painting

  • Kristy Lynn,  mixed media,  painting,  prints,  published,  publishing

    Illustrations by Kristy Lynn

    illustration by Kristy Lynn  This past Spring, Mark M. Whelan asked me if I would be interested in illustrating his children’s book— Just Kidding: A Bedtime Story. I fell in love with the audio version of his book right away and accepted the proposal. My first illustrative work for the project was the cover art, displayed here. Following the cover came three illustrations depicting scenes within the heartfelt and sweet story— a tender narrative about a boy reluctantly chosen by a lost herd of goats, to lead them home. You may download the audio here: Just Kidding: A Bedtime Story. In wanting to keep the illustrations light and childlike as…

  • adelaide damoah,  painting,  realism,  tim okamura,  uma thurman

    Adelaide Damoah in Conversation with Tim Okamura

    Tim Okamura is a Canadian artist most well known for his beautiful and realistic depictions of African Americans and other minorities in urban landscapes. His stunning and positive depictions of groups of people who have rarely been treated with such dignity in art history are a powerful testament to his views on racial differences and the problems that focusing on these differences can bring to society. Born in 1968, Okamura obtained a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Canada. He subsequently moved to New York and obtained his Masters in Fine Art from the eponymous School of Visual Arts. His career…

  • Angela Dalinger,  modern art,  painting

    Angela Dalinger

    Tennis Angela Dalinger’s paintings have a whimsical lightness to them. They tread the terrain of naïve art while simultaneously displaying a solid sense of composition and form. In another interview of hers online, aws well as in our correspondence back and forth, she has emphasized her obsessive approach to painting— her routine is to paint daily from sunup to sundown. This behavior relates to other artists considered of the “naïve” or “outsider” camps, as does her struggle with depression. No matter her inner battles though, Dalinger’s works have a folksy feeling that is at once warm and inviting. Playful pieces like Tennis display this feeling best. In other works like…

  • ARTnews,  Bon Iver,  Gregory Euclide,  mixed media,  modern art,  painting,  relief,  United States

    Gregory Euclide with Mark M. Whelan

    as if muting the land was part of knowing acrylic, eurocast, foam, Goldenrod, Hosta, moss, paper, pencil, plastic, Sedum, wood, zip tie 2012  |  26 x 19 x 9 (Framed) Gregory Euclide’s work is fascinating on many levels: the feelings each piece evokes, his use of a range of materials from the timeless (paint, pencil) to the unmistakably modern (foam, plastic), the intricacy of each visual detail… I became an avid admirer at first sight and each time I revisit his website or flickr page, or find his work featured in magazines or online, I am enthralled again as if I had just happened upon the magical lands he creates…

  • art,  contemporary art,  Design,  modern art,  painting,  Tokyo

    Hisami Tanaka at waitingroom with Mark M. Whelan

    Hisami Tanaka’s recent solo exhibition at waitingroom in Tokyo presented his latest works, reflecting his graphic design background and an approach to abstract painting unique to the artist. The style in which the pieces were installed in the gallery space itself further emphasized the artist’s dynamic inner relationship between painter and designer. from waitingroom: Hisami Tanaka was born in Ibaraki in 1976 and graduated from Tama Art University, majoring in Design. Recent exhibitions include “windows and the stories” (2011, waitingroom, Tokyo) and “Tokyo Wonder Wall” (2010, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo). In previous years, Tanaka was focusing on the “existence and non-existence of the quality and power” for different…