Monday, 27 February 2012

Carved books, by Brian Dettmer

"Using knives, tweezers and surgical tools, Brian Dettmer carves one page at a time. Nothing inside the out-of-date encyclopedias, medical journals, illustration books, or dictionaries is relocated or implanted, only removed.
Dettmer manipulates the pages and spines to form the shape of his sculptures. He also folds, bends, rolls, and stacks multiple books to create completely original sculptural forms."

 See Brian Dettmer's work here.

Sunday, 26 February 2012

"Mind blowing painting skills"



(Check out this stop-motion video featuring Thijme Termaat, a Dutch artist.)

Saturday, 25 February 2012

Illustrators: Creative Nonfiction?

This is from my inbox, I hope it's legit:

The quarterly magazine Creative Nonfiction is seeking an Australia-based
artist to illustrate our upcoming fall 2012 issue, Creative Nonfiction
#46, and we hope you’ll encourage your blog readers, or anyone else who
might be interested, to apply.

We’ll consider various types of media — line drawings, collage,
watercolors, etc. — and welcome all styles of interpretation well suited
to a print format. The chosen artist will work closely with our editorial
and design staff to create 8 to 10 original designs that will be featured
on the cover and interior of the magazine.

Creative Nonfiction has an international circulation of 7,000, so this is
a great opportunity for an Australian artist (student or professional) to
have their work seen by a large audience. The chosen artist will also be
profiled for at least three months on CNF’s website, which attracts nearly
13,000 visitors per month, and this issue will be launched at the 2012
Melbourne Writers Festival.

Interested artists should upload a resume and three low-resolution jpeg
samples of their best work no later than 11:59 PM (GMT) on March 16, 2012.
A link to an electronic portfolio is also preferred.

To apply or see more details, go here:
http://www.creativenonfiction.org/thejournal/submittocnf.htm#australianillustrator

Thanks for your time.

Best,
Jasmine


Jasmine Turner
Editorial Assistant
Creative Nonfiction
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412.688.0304
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creativenonfiction.org


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Wednesday, 25 May 2011

Viewing a beautiful work of art

"...viewing a beautiful work of art creates the same chemical response as love. Both experiences trigger the feel-good chemical dopamine..."

Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Queensland artist: Ryan Byrne

Now that I'm living in Hervey Bay, I thought I'd give a mention to a local artist.

Ryan Byrne paints local scenes, locally:

I've been on that pier/jetty!

Ryan also has several YouTube videos of his paintings in progress, which are popular.

He has exhibited several times locally, in Hervey Bay.

Saturday, 19 June 2010

Queensland artist: Chris Postle

Coolum artist Chris Postle has exhibited from Cairns to Brisbane, & taught workshops from Chinchilla to Noosa.



I dreamt I was watching Chris painting a few nights ago, must have been a reminder to finish this post?

You can visit Chris Postle's official website here.

You can buy Fine Art Giclee Reproduction - Archival Quality Print, Limited Editions of Chris' work here.

Chris exhibits at Gallery Beneath, Sirocco Plaza, Mooloolaba (First Ave Steps); & also at Landsborough Galleries.

Saturday, 28 November 2009

Queensland artist: Donald James Waters

Donald James Waters lives at Jacobs Well, on the northern end of the Gold Coast.


I love the layers of pretty colours which Don Waters uses:


- & the way he blends/segues: