Something Big
Stephanie Brown’s work bursts open and oozes onto the canvas. There is a richness that runs through her work, from the careful studies to the finished pieces.
Her natural, almost lazy, compositions stand in stark contrast to previous post, Joseph Rock’s, rigorous layouts. Where Rock was almost crushing us with unthinkable grandeur and scale, Stephanie’s work seems more content to let us languish in the inescapable viscera of life.
On the south shore of Koko Nor
These photographs may not be very exciting at a glance, but you should really take the time to get to know them. They are the work of ornithologist, ethnologist, botanist, and photographer Joseph Rock. Setting off in the 20′s, Rock traveled southwestern China for the better part of 30 years.
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Night Owl
Kim Cogan, born in 1977, in Pusan, Korea, is a San Francisco native known for his painterly depictions of Urban Landscapes. Kim provides a representational impression of the scene, inspired by a connection he shares with the surrounding environment. Here is a glimpse of his work and his words.
Cover featuring Braids (Tempera)
After picking up Andrew Wyeth | The Helga Pictures, I had to share some visual and literal highlights. First, here’s a little back story..
“The Helga Pictures” are a fantastic compilation of tempera and dry brush paintings, watercolours and pencil studies secretly created within a span of over fifteen years. Andrew Wyeth created over two hundred and forty individual works of neighbour Helga Testorf from 1971 to 1985 without telling a single person, including his wife. He stated that he would not have been able to have finished the project with everyone looking at it.
