This period was a watershed in the development of History Painting. By the end, due to the dull prescriptions of the academies and the semantic confusion between istoria and history, the genre became devalued. 'Death of General Wolfe' (1771) by Benjamin West (1738-1820) just about lived up to its billing as a History Painting,...
Fantasy art works: Fantasy paintings have been in existence for many centuries. It was the method used by artists for introducing folk lore since 1820's. Fantasy art works are usually based on subject matter and the local culture , spirituality goes a lot into making these artworks successful. Ancient folk tales showcased some of...
The acrylic still life paintings of Tim Gustard seem to have been inspired after the Dutch masters. Tim Gustard graduated with a B.A(hons) in fine art from the Stoke City Art School. Initially he was painting landscapes and architectures. Later on he found a passion for oil painting and still life paintings. Since 1980, he has been...
Boris Vallejo is an American painter, immigrated to the United States in 1964, and he currently resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He frequently works with Julie Bell, his wife, painter, and model. ( boris vallejo artwork, boris vallejo gallery ) Boris Vallejo art is never schematic, flat or lifeless. Unlike any other fantasy...
The oil paintings by artist Mike Dargas are super hyper realistic. The fluid control over the subjects face is quite detailed. Liquids like honey, chocolate dripping on the subjects face and their expressions are beautifully captured by the ace artist Mike Dargas. Art came very naturally to this artist. He has been painting since...
Street art is visual art created in public locations which has now become popular and also recognised art form. Hueman is an Oakland based painter and street artist. She grew up seeing graffiti on the freeway and an explosion of street art in Oakland and, especially, San Francisco. Her timing coincided with an increased acceptance...
Digital Paintings : Denis Gonchar is a digital artist based in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. Denis designed impressive football graphic posters featuring superstars Leo Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, James Rodriguez. The digital art was created with mixed art styles in the strokes and lines of the background are...
Photo manipulations are fun to create and fun to look at. Using photoshop you can do lots of creative and fun stuff. You can manipulate photos like you imagine and can show others what you have in your creative mind. There are lots of posts on internet about photo manipulation but here i have added some of best and amazing examples...
Paintings : Sergey Kolesov is a concept artist from Lyon, France who is currently working for Arkane studios. Dishonored 2, the action-adventure stealth video game developed by Arkane Studios is brought to life with paintings of Sergey Kolesov. The strokes and shapes are absolutely gorgeous and every plane is a joy to the eye...
Swastik mural paintings are co-owned by Dileep and Hariharan Swastik. The two artists are highly noted for their impeccable Kerala mural paintings. The vivid colors, themes and storyline are quite addictive in their paintings. Stories of mythological characters Krishna and Radha are beautifully portrayed in the mural paintings....
Peregrine Heathcote was the youngest ever student of Heatherly College of Art in London. Aged just 8, he attended holiday classes in printmaking and drawing. On his return to the Berkshire prep school he regaled his fellow class mates with the stories of his holiday experiences. When he saw their faces, his chest filled with bravura...
Surreal artworks by artist Aykut Aydogdu are all set to blow your mind away. The faces of women are covered with flowers or clouds, making it impossible to read the minds. Through his surreal artworks he passes a strong message " Cigarette smoking is injurious to health". A person can take on many faces, but who you choose...
Tim O’Brien is an established freelance portrait painter and illustrator for the past 50 years. His realistic portraits have featured in many popular magazines like TIME, Rolling Stone, Business Week, Entertainment weekly etc. He has created several award winning surreal oil paintings which have been recognized by the Society...
Sunrise Paintings: In this post we have included 25 Amazing Realistic Sunrise Paintings for your inspiration. Nature is always beautiful and even more exotic on canvas. The artists who created these beautiful sunrise paintings are truly creative and let their imaginations fly. When you see the sun rising on the beach, you can almost...
Watercolor paintings: This Indian Pondicherry artist speaks very little and located a little away from the international Auroville, he brings the essence of India through his best watercolor painting. Rajkumar said in his blog,"Understanding me is impossible except when I spontaneous paint as I flow like water…...
Surreal art works and Illustration : Dzmitryi Kashtalyan is an artist/illustrator from Minsk, Belarus. The artist uses animals as characters for portraying his surreal paintings. He creates his surreal paintings on walls, canvas, paper and in digital grapics. He enjoys hand painting his surreal illustrations, since it creates a...
Realism Painting
Surrealism was on of the biggest art movements which took place in France in the early 1920's. It's pure thoughts of the human mind or rather the innermost creativity of the human brain. Surreal paintings allow the artists to explore the realism in their subjective minds. Kevin Sloan is one of our favorite realism...