◄ Contemporary Art by Pojar Calin ►
► Romanian contemporary art painter ( 1939-2010) . Studied at ‘Ion Andreescu’ Academy of Visual Arts Cluj-Napoca.
Since 1969 ,he has frequently participated in numerous groups exhibitions , anniversaries, celebrations, mostly held at the National Museum of Art from Cluj-Napoca. His works were included in the ‘Cluj 70 ’ exhibition , held at Dalles Hall from Bucharest(1970) , in the exhibitions of the ‘Lucian Blaga’ International Festival ( 1991) , also in museums and state collections in Romania and private collections in Italy, Germany, Spain, Norway, Austria, England, Greece, Israel, U.S.A.
Dominant colors of his paintings are the well-known red , blue and yellow alloy. He lived for a long time in the fascinating privacy of Transilvania’s rural universe, especially Maramures and therefore expression in speech naturalness of these realities has established itself as a pure breath.
Themes his works evoke openly the city of Maramures : Monumental Gate, Trinity as sign of pious rememberance for the known or unknown heroes, Dowry chest. In other words, a world full of splendor and subtle symbolism, legends and myths, which transpires a strong sense of existence.
► Source : Pojar Calin
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◄ Awesome Paintings by Gabi ►
► Gabi was born in Hungary, but moved to Canada in 1989. She always had good imagination and a creative side but only in the her early 20′s she found her inspiration to start painting and only in the last 7 years she found herself, and her own style of painting. She thinks she is a late bloomer. Partly because she was so busy raising her 3 children. She loves a variety of things to paint and uses vibrant colors that pop.
Painting is her way to relax, to be creative and to escape to another world. When she paints she gets so lost in the moment that she doesn’t notice anything around her, not even the hours passing by.
Her mind is constantly thinking about the next project ahead. She is never out of ideas. At present, she is working at marketing her art through art galleries and different internet sites.
► View more in her album : My paintings
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◄ Paintings by Leo Königsberg ►
► Artist Statement :
I live and work in an old industrial area of Berlin, wich was the place where the German Electric Industry started, A E G. This might be a forgotten Place, but here it is full of energy and that is what i need to make my artwork. My studio is placed midden of old factory buildings I live in the former battery laboratory house wich I developed in the beginning of 2003 in myneighborhood there are a lot of former factory’s. The most of them are closed and that is what it makes it so exiting to me as an artist.The smell and the sound of emtyness, mixed with the rest idea of former production and productive energy, it goes into me and break through in the transforming process of my artwork. Music is an important part in my life and music inspires me and my art production.Since I was a child from 5 or 6 years, I always saw any kind of music in colors and later the symphonies became colorful landscapes in my mind.I was inspired first of all by wolfgang a. Mozart, gustav mahler, anton bruckner and later of the russian composers segej rachmaninov and later a few others. In the 80ties was it john cage, lary anderson and steve reich.Aswell there was a few writer like jack kerouack, charles buckowsky, allen ginsbourg and william bourrouse and then the wonderful bob dylan and later tom waits.2it all influenced my work and the fascination of waste lands gives distinction to my work as an artist.The most interesting thing for me is in such a transforming process when nature start to destroy and takes back all buildings in there own system of life and organic structures.My paintings open a window and you become a citizen of my world of light, colors and transparence. just fly ………
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◄ Architectural Photography of Thomas Mayer ►
► This time we are presenting you Thomas Mayer , Swiss architectural photographer who works for some of the worldʻs finest architects such as Frank Gehry. He learned photography in Zurich and came to Germany in 1968 where he worked until 1974 as a specialised photographer for car advertising in studio and on location. In 1974 he started to do editorial photography for Germanyʻs finest magazines such as GEO, Stern, Merian, ZEIT-Magazin, Der Spiegel and more. In cooperation with famous designer Otl Aicher he worked for companies like BMW, Lufthansa, West-LB and started to do architecture features for ERCO Lighting from 1977 until today. A long term documentation about Frank Gehryʻs Neuer Zollhof Dusseldorf 1989 – 1999. A documentation on the development of the world heritage site Zeche Zollverein 2002 – 2007 includes the development of the Zollverein School from competition til finalisation of the building.
► Source : http://art-profiles.com/fine-arts/60-photographers/albums/1480-architectural-photographers-thomas-mayer.html
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◄ Paintings by Raphael ►
► Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520), better known simply as Raphael , was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and drawings. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, he forms the traditional trinity of great masters of that period.
Raphael was enormously productive, running an unusually large workshop, and despite his death at thirty-seven, a large body of his work remains. Many of his works are found in the Apostolic Palace of The Vatican, where the frescoed Raphael Rooms were the central, and the largest, work of his career.
The best known work is The School of Athens in the Vatican Stanza della Segnatura. After his early years in Rome, much of his work was designed by him and executed largely by the workshop from his drawings, with considerable loss of quality.
He was extremely influential in his lifetime, though outside Rome his work was mostly known from his collaborative printmaking. After his death, the influence of his great rival Michelangelo was more widespread until the 18th and 19th centuries, when Raphael’s more serene and harmonious qualities were again regarded as the highest models.
His career falls naturally into three phases and three styles, first described by Giorgio Vasari: his early years in Umbria, then a period of about four years (from 1504–1508) absorbing the artistic traditions of Florence, followed by his last hectic and triumphant twelve years in Rome, working for two Popes and their close associates.
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◄ Art by Oleg Zhivetin ►
► Oleg Zhivetin Biography :
Oleg Zhivetin was born on March 8, 1964 in Tashkent, Capitol of the Soviet Republic of Uzbekistan, to a family of Russian painters. He started to paint at a very early age under the supervision of his father’s severe and demanding eye. When he was nine years old he began an art program where he learned to work with watercolors. While still young, his family resettled in Moscow, where Oleg began his studies at age fifteen at the Moscow Academy of Art. At the academy he continued to learn how to paint and draw as well as study traditional subjects such as history, of which Oleg is extremely fond. He earned his Fine Art degree with honors, in 1982. Oleg decided to apply to the Surikov Art Institute, which is known by many to be the Soviet Union’s most prestigious school of art. Unfortunately, Oleg was not accepted to the school on his first try and this prompted him to go back to Uzbekistan to earn a degree in art education. He was accepted to the Surikov Art Institute after applying for a second time. Only those talented enough to gain admission to the Surikov were able to study under esteemed Soviet artists such as Yuri Karilov. Oleg eventually obtained the coveted Master of Fine Arts degree in 1990.
After graduation, Oleg grew beyond his academic focus of Dutch, Flemish, Renaissance old masters, and Soviet social-realism to develop a much more individualistic and contemporary style. Oleg decided to hire one of his neighbors to sell his art on the street in order that he could earn some money to live. The artwork began to sell after a few months, and eventually, his neighbor asked him if he wanted to go to America. Oleg was given a phone number to call to arrange for this opportunity. It turns out that the telephone number belonged to a man who was looking for exceptional artists to sponsor. Needless to say, the sponsor liked what he saw in Oleg’s work. This sponsorship allowed Oleg to work in the United States under a three-month visa. He arrived in California and took some of his paintings to a Russian art dealer.
► Source : http://art-profiles.com/fine-arts/61-painters/albums/1083-oleg-zhivetin.html
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◄ Photos of Zinnia Flowers ►
► Zinnia is a genus of 20 species of annual and perennial plants of family Asteraceae, originally from scrub and dry grassland in an area stretching from the American Southwest to South America, but primarily Mexico, and notable for their solitary long-stemmed flowers that come in a variety of bright colors.Zinnia leaves are opposite and usually stalkless (sessile), with a shape ranging from linear to ovate, and pale to middle green in color.
The flowers have a range of appearances, from a single row of petals, to a dome shape, with the colors white, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, purple, and lilac.Zinnias are popular garden flowers, usually grown from seed, and preferably in fertile, humus-rich, and well-drained soil, in an area with full sun. They will reseed themselves each year.
Over 100 cultivars have been produced since selective breeding started in the 19th century.Zinnia elegans, also known as Zinnia violacea, is the most familiar species, originally from Mexico and thus a warm–hot climate plant. Its leaves are lance-shaped and sandpapery in texture, and height ranges from 15 cm to 1 meter.Zinnia angustifolia is another Mexican species. It has a low bushy plant habit, linear foliage, and more delicate flowers than Z. elegans – usually single, and in shades of yellow, orange or white. It is also more resistant to powdery mildew than Z. elegans, and hybrids between the two species have been raised which impart this resistance on plants intermedate in appearance between the two.
The Profusion series, with both single and double-flowered components, is bred by Sakata of Japan, and is among the most well-known of this hybrid group.
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◄ Art by Piet Pedersen ►
► Artist Statement :
” I am an artist living in Aarup at Fyn in Denmark and I am born in 1960. I have been drawing and painting my entire life and I am so lucky to have room in my life to paint, with family and all. To me it means stability, joy, peace and lots of colors.
For some years I have been working with commercials as a sign writer. It doesn’t mean much for my painting style, but it provides me some discipline in my work. I love to tell a story and I am seeking the motif in the motif. Therefore you can often recognize it and see what it looks like. If people can recognize the shape, you can put almost anything in it, and get away with it.
I am always trying to renew myself from time to time, but I am stuck with certain figures and colors or they are stuck with me. Often I have been painting the rhinos. It s almost extinct, but then again, it has a protecting armor. The similarities to my own life exist in everything. Sometimes we need protection against the world. The pictures of a bull and a woman I see as if I am the bull pressing on while the woman is a expression of my inner vulnerability. The toucan is a self-portrait from my soul, representing my soul. As a bird, I have the big view at the world and thereby the sense of happy colors and happy moments. I see the toucan as a symbol of freedom and good values and my direct contact with my inner soul as a painter. The toucan is always with me in my work, monitoring my work and securing it is well done. A free bird with happiness in colors and expression…..it should appear as often as possible in my work.
Sometimes I pick up my inspiration in the darkness of my soul. It often appears as (brightness) clarity of colors. At other times I catch a glimpse of something, and it gets reworked until it shows who I am and what I want. It all goes through a process where I am exploring it and if I can approve it, its end up with my signature. There is at all times an inner connection and drive to keep on painting. I don’t paint to be famous or to receive recognition. I paint because the urges demand me to, and therefore I just keep on painting. “
► Source : Acrylic paintings , Ink drawings
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◄ Architectural and Landscape Photography by Enda Cavanagh ►
► Enda Cavanagh is an award winning associate member of the Irish Professional Photographer’s Association and one of the leading architecture and fine art landscape photographers in Ireland. Recently he was awarded architectural photographer of the year at the IPPA awards and last year he won best single landscape image shortly after joining the IPPA. The photographer had exhibited in several galleries, including twice in the IEPA Photography exhibition in Japan, twice in the Royal Hibernian Academy annual exhibition in Dublin and currently in the Centre of Photographic Art in Carmel California.
► Source : http://art-profiles.com/annys-art-collection/albums/1308-architectural-and-landscape-photographer-enda-cavanagh.html
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◄ Fashion Model - Edita Vilkeviciute ►
► Vilkeviciute was born on New Year’s Day of 1989, in Kaunas.A Lithuanian model. After her discovery, she signed to Women Management in Milan, and later, VIVA in Paris in 2006. Her runway debut was at Just Cavalli for the spring/summer 2007 shows. She later walked for Paul Smith, Preen, and Marios Schwab in London. She made a comeback after not participating in fashion weeks at Milan and New York at the spring/summer 2008 Paris fashion week, walking for Balenciaga, Chanel, Dries van Noten, Miu Miu, and Louis Vuitton.
In late 2008, she participated in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show 2008, in the PINK section. During the spring/summer 2009 season she walked over 35 runways for some of the world’s top designers, such as Chanel, Stella McCartney, Givenchy, Zac Posen, and Dolce & Gabbana then she participated again in victoria secret fashion show 2009 in two sections “All Aboard” and “Enchanted Forest” . She also participed in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion 2010 in the segments “Country Girls” (where she wore ‘Angel’ wings for the first time) as well as “PINK Planet”.Vilkeviciute has graced the pages of many fashion magazines around the world in including Vogue in Germany and France, Allure, and i-D.
In 2009, she appeared nude in a steamy photo shoot for Interview magazine with Zac Efron.She is the current face of Karl Lagerfeld, GAP in Japan, Dior Beauty and Emporio Armani.[citation needed] In the autumn/winter 2008 campaigns, Vilkeviciute replaced Hilary Rhoda as the face of clothing line Etro. She also did a campaign for Louis Vuitton’s Mon Monogram range of personalised leather goods.Took her own self-portrait for the new Rag & Bone Do-It-Yourself ad campaign spring 2011 along with models Sasha Pivovarova, Abbey Lee Kershaw and Lily Aldridge.
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◄ Fine Art by ARTHEO ►
► Theodora – ARTHEO – is a fine artist from Romania, graduated in 2005. She had personal and group exhibitions in Romania during the period 2005-2010.
In 2010 she moved to London, had her second child and in 2011, she started to paint again. She was searching for a studio, till she found HATCH SPACE.
She is painting abstracts using acrylics , she loves textures, transparencies , bright colours and strong contrasts . Theodora is sending a message to all artists wherever they are :
Love it is all it is matter ,Find your dream and follow it , Enjoy your life, it is too short, make this world better, more love means less war.
► View more in her albums : http://art-profiles.com/artheo/my-albums/
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◄ Illustration by Daz Girling ►
► Artist Description :
“Alt is the title of my work in progress book project exploring the culture and imagery of the alternative/fetish/Burlesque/Gore/pinup model. Featuring performers from all around the globe such as Masuimi Max, April Flores, Madelaine Horne, Las Vegas gore and Metal models The Vamp Girls and Uk Bizarre Ultra Vixens Amie Conradine,GlitzyFox, Scruffy kitten, Gypsy Rhodes and many more to follow..”
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◄ Art Wolfe Photography ►
Wolfe’s approach to nature photography combines elements of photojournalism and art photography. Wolfe lists his major influences as Ernst Haas and Eliot Porter. Wolfe has released more than 65 photo books and instructional videos of photographic techniques. The U.S. Postal Service has used Wolfe’s photographs on two stamps.He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and serves on the advisory boards for the Wildlife Conservation Society, Nature’s Best Foundation, Bridges to Understanding, and is a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers (ILCP).
► Source : http://art-profiles.com/fine-arts/60-photographers/albums/352-art-wolfe.html
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◄ Photography by Ansel Adams ►
► The grandfather of landscape photography. He is the one nature photographer that transcends the genre and even photography for that matter. His images are so well-known that photographers and tourists-alike are still trying to fill his tripod holes 60 – 70 years after his most famous images were made.
Perhaps his greatest legacy were his environmental conservation efforts with the Sierra Club that led to creation of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks among other areas, and also the art education institutions that he helped to create.
► Source : http://art-profiles.com/fine-arts/60-photographers/albums/1354-ansel-adams-photography.html
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◄ The Artwork by Scribbleimp ►
► Artist statement :
“I’m an artist currently based in Edinburgh. I have a background in classical 2D animation, and I graduated From Edinburgh College of Art in 2011. I have experience working with classical animation, stop-frame animation, concept design and art, and story-boarding. I’m looking to find work either as a freelance artist in the games and film industry, or as a member of a team and I’m rearing to learn more. I like to keep a flexible style, changing from cartoony, graphic, to more realistic.
My interests lie in art, design, literature, writing, video games, mythology and fairy tales.”
► Source :Ao’tir Fantasy , Game Concept Art
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