News
Andrew Sinclair | Tracing Light & Shadow
Posted by Kim Soep on
In our latest artist interview, we sit down with Scottish figurative painter Andrew Sinclair, who has gained recognition for his masterful use of oil paint and classical techniques. Painting in the manner of chiaroscuro, - a technique that originated during the Renaissance period that creates volume through contrasting light from dark - Andrew applies traditional methods to depicting subjects he sees in the present-day.
- 0 comment
- Tags: Andrew Sinclair, chiaroscuro, figurative, landscape, oil painting, Painting Technique, portrait, still life
Rue Asher | An Abstract Journey
Posted by Kim Soep on
Since gaining her degree in Illustration from Brighton University, Rue Asher has gone on to receive national recognition for exhibiting at the Royal Watercolour Society and The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, and being shortlisted in 2015 for The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition. As a recent addition to Broth Art stable, we wanted to learn more about Rue's artistic practice and the inspiration behind her work.
Dan Jamieson at End of the Road Festival for third year running.....
Posted by Kim Soep on
We catch up with Dan Jamieson ahead of his third year at End of the Road Festival to talk about his love of drawing celebrities and his latest series of work. Dan Jamieson is an artist based in London. He works with a variety of pens and paints to illustrate his personal thoughts on popular culture, celebrities and icons both admired and questionable. He offers his own commentary on subjects with the addition of text on each piece. His technique and habits adopt a blend of naivety, accuracy, repetitive pattern and frenetic mark making.
May You Live in Interesting Times | 58th Venice Biennale Review by Kat Koch
Posted by Kim Soep on
The 58th Venice Biennale, also known as the Art World Olympics, opened at the beginning of May in one of Italy’s most heavily tourist-populated cities. Non-Venetians here take one of two forms; those who come to slurp a €20 coffee on San Marco Square or pay €80-100 for a gondola ride and those that come every two years to witness the most significant display of international art in the most unique location possible. Since 1895, the Venice Biennale has been hosted every other year. In addition to the grand national pavilions in the Giardini, in 1980 the Arsenale (the old...
- 0 comment
- Tags: blog, review, venice biennale
Pum | Her Surreal Collage Explained
Posted by Kim Soep on
Pum, the Glasgow-based collagist and painter, talks about her new series of work Earth Echo: Affective Reflection and explains how collage is more to her than just making art. Kim: Why is collage your medium of choice? Pum: Collage process is an expression of my autistic brain process, and the need to physically handle ideas, the carefully cut, placed spaced and considered compositions are literally an act of Making Sense; it’s a sensory process for me to locate meaning. It helps me manage my condition and alleviates the anxiety and frustration I feel. Through a feelosophy of visual clues, I...