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School of Visual Arts Exhibition: April-30 to May-15
The exhibition brings together books, figurative paintings, comic books and narrative series by 19 students graduating from the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay Department.
I recommend anyone who is either an artist or is an art lover to make a trip to the exhibition as I’m sure it will be very inspiring . It starts at the end of the month, April 30, and will run till May 15. For more details click here. I truly wish I could attend but unfortunately I wont be able to make it to New York.
If you have not already heard of SVA then you should know that it is arguable one of the worlds most prolific schools when it comes to the visual arts. To mention a few of the well know illustrators who attended the school: James Jean, Sam Weber and Yuko Shimizu. The other faculties such as film, photography and design have equally impressive credentials.
Below is a selection of beautiful illustrations from the Thesis Projects all of which will be on show:
Hope you enjoyed the illustrations and are able to make it to the event.
Sascha
Nigel Cox’s photo-realism minimalistic paintings
His work is lucid and technically brilliant. I have selected 3 of Nigel Cox’s art works and you may see the rest on his site.
- Nigel Cox – An Urban Solitude
- Nigel Cox – The Black Basque
- Nigel Cox – The Kuni Inversion
Sam Weber has brilliant versatility and imagination
Every now and then there is an illustrator that blows you away and for me Sam Weber is one of those. We have posted Sam Weber before a long time ago – middle of last year. His new work is fantastic. I find them deeply physiological which make his illustrations absolutely captivating. Definatly worth adding to our Illustration Blog.
He has done a wide range of editorial as well as book illustrations. He was born in Alaska but has since moved to New York and lives there with his wife.
I hope you enjoy this selection:
A Collection of Amazing Portraits
Below is a collection of portraits. If you have any additional portrait illustrations/artworks that you feel we should add to the list please send me the link and perhaps we can add it to the collection!
- Mary-Jane Ansell – Georgie
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- Peter Holt – Tom
- Klimt – Helene – Klimt (his-niece)
- Benoit Godde
- Alyssa Monks
- Peter Monkman – Changeling
- José Luis Corella
- Lori Early
- Michael Gaskell – Tom
- Ian Cumberland – One in Two
Jacob Magraw-Mickelson – Deconstructed hyper-realities
Painting in Gouache, Jacob Magraw-Mickelson creates candy-coloured hyper-realities of deconstructed landscapes and flora, anatomical dissections, cross-sections of cells, veins, roots and hidden terrains. I love the detail and the pulsating colours and am happy to add it to our illustration blog.
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Branch
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Untitled
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Whalert
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Untitled
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Invisible Acropolis
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Washout
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Untitled
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Notorious Shepherd
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Untitled
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Thorns
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Untitled
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Untitled
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Rootball
- Jacob Magraw-Mickelson-Group
Brian M. Viveros – sexy, provocative and dark
Brian M. Viveros illustrations are sexy, provocative and dark. The below illustrations are Brian’s trademark: Sexy, dark, feminine yet strong women who have a cigarette in the corner of their mouth. Despite the seemingly macabre air and batted state of the women their expressions are filled with lust and sovereignty. The overall effect is sexy and powerful. (ps: Compared to some of his other work this selection is less hardcore.)
- Brian M Viveros – Viva La Muerte
- Brian M Viveros – Viva Rose
- Brian M Viveros – Bullfight Her
- Brian M Viveros- New Blood
- Brian M Viveros – Momma Said Knock You Out
- Brian M Viveros – Mess With The Bull
- Brian M Viveros – Faithless
- Brian M Viveros – Attention
- Brian M Viveros – Mess With The Bull
- Brian M Viveros – Mess With The Bull
- Brian M Viveros – Dirtyland
- Brian M Viveros – See you when your Sleeping
Kathy Staico Schorr
- Kathy Staico – Schorr untitled5
- Kathy Staico – Schorr Trilo Monk
- Kathy Staico – Schorr Tree Bird
- Kathy Staico – Schorr Paintby Number
- Kathy Staico – Schorr Nocturnal
- Kathy Staico Schorr – Miss Namikawas Encounter
- Kathy Staico – Schorr Leaing Home
- Kathy Staico – Schorr Juxtapozcover
- Kathy Staico – Schorr Going Home
- Kathy Staico Schorr – Ghidrah
- Kathy Staico Schorr – Early Morning Observation
- Kathy Staico Schorr – Vee Girl Him
- Kathy Staico Schorr – Autumn Ride
- Kathy Staico Schorr – Witces Chariot
James Jean Kindling Book Video Review
Theodor Kittelsen a prolific artist from Norway (1857 – 1914)
This last weekend I had the pleasure of visiting Norway – it was a short but sweet trip. We spent our time in the small town of Tofte in a comfortable wooden cabin. Our cabin was neatly placed right next to the Oslo Fijord with an awesome view over the water. Just on sunday I was running through a quite forest which was followed by a lengthily swim in the sea. I could have easily spent couple months there just relaxing and taking my time about my daily sustenance!
I had the time to look through some illustrations and stumbled upon Theodor Ketlesen (April 27, 1857 – January 21, 1914) who is one of the most famous artist in Norway. He was famous for his nature paintings but also for his illustrations of fairy tales, legends and trolls.
Below are some of Theodor Ketlesen illustrations:
- Theodor Kittelsen – The Princess Gathering Cotton Grass
- Theodor Kittelsen – Draugen
- Theodor Kittelsen – Fattig Mann
- Theodor Kittelsen – Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon 1912
- Theodor Kittelsen- Musstad 1896
- Theodor Kittelsen – Nøkken 1887-92 – (The Water Sprite)
- Theodor Kittelsen – Nokken
- Theodor Kittelsen – skogtroll 1906 forest troll
- Theodor Kittelsen – Huldra forsvant
- Theodor Kornstaur – i måneskinn 1900 (Stooks of Corn in Moonlight)
- Theodor Kittelsen – Sjøtrollet 1887 (The Sea Troll)
- Theodor Kittelsen – Hakkespett 1912 (Woodpecker)
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Kuniyoshi – 1800′s James Jean
Blogging in a sense is more about exploration then it is about purveying what you already know. It ebbs me on to find new things and what I find I share and then in turn people share their ideas and knowledge about that topic. A similar thing is happening with our Facebook Group, which has been growing steadily. People are actively discussing/sharing their favourite illustrators and artists.
Ok so yes this is how I found Utagawa Kuniyoshi. He was one of the last great masters of the Japanese ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints. I am aware of Katsushika Hokusai and I have posted about him. What is interesting about Utagawa Kuniyoshi is that I think that there is a correlation to the well known contemporary illustrator James Jean - (note the previous post).
Here are some of Utagawa Kuniyoshi’s art works:
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi – Uki
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- Utagawa Kuniyoshi – Triptych
- Utagawa Kuniyoshi – Yanqin
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