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Multi Layer Illusionism by Ramon Bruin

Ramon Bruin, popularly known as JJK Airbrush, is a self-taught artist hailing from The Netherlands. In 2012, he gave birth to the style “Optical Illusionism” in which he marries drawing and photography to create a the perfect image. This style evolved to become a Multi Layered Illusion, a practice in which he uses multiple pieces of […]

Brush Versus Lens – Ultra-Realistic paintings by Patrick Kramer

Pin It Patrick Kramer is a painter by profession and a perfectionist by nature. It’s no wonder he got drawn to realism where everything and to be ‘just right’ in order for it to be convincing. As his technique and style improved, his work started putting photographs to shame. After all, oil paints doesn’t pixelate […]

A Touch of Paint – Fingerpaintings by Iris Scott

Pin It Iris Scott is a Seattle-based painter who has taken finger painting to new heights. Watching her at work is like watching a virtuoso piano player. She dips her gloved finger into high-grade oil paints and swirls them around the canvas to create beautiful portraits. She discovered her passion for finger-painting when, too lazy […]

Streetwalkers – Chalk Art by David Zinn

Pin It David Zinn describes himself as an avid whistler, a haphazard ukulele player, a shameless word nerd, and an inveterate doodler. He is a self-taught artist who has a B.A. in Creative Writing and English Language. David has also been known to dabble in theater now and then. He has used ink, pencil, chalk, […]

Critters and Things – 3D Drawings by Ramon Bruin

Pin It Ramon Bruin is a mostly self-taught artist who works with oil, acrylic, and watercolor paints. He also dabbles with charcoal, pencils and graphite. He has recently dabbled with eerily realistic 3D drawings. His drawings usually feature a critter or two, some of which you wish were real, some you fervently pray don’t exist.

Paintings of Flamenco Dancers by BrushDancing

Pin It Let me introduce myself with a few examples of my recent work……… These flamenco dancing paintings are produced using oil on high quality stretched canvas…. Also available as high quality limited edition prints on textured paper…….

One Never Ends Learning in Arts

Pin It Looking at her paintings is like drinking genius from a glass of harmony. Her works of art and the features of their characters diffuse vibrations of eternity. An eternity that grasps beauty with its arms, but not typical beauty, but rather an indescribable beauty that is disguised as death and radiates the most […]

Seductive Photorealistic Paintings by Kim Sung Jin

Pin It A glance at the rest of his work and you’ll be sure of several things: 1) Kim Sung Jin is one of the best photorealistic painters out there and 2) He’s a bit obsessed with painting lips. Kim Sung Jin graduated from the Hongik University for Fine Art in 2003. This Korean artist […]

5 California Surf Paintings by Kathleen M Robison

Impressionist painters are constantly drawn to the mystical beauty of the sea. Something about the earth meeting the water creates ideal subject matter for paintings, and this is ever so apparent in the Southern California coast. Kathleen M Robison is a Southern California plein air painter that paints the ocean and the sea. She realized […]

Audrey Kawasaki’s One-of-a-Kind Wood Panel Paintings

Pin It While most painters smear oil paint on canvas, Audrey Kawasaki chose a different medium. Almost all of her work are done on wood panels, giving her paintings a textured look. At times, the wood’s grain itself lends the painting a certain authenticity. Audrey also uses graphite along with oil paint to create her […]

Cutting Edge Digital Art by Michael Oswald

Pin It Canvas, oil paint, watercolor, paper, pen, and ink may never go out of style; but a new generation of artists raised in the digital age could certainly hold their own against the artists of old. Anybody with a PC can tinker with a digital image. On the other hand, digitally manipulating photos to […]

Sensuous Superheroes by JKB Fletcher

Pin It JKB Fletcher is an Australia-based painter and photographer whose work in photorealism is fast becoming a sensation. These captivating paintings each take about a hundred hours to make. Fletcher first selects a photograph from the numerous one he’s taken and begins the long and tedious process of applying less than a millimeter thick […]

Still Paintings by Jeff Ramirez

Pin It Candid shots of people and common daily objects are most of the models in the paintings of Jeff Ramirez of Los Angeles, California. There is a wide range of possible still artworks that could be made from millions of the things we see everyday, and the artist takes the brush to give it […]

Inspiring Drawing by Rod Luff

Pin It Rodrigo Enrique Luff was born in El Salvador and is living in Sydney. Rod is capable of integrating a wide range of subjects with his distinctive style, within his chosen media of oil painting or drawing.

Photo-Realistic Painting by Dennis Wojtkiewicz

Pin It Ohio artist, Dennis Wojtkiewicz explores the sensitive nature of time in his oversized oil paintings of fruit and flowers. The transitory nature of his subject matter is encapsulated, transfixed and glorified with heightened photorealism. Light and translucence make these paintings glow. Nature’s perfect patterning allows each painting to take on a meditative quality.

Painting Music by Chloe Malmquist

Pin It Oil and Acrylic paintings ranging from iconic photos to landscapes all inspired by the discography of a particular musician (some more distinguishable than others) and painted with a palette of primary colors.

Realistic Oil Painting by Marta Penter

Pin It Marta Penter was born in Porto Alegre, in Brazil. Her usually large watercolor and oil paintings feature the highlighting of light and shadow effects, thus creating a unique intimate atmosphere.