.
Eads also experiments with Virtual Reality artwork
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Cassatt
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Despite her parents' objections, Cassatt began studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia when she was 15.
in 1968, one of her paintings was accepted for the Paris Salon, making her one of the first American women to exhibit there
In 1870 the Great Chicago Fire, which burned for 3 days and ravaged just over 3 square miles of Chicago, destroyed much of her work.
Cassatt’s introduction into the Impressionist circle began a long period of collaboration between her and Degas: they shared similar tastes; had neighbouring studios; Degas taught Cassatt engraving and to use pastels; and Cassatt helped him sell his work in America.
Cassatt was diagnosed with diabetes, rheumatism and cataracts and by 1914 she was almost completely blind, forcing her into early retirement.
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Degas
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He was primarily raised by his father as his mother died when he was 13. Born on July 19th, 1834 in Paris, France, Edgar was the eldest of five.
In 1855, at the age of 20, an influential art school in Paris. However the following year he abandoned his studies in Paris and traveled to Italy, where for the next three years he became engrossed in painting and sculpture.
Edgar Degas was a regular visitor of the old Paris Opera House and was even allowed access to the dance classes as he was a friend of Jules Perrot, the famous ballet master
The art movement Impressionism, which among other things is characterized by accurate depiction of light, candid poses and vivid colors, emerged in France in the 1870s.
Many unseen artworks of Edgar Degas were exhibited after his death enhancing his artistic reputation not only as a painter but also in the fields of drawing, printmaking and sculpture.