Icelander Kristjana S Williams studied graphic design and illustration at Central St Martins. She is fascinated with maps, mythical creatures and Victorian engravings, which she mixes to create pieces with a beautiful universe of botanicals, atmosphere and animals. Williams creates…
Houston-based artist Kevin Peterson was born in 1979 in Elko, Nevada. He studied art and psychology at Austin College in Sherman and pursued a career in Social work after graduating. He worked as a Probation Officer in Austin for 3…
Spanish artists, Mersuka Dopazo and Teresa Calderón use fabrics and hand-made, natural papers to create large-scale naïve-style collages. Using the contrast of bright colours and negative white spaces, the artists see their works as a ‘travelogue from unexpected territory’. In…
Christiaan Lieverse, an artist out of Eindhoven, Holland, makes use of unusual and unexpected materials as canvases for his works. Asphalt, cowhide, carpet and curtain fabrics are just a few examples of the many types of materials Lieverse uses to…
Mark Powell, who was first known for his ballpoint pen portraits and illustrations of birds and people on vintage envelopes, has recently expanded his practice to include old maps as another form of canvas. The roads and areas that already…
Thomas Lamadieu’s creates playful drawings and illustrations using the blue sky spaces between buildings. His latest pieces are set against backdrops above South Korea, Italy, Germany, Austria and Spain. In some of his images, he uses objects that are already there…
Meet McKenzie Fisk, an artist from Los Angeles, California. Fisk paints children and animals together in a surreal realism style to represent the raw, uncorrupted childhood experience. “As kids, we are unencumbered by physical limitations and largely unclouded by pre-conceived…
Taking mass-produced, soulless items and turning them works of art that question and challenge the manufactured world we live in today is the base of Matthew Spencer‘s art. Old abandoned buildings or vehicles, sometimes vandalized or burnt out amidst woods…
Paris based illustrator, Helena Hauss, uses only Bic ink pens to create very large detailed drawings. Having originally started using Bic pens during her high school years, Helena never quite became comfortable with anything else. “…no other medium allows me…
Kate Louise Powell is a talented and upcoming young artist. Only 18 years old, she already has a very serious passion for art. Kate attends Leeds College of Art where she studies Foundation in Art and Design. Recreationally drawing for…