Rebecca Artemisa is a painter, drawer and tea drinker from Portland, Oregon. She is greatly influenced by the belief and notion of ghosts and loves finding small joys and kindness in the darker hours of life. Rebecca's enchanting paintings are both spooky and sweet. Full of quirky characters like girl giants, skeletons made of burnt sugar and other fascinating spirits, it's not hard to get lost in any her magical stories.
We suggest you check out her etsy store for some ghostly lockets, prints, zines and drawings, as well as her flickr for these lovely shots of her everyday life.
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Meghan Howland is 28 year-old contemporary oil painter from Portland who creates figurative paintings with a narrative edge. Her works are often dreamlike, and yet carry a weight of something that is slightly more dissonant. The question of whether something is safe or dangerous, loving or hateful, is often unexplained in her work. While conveying a situation or mood that is slightly ambiguous, this makes it up to the viewer to resolve what is happening, creating an unending range of emotions and possibilities.
To see more of Meghan's paintings visit her website. Swiss/Danish artist group PUTPUT are one a creative bunch. Seeking to occupy the space between input and output, the group are dedicated to unconventional visual experimentation centered around conceptual thinking. PUTPUT stand up to the chaos of the world by means of form, guided by curiosity they choose not to believe in ready-made sense and set out to capture the previously unseen by transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. Our favourites include 'Popsicles' and 'A New Necessity'.
To check them out for yourself head to their website. Amy Ross is a Boston-based artist with a knack for turning the simplest things into the most extraordinary of things. She creates paintings, drawings, and collages that turn the natural world on its head, morphing flora and fauna together into curious hybrid creatures. Amy attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and holds a Master's degree in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. She has exhibited her work in galleries throughout the US, from New York and Boston to Los Angeles and Portland.
You can see more of Amy's work on her website. Nicoletta Ceccoli is an artist and illustrator living in the Republic of San Marino, Italy. Known for her richly detailed and dreamlike work, her clients include Random House publishing, Barefoot Books, Diesel, United Airlines and Vogue. Her beautiful work has also been exhibited and sold internationally. Nicoletta’s surreal characters are influenced by artists such as Remedios Varo, Domenico Gnoli, Paolo Uccello, Mark Ryden, and Ray Caesar. Her lifelong love of dolls and children's books is also evident in her artworks, with notions of innocence and fairy tales seen throughout. It's safe to say Nicoletta's thought-provoking and intricate works have us completely enthralled and in awe of her talent.
You can visit Nicoletta's website to see more of her lovely work. Nineteen year-old Nicholas Tolmachov is a graphic design student from Kiev, Ukraine with a serious talent for drawing. There is a harsh but delicate quality to Nicholas's otherworldly portraits, that makes them so fascinating and beautiful to look at. We don't know much about Nicholas himself but we do know he's got some mad skills and we love his work.
You can check out more on his blog. Lisa Golightly is a mother and painter from Portland whose work draws on her own childhood memory vs. the memories that her children are creating and how they influence one another. With a BFA in art, Lisa's initial focus was photography, however she started painting around the time she had her daughter, Holly and hasn't stopped since. We really love the dreamy washed-out aesthetic that conjures up the nostalgic past.
To see more of Lisa's work you can visit her Etsy Shop or you can visit her website. New York based self taught artist Aurel Schmidt creates intricate drawings made out of cleverly arranged food, body parts, rubbish and day-to-day objects like coke cans and mobile phones. Beauty is a huge element within Aurel's work, everything she draws is drawn with a certain love for the subject and always, no matter how cynical or dark, a definite humour. By using the dregs of our lives as the building blocks for her subjects, Aurel's work becomes a reminder of our own vulnerability and mortality.
You can see more of Aurel's work on her website. Milan-based artist Marco Mazzoni, works almost exclusively with colored pencils to create intricate drawings that depict the cycles of nature and worlds based heavily in Italian folklore. His most frequent subjects are drawings of flora and fauna that seem to be consuming the face of a woman whose eyes we never see. Marco consciously leaves out the eyes so viewers don't consider the artwork as a portrait, but instead a still life, where all elements have equal importance.
You can see more of Marco's stunning pencil work here and here. Helen Dardik is a Ukrainian-born illustrator currently living and working in Ottawa, Canada. Inspired by the world around her, her own childrens drawings and magazines on design, Helen creates vibrant and quirky imagery that makes us feel all warm inside. We especially love her wonderful sense of colour and unique Russian Folk inspired style. As a freelance illustrator her ever-expanding client list includes Harper Collins, Penguin UK, Intercontinental Hotels and Hallmark among many others.
You can find more of Helen's work on her website and Etsy. |