An Interview With Cierra RoweCierra Rowe’s artwork is captivating. Totally unique and powerful, her acrylic paintings have a soulful intensity and ethereal beauty. There is a dark edge to many of them. Yet there is a playfulness and wondrous creativity in all of her ideas, that are exploded onto canvas in her detailed and energetic brushstrokes and vivid colours. Coming from a personal lover of dark film, photography and artwork, I cannot help but admire her awesome paintings of horror icons such as Fred
Elizabeth Cox – The Artist’s InterviewElizabeth Cox’s amazing paintings and drawings reveal Elizabeth’s passion and attention to detail to her art. Just from a momentary viewing the viewer can see delightful, intricate brushstrokes that come together to produce sumptuously detailed artwork that assaults the senses. Her ‘Water Collection’ has an ethereal depth, displaying vivid and varying colours, elegant shapes (water lilies), and beautifully painting koi carp, that come together in gorgeous oil painted tapestri
Chris Booth – The Artist’s InterviewUnique, beautiful and fascinating. Chris Booth’s art and illustrations conjure up feelings of enjoyment and wonder. Richly detailed, varied styles in his Projects, you can see that Chris delights in creating his elegantly crafted work. His ‘Norfolk’ paintings are beautifully coloured, atmospheric and speak volumes about the care and love Chris put into this project. The detail in the trees, grass, field reminds me of stunningly crafted, 1978 movie, ‘Watership Down’. In Chris
Nadia Chevrel – The Artist’s InterviewTotally original ideas, beautifully realized with bold and bright colours, and lavishly created with a digital medium. Nadia Chevrel’s ethereal artwork is a delight for the senses. From animals to scenery, fantasy, portraits, and more, Nadia takes her inspiration from nature, the urban environment and the outdoors. She uses her skills and her imagination to create unique art that is displayed on canvas, prints, and a whole array of giftware, including clocks, bags and ladies
An Interview with Artist Ángeles M. PomataFrom exquisitely coloured landscapes to detailed birds, animals, flowers, castles and much more. Ángeles M. Pomata’s oil and watercolour paintings are elegant, beautifully created works of art. In ‘Dalmatian Portrait’, Ángeles has captured the character of the dog and is exceptionally realized, creating artwork that seems photographic. The depth and texture in ‘Solarized’, awash with colour, create a dreamlike, abstracted field that would be stunning on any wall. You can view
Chandra Ward – The Artist’s InterviewBeautiful, elegant brushstrokes. Rich, warm and subtle colours. Chandra Ward’s contemporary, impressionist landscapes, waterscapes and animal watercolours and acrylic paintings are detailed and striking. The splashes of blue colour in her marvelous painting, ‘The Dovecote’ draws the eye through a uniquely coloured landscape to a detailed and delicately painted Dovecote house. And ‘Listening to the night’ sports a brown hare, in a moonlight setting. The gorgeous shades of blue
An Interview with Photographic Artist Michael KnightStunning, totally unique, digital artwork. Michael Knight’s spellbinding work features an array of beautiful colours, textures, and styles. His photography is vibrant and eye-catching. Dynamic shapes, popping colours aplenty, some of his work evokes the beauty and grandiose of the art deco era; he also creates contemporary artwork, and startling, sci-fi like, and traditional portraits. Works such as ‘Brandy’, a beautifully woven tapestry, where one can see a cat’s face hidden
Tara Appling – The Artist’s InterviewJaw-droppingly detailed, mesmerizing and elegantly painted. Tara Kimiko Appling’s wildlife portraits are a joy to view. Beautiful owls and other birds, stunningly recreated in the art form with textured feathers and eyes that look so real and vivid, they are hauntingly beautiful. Some digitally painted, the tones, the brushstrokes and the sheer depth of detail, all come together creating unique artwork, that has ethereal, spellbinding qualities. The face of the ‘Soft Tawny Ow
Janis Tafoya – The Artist’s InterviewVivid, glorious colours, beautifully painted brushstrokes, Janis Tafoya’s oil artwork is full of detail and exciting! Janis’ work covers numerous genres, including flowers, landscapes, animals, seascapes and underwater paintings. Janis clearly has an eye for the aesthetic. She knows how to use colour and light to create mesmerising art. The eye-catching tones in her sumptuously textured painting ‘Expressions of Love’ would undoubtedly brighten up any living room or bedroom wa
Ismo Räisänen – The Photographer’s InterviewIsmo Räisänen’s exemplary nature photography stands out because of his crisp compositions and astounding vibrancy of colour. Ismo primarily focuses on beautiful country scenes. Ismo clearly knows the right times to venture outside. From magical summertime sunsets to frosty winter mornings, the sheer wealth of quality landscape images, makes me want to book a flight to Finland! In his artworks ‘Small Wonders of Nature‘, Ismo captures the light beautifully on flowers that revea
An Interview with Photographer & Artist Lee CraigBlack and white, or colourful, striking and unique. I use these words to describe Lee Craig’s photography and artwork. Lee delves deeply into the beauty of America. From sublime shots of the Midwest, such as majestic Arizona scenery, the wonders of Route 66, New Mexico and a personal favourite of mine, Sedona’s red rocks. Lee also finds the riches of forgotten Americana in her images. She turns rusty old pick up trucks, ancient mining cars, weather-worn, tool filled, sheds in
An Interview with Abstract Artist Diane MorrisonTruly original, eye-catching and awash with vibrant colours. Diane Morrison’s abstract artwork captures the imagination of the viewer. An explosion on the senses, or an elegant and smooth trip, running through your mind. Diane uses pastels, to create giant swirls of colour, shapes, patterns and even people to create surreal, absorbing art that is distinctive and dream like. Her contemporary painting entitled, ‘The Trip‘, embodies these qualities and in contrast, ‘Ethical Dist
An Interview with Artist Jane Elizabeth Martin‘Intricately detailed, beautiful and utterly engrossing.’ These are the words I use to describe Jane Elizabeth Martin’s pen and ink artworks. Her drawings of animals – dogs (her beautiful dog Harriet) and cats, capture not only the shape and minute detail of the fur with unbound detail, but also the character and the essence of her subjects. You can see in artworks such as ‘Bravado‘ and ‘Harriet Study 3‘, Harriet’s personality and her energy. Jane has literally captured a mo
Kendall Kessler – The Artist’s InterviewKendall Kessler is an award winning artist whose work has been exhibited throughout the USA. Her oil and pastel paintings are rich in colour and are varied in subject. From landscapes to people, to Still Life, architecture and much more, Kendall’s beautiful work is detailed and eye-catching. Her ‘Beaches and Bays’ artwork exemplifies the lavishness of colour and intricate brushstrokes. Kendall also has outdoor, wildlife and flower photography and black and white artworks th
An Interview with Artist Carol Finkbeiner ThomasCarol Finkbeiner Thomas paints beautiful, abstracted Landscapes and also figurative and floral work. Using primarily oil paints, Carol works her magic on canvas; her work consists of exquisite tones, textures, and composition and evokes both mood and atmosphere. The rich colours, brush strokes and style is captivating. You can view Carol’s work on her website: http://www.carolfinkbeinerthomas.com Follow her on Instagram Where did you grow up? I grew up in a medium sized town
An Interview with Artist Loren Di BenedettoLoren Di Benedetto’s Still Life artwork are elegantly painted, rich in colour, fascinating compositions. Items from nature, such as nuts, birds nest, fruit and veg, are gloriously displayed with delicately toned backgrounds and cloudy, blue skies. Loren’s floral and landscape work is bold, colourful and captivating and her paintings of dogs and cats are delightful and filled with detail. In all of her work, Loren beautifully captures the engagement of light and shadow, which
An Interview with Artist & Graphic Designer Anna Sidi-YacoubAnna Sidi-Yacoub’s paintings are remarkable. From vibrant and richly coloured paintings of nudes, women and seascapes, to clay sculptures of flowers and bright and captivating abstracts, it is clear that Anna has a passion for her work. In creating her artworks, Anna uses mixed media, charcoal, oil paints, watercolour, pencil, ink and is also a digital artist. Her compelling studies of horses and the female form illustrates her eclectic painting style. Anna also has some fas
An Interview with Fine Art Photographer, Randi Grace NilsbergFrom stunning Still Life photography, artistic landscapes, divine macro images, majestic dogs and people portraits and much more, Randi Grace Nilsberg’s fine art photography and art are both impressive and distinctive. Her thorough understanding of composition, colour and design is revealed in her excellent work. Some of Randi’s Still Life has a theme of a certain colour, such as red, or objects such as Umbrellas or Feathers. Besides a very cute puppy, her current Instagram w
An Interview with Artist Kim LeutwylerBold, dazzling and beautiful. These are words I choose to describe Kim Leutwyler’s artwork. The themes of Kim’s paintings, LGBTQ, gender, beauty and queer-identity, is consistent in her work, within the portraits that she paints. You can clearly see the passion and love that Kim has for her art. Vibrant portraits, nude and non-nude, tastefully presented in the female form; loving couples, intriguing portraits of nude women with dinosaur heads, portraits of women within a lan
Mark Edmonds – The Artist InterviewMark Edmonds artwork is captivating, beautiful and unique. Upon seeing his work I was struck by the distinctive artistry of each piece, that he displays. Mainly abstract in style, his paintings have layers of texture, colour and shape. Bold, complex and magnetizing are words that come to mind. His variety of tools consist of paint, photographic elements, found objects and textual materials. He takes a meditative approach when working, actually using meditation technique and