Friday, June 29, 2012

Rustam Salikhov




horizons, oil on canvas, 39.5x39.5, black chasm, oil on canvas, 39.5x39.5, casual orderliness, oil on canvas, 31.5x31.5

woven textiles, cityscapes, aerial images, microscopic images, abandoned billboards, quilts...responding viscerally to all...see more here.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

anne salas



alden, 2010, oil on canvas, 39x31, alden, 2009, oil on canvas, 39x3, antonia, 2009, oil on canvas, 34x28

who wouldn't be happy just looking at these paintings...see more here.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

michael mazur



























rocks and water 3, 2003, oil on canvas, 42x42, winter pond, 2000, oil on canvas, 60x60, rocks and water 12, 2002, oil on canvas, 30x30

the endless love of landscape...see more here.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

deanna wood





lake dallas 1, vintage wallpaper, machine stitching, collage, encaustic, 18x18, lenexa 3, vintage wallpaper, machine stitching, collage, encaustic, 12x12, lenexa 4, vintage wallpaper, machine stitching, collage, encaustic, 18x18

these pieces were included in one of many fabulous exhibitions i attended during the weekend of the sixth international encaustic conference...see more here.

Monday, June 25, 2012

martha diamond


















sun, 1983, oil on canvas, 66x88, battery park city, 1985, oil on canvas, 90x72, mist, 1980, oil on canvas, 48x72

strokes of light....see more here.

Friday, June 22, 2012

peter shelton



















pink loaf, 1999-2000, mixed media, 28x49x23, doublebubble, 2004-2005, mixed media, 22x18x11.5, uheader, 1995-2009, mixed media, 78x28.5x28

swelling simulations....see more here.

Thursday, June 21, 2012

colin keefe





















rupture, 2010, ink on paper, 30x44, rupture (detail), 2010, ink on paper, 30x44, mycelia, 2010, ink on paper, 30x44

best viewed with a magnifying glass, but his web site is good too....see more here.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

andrea wohl keefe




















bridges (double rainbow), oil on canvas, 11x14, chandelier 6, collage, graphite, acrylic, resin on canvas, 36x36, we have our days, watercolor, gouache, acrylic paints on paper, 12x18

boundless buoyancy...see more here.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

nicholas wilton





sun picture, 2011, mixed media on panel, 14x14, correspondence, 2011, mixed media on panel, 14x14, looking glass, 2011, mixed media on panel, 60x60

peaceful palimpsests...see more here.

Monday, June 18, 2012

kerry vandermeer





alhambra 1, mixed media on paper, 26.5x20, big bloom 5, mixed media on paper, 3.5x84, alhambra 4, mixed media on paper, 26x20

more amazing flora and fauna and fun....see more here.

Friday, June 15, 2012

barbara rogers






forgotten senses 3, 2005, oil on ragcote paper, 28x40, dark flower, 2007, oil on canvas, 50x72, oasis, 2006, oil on ragcote paper, 28x40

fantastical flora and fauna feast for the eyes...see more here.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

lynda pizzuto


















































animal instincts #5, 2012, ink, marker, graphite, textile on unprimed canvas, 24x24, untangling, 2011, oil on canvas, 48x48, stained, 2012, ink marker, graphite, textile, on unprimed canvas, 40x40

fabulous flowers...see more here.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

kym barrett




























i walk naked into the mystery, 2012, mixed media and collage, 60x60x4cm, loosening the shackles, 2012, mixed media and collage, 60x60x4cm, i listen to the trees, 2012, mixed media and collage, 60x60x4cm

i've posted about her before and i rarely repeat artists, but the subtleties in this new work are extraordinary...see more here.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

elisabeth lawrence





ashgrovian Christmas, 2012, oil on canvas, 111x150cm, the mighty fig, oil on canvas, 110x170cm, the holiday house, 2011, oil on canvas, 112x152cm

not so funny funhouses....see more here.

Monday, June 11, 2012

allyson reynolds





















score for imagined sound 2, 2008, oil on linen, 120x160cm, score for imagined sound 3, 2008, oil on linen, 120x160cm, score for imagined sound 6, 2008, oil on linen, 120x160cm

quiet rhythms...see more here.

Friday, June 8, 2012

laurel sparks




archangel, 2008, acrylic, silver enamel, marble dust, glitter, paper mache, small objects, feathers, marker, pigment, unpainted canvas, 48x55, lion in winter, 2007, acrylic, marble dust, glitter, paper mache on canvas, 70x65, peacock, 2010, acrylic, marble dust, paper mache, gold and silver enamel, small objects, marker, pigment, unpainted canvas, 38x50

lavish lovelies....see more here.