Category Archives: Passion

In an attempt to become more cultured, I have decided to look up an artist each week and comment on their work. I did something similar in high school as part of an honors art course and thought it was pretty neat, so I’ll be continuing that here.

Artist #11: Charlene Wienhold

Solely from experience, I’d argue that watercolor is one of the most annoying, difficult, and patience-trying mediums of traditional art — but then masterpieces like Charlene Wienhold‘s In the Streets of Paris completely refute my statement and makes the entire … Continue reading

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Artist #10: Jonas Jödicke

In addition to mastering traditional art mediums like watercolor and graphite, Jonas Jödicke is a really skilled digital artist from Berlin, Germany. He does a lot of paintings using illustrating software tools like Photoshop CS4 and Hanvon “Artmaster” tablet, with … Continue reading

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Artist #9: Yukie K.

So, for the past couple of blogs, I have been writing about artists from Deviantart.com. This week, I’d like to focus on some of my friend, Yukie’s work which is really neat. In high school, I decided to take Introduction … Continue reading

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Artist #8: Zoran Milutinovic

When people ask me whether I am “a dog or a cat person”, I usually respond in favor of the canine; I mean, dogs are loyal and reliable – not to mention happy and playful with just about anything – … Continue reading

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Artist #7: Nabhan Abdullatif

I was in the middle of posting my Artist #6 blog reflection when I came across NaBHaN‘s work on Deviantart.com. This artist has some of the cutest work I have ever seen!! So, I am going to post my seventh … Continue reading

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Artist #6: Kayleigh O’Connor

The neat thing about Deviantart.com is that it features tons and tons of artists from all over the world and includes a huge variety of mediums. You see traditional art like acrylic painting, sketches, and watercolors, but then you see categories that … Continue reading

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Artist #5: Silvia Pelissero

Silvia Pelissero is a really, really talented water color artist from Italy. She categorizes her work as surrealism, a type of art which, according to Wikipedia, “[features] the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur.” Many of Pelissero’s paintings really … Continue reading

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Artist #4: Murals of Philadelphia

When people think of art, they generally think of beautiful paintings or sculptures or frescos that adorn the walls of museums or else very expensive households — but there is another form of unexpected art that really is a lot … Continue reading

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Artist #3: Thamer Al-Tassan

Thamer Al-Tassan is an incredible photographer. Not only are his pieces mindblowingly beautiful in aesthetics but each and every photograph he takes has a deeper meaning and a hidden focus, which is really intriguing conceptually to think about. The balance of dark … Continue reading

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Artist #2: David T. Miller

The first thing that came to my mind when I saw David T. Miller‘s Random Rambling work in his August 2012 series was sushi – mostly spicy with swabs of orange (tuna?), yellow (maybe some kind of vegetable), and green (wasabi), … Continue reading

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