Friday, December 17, 2010

Conrad Shawncross

"Light Sculpture", Conrad Shawncross, glass tube, 1995

Fun Facts: A notable british artist who is known for capture light and bending it in different ways.

Brendan Tang

"Manga Ming Vase", Brendan Tang, Porcelan and mixed media, 2005?

Fun Fact: The artist loves to blend modern with traditional styles of japanese ceramic with manga


Bob Ross


"Another Generic Mountain", Bob Ross, 18 x 24 in, Oil on Canvas, 1990

Fun Facts: One of the first people to get me into art.  Generic landscape painter, made thousands of paintings that all look the same, but his tv show was fun to watch.
"Artform No.1", Mark Ho, 17 inches/ 43 cm, Bronze and Steel, 2009

Fun Facts: This posture is activated by a series of magnets on the base of the sculpture.

David Mach

"Coathanger Gorilla", David Mach, Coat Hangers, 2003?

Fun Facts: He is inspired by making work entirely out of a singular object.

Leonid Afremov

"Loneliness", Leonid Afremov, 20 x 24 in., Oil on Canvas, 1990?

Fun Facts: This artists uses only the pallete knife to craft textures into the paintings 


Lucian Freud

"Benefits Supervising Sleep", Lucian Freud, oil on Canvas, 59 x 82 in, 1995

Fun Facts:Freud's early paintings are often associated with surrealism and depict people, plants and animals in unusual juxtapositions. These works are usually painted with relatively thin paint.  From the 1950s he began to paint portraits, often nudes, to the almost complete exclusion of everything else, employing a thicker impasto. With this technique, he would often clean his brush after each stroke. The colours in these paintings are typically muted.