Realist

An artist using a very interesting and delicious palette. Carnes Griffiths is a New York based artist who uses liquids such as tea, coffee, vodka and brandy accompanied with inks to great these wonderful pieces.  Here are some pieces I found particularly interesting. 

São Paulo-based painter Harumi-Hironaka has some fantastic work. I stumbled across her work when trying to find an artist for a painting I had saved for a very long time on my phone.  Harumi has some really dark, erotic and interesting work. The majority of her work I've seen is portraits of women but as you can see they are all gorgeous.  You can find her on Instagram @harumi_hironaka or her website  where you can buy prints.   

I've been following Noel's work for a couple of years on Tumblr. His stuff is really really beautiful, both extremely detailed and clean at the same time. It's just wonderful to look at. I've even been considering getting a tattoo based on his floral pieces.  Anyway, here's some of his work and his  tumblr  page. 

Safe to say while writing my thesis a little bit of procrastination is vital - for my sanity in any case. Let's be real, who doesn't some some raunchy outrageous artwork from time to time? Amazing right? This stuff is really quirky, cool and I love the use of colour.  Kristen M. Liu.  Check out  Kristen's Tumblr  where you can find some cool links to her stuff for sale. 

I discovered artist John Baldessari a few weeks ago when having a stumble through Tumblr. I was really fascinated by his work. An exceptional talent, John is 83 years old at present and living in America.  I was really intrigued by his artwork. It's extremely simple and clean. However I suppose when I initially saw his pieces I was interested in the affect removing the faces creates for a viewer. To a large extent it is what you might consider dehumanizing. His work is undoubtedly thought provoking to say the least which is why I decided to share it. 

I stumble across the artist Luis Dourando recently when looking for some inspiration. It's difficult to explain why but I am very drawn to his work. Whether it's the playful merging or collage. I'm particularly drawn to the portraits which remove the face - unquestionably there a lot of potential interpretations.  I've grouped a selection of his artwork by I suppose some level of a category. I've picked a view images I was just particularly interested in.  This section I based upon landscapes.  This second section I based upon portraits. (All images from Google Images)

Looking for artistic inspiration? Look no further.  I stumbled across this website the other day while looking up Luis Quiles (as featured in my earlier posts). It's called A Charming Hello. I spend a considerable amount of times looking at blogs, most of which are beauty/fashion related. So I find it refreshing to occasionally stumble across a different kind of blog that I'm drawn to. This particular blog has all sorts of artistic forms. Whether its photography, interior design, graphic design or typography this website has a wonderful selection. If you're seeking some inspiration for your living room. Or if you just enjoy looking at very interesting visually appealing things, it's worth checking out.  Check out A Charming Hello   But for now, here's some things off their site that I liked. 

Luis' work popped up on my tumblr newsfeed a while back and I really loved it. I'm always fascinated by things which seem shocking and offensive but Luis' work evidently has a much deeper purpose. Undoubtedly his work is shocking but offers a very interesting critique of society and modern cultural phenomenons.  I've recently being covering some interesting material on biopolitics, a Foucaltian idea. Whereby an individual is governed by a variety of different things such as media, technologies, educations etc. By governed I mean regulated or controlled so to speak. Interestingly I have been focusing on media as a means of regulating.  In relation to Luis Quiles work I think it's interesting to consider how some social medias and online medias regulate gender roles and simultaneously sexism.  This second image I found extremely interesting. Instagram as many of you know, is an app designed to share photos and consequently focuses upon the vis...