This interview features as part of ourA Day With series – where we step into the studios of some of our favorite artists. Having worked as a professional artist for almost 40 years, Michael Price has a wealth of knowledge, experiences and perspectives to share. Focusing on precise proportion and technical dedication, he uses art to explore the archetypal worlds…
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This interview features as the first in our new series –My Hometown. Broken Hill isn’t especially known for breeding ballet dancers-turned-visual artists. But this is exactly the path Stephen Rowe found himself on. From outback Australia to Opera Houses to opening his own art studio in LA, Rowe’s journey sounds like biopic material. Until someone makes a movie out of…
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With Halloween festivities in full throttle and the weather getting colder, the days shorter and the nights darker, life has been feeling rather spooky. This week, we’re looking back at some of the dark arts: gloomy, supernatural and spine-tinglingly scary masterpieces. From devils and deathsongs to screams and skeletons, it’s time to get your dark art history up to speed……
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This interview features as the first in our new series – A Day With. Step into Florida-born Heather Blanton’s studio and discover her creative process – including her morning routine, studio rituals and strategies to unwind after a fruitful day’s work. With a unique style and precise hand, Blanton creates intriguing representations of sport and movement with a strong aesthetic…
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Paris is famous for many things: love, lights, literature, a metro system that isn’t quite as picturesque as everything sitting on top of it, and – of course – Art. The city’s many museums and galleries act as monuments in their own right, and visitors flock from all over the world to catch a glimpse of Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa,…
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How did you come to art, or how did art come to you? One day when I was a child, I was playing with different paints on some art paper. I moved my fingers all around and found that I loved how the colors blended. Ever since, I’ve been fascinated by colors on canvas. I chose to go to art…
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About the artist Originally from Alsace (France), Antonia Jackson has lived in London for the past 20 years. Passionate about art since childhood, she has recently graduated from Wimbledon College of Arts (BA Fine Art/Painting 2014) and previously completed a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at Chelsea College of Art and Design in 2010, both part of University of…
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Please introduce yourself to us! I was born in 1940 in the Isle of Wight. A wonderful place and time to grow up in, surrounded by a loving family of post Victorian great aunts, uncles and grandparents. In a world with no TV or smart phones. We played freely in the country and by the sea, inventing games and adventures,…
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Please introduce yourself to us! I’m an abstract painter working in Worcestershire, UK. I consider my work to be rooted in abstract expressionism but often with minimalist tendencies. Every piece I create aims to make an emotional connection or have a certain amount of power to it. Where do you get your inspiration from? I think your whole life feeds…
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Please introduce yourself I have always been close to art and painting. My father was a painter – as a hobby – and my uncle a painting teacher who specialized in portraits. In terms of my studies, I started several university degrees but didn’t finish them. My last degree, however – in architecture, ended up defining what would become my…
