How do great musicians, writers and painters hone their craft? A violinist doesn’t merely pick-up their instrument and immediately compose melodies… they learn through studying and playing works composed by others. Think of the greatest painters in art history… Michelangelo, Raphael, Caravaggio, Picasso. How did they progress their creative skills? Through careful observation and reproduction […]
Transporting Art Even if you think you have experience in handling fragile shipping, transporting valuable or luxury items is always a risk. Whether you’re moving art supplies to and from a studio, importing a new painting from overseas or delivering a piece of work to a new customer, transporting art safely and efficiently is a […]
We interview artist Ric Conn from the United States. Please describe your artwork style My style is Expressionism. What's your background? I studied at Corcoran College of Art, Georgetown; and Maryland Institute College of Art; but I am mostly self taught. How long have you been an artist? My whole life, when I was 5, […]
We interview artist Gillian Hunt from Glen Lyon, Perthshire. Please describe your artwork style I am a photographic artist - I specialise in Macro flowers and bees. Always looking for a different way to photograph my subjects - a way to bring more depth to my subject. What's your background? My background is post production […]
Please describe your artwork style The painting is called : INCONSOLABLE, 36x48 inches, 2020. It is oil on canvas and I would describe my style as "Expressionist". The subject is inspired from the human feeling related to the aftermath of the world pandemic. What's your background? I have studied art at the university of Central […]
In this article, we interview artist Jose Luis Quinones from United States. Please describe your artwork style I merge my Photorealistic style with Pop Art transforming my two-dimensional surface into a three-dimensional illusion generating an excellent representation with vivid color and spatial depth. What's your background? I was born in Yauco, Puerto Rico. I completed […]
In this article, we interview artist Antoon Knaap from Maynooth, Ireland Please describe your artwork style I always say to people who ask; I make figurative art from the head and abstract art from the heart. I have no particular style, because I choose not to. I don't want to give myself boundaries and rules. […]
We interview artist Alexandra Connor from the UK Please describe your artwork style Portraits and people fascinate me! I am intrigued by the human face and body and in my painting I use techniques that were used in the 14th and 15th century, building up oil glazes to get the maximum luminosity. I’ve painted businessmen, […]
We interview Chris Wilmott from St Albans, Hertfordshire Please describe your artwork style Figurative What's your background? Business then art. Technology and water then art and water. How long have you been an artist? 10 years Who or what are your biggest influences? All people are the same so far as the oceans are concerned. […]
We interview Nora Komoroczki from Budpest, Hungary Please describe your artwork style I paint oil on canvas, mainly in realistic style. What's your background? As my interest in arts began quite early I started painting and drawing when I was young and later earned a degree in arts. How long have you been an artist? […]
We interview artist James McCarthy from Florida, USA. Please describe your artwork style My theme is 'Surrealism and the Landscape'. I'm a surrealist by nature. Besides surreal art, I like surreal music, surreal film (both live action and animation) and surreal humor. However, I've always loved landscape painting as well- especially romantic and season-themed landscape […]
We interview artist Cristian Blei from Bucharest, Romania. Please describe your artwork style I could not say exactly in what style I can possibly fit, maybe into an esoteric abstract. What’s your background? I come from a family of visual artists, I started drawing and painting at the age of 3 years. I attended an […]
We interview artist Alison Stafford from Cheshire, United Kingdom. Please describe your artwork style My artwork has developed from realism to a more abstract and expressionistic style as I have developed my art business What’s your background? I come from a fashion and textile background having graduated from Manchester Polytechnic (as was) in 1990 and […]
We interview artist Graham McBride from London. Please describe your artwork style. I would describe my artwork style as being expressionist, while my work does vary from being rather figurative to being quite abstract. It’s probably not a conventional thing to say, but I don’t see myself as settled on a distinctive defined style. To […]
In this blog we interview artist Karen Stamper from Cambridge, UK What’s your background? Traveller, Art teacher, Artist How long have you been an artist? All my life, I travelled and worked, with my sketchbooks for 10 years. Greece Turkey, Caribbean, New Zealand How have you developed your career? I have always made and sold […]
In this blog we talk to our artist George Hutton Hunter from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Please describe your artwork style I don’t have any particular style, though I would say, colourful! I like the interaction of colours and shapes. I think that each individual piece of artwork may be suitable for different styles, thus […]
We talk to artist Laura Beaumont from London. Please describe your artwork style. I work in mixed media, carving into antique books and using HO scale plastic people, buildings and foliage that are used in railway modelling to create a scenario within it. Based on the title of the book and using some of the […]
We talk to artist Lynn Gibson from Glasgow. Please describe your artwork style I’m an abstract artist who paints using coloured molten wax, my style…. it’s all about the contrast for me, the wax creates these colourful almost organic looking shapes which seem to pop off the paper, the contrast between that and the stark […]
We talk to Catherine Taylor Parry about her work. Please describe your artwork style My paintings are largely abstract landscapes. I work in acrylic on canvas creating atmospheric and ethereal paintings which are open to personal interpretation and memories. I use the landscape by remembering an impression or a feeling, a misty morning or passing […]
We talk to artist Betty McGowan from Ontario, Canada. Please describe your artwork style. I am a non-objective abstract artist, working in numerous mediums and on numerous surfaces. What’s your background? This is my second career. After spending many years in education. I am making up for lost time with my art studies. I have […]
