Pete Conroy

"I intentionally distort features as I draw, then when it comes to painting, I try to bring them back to reality. Sometimes I bring them too far to reality and the painting loses its interest, and sometimes I don’t manage to bring them back far enough..."

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Stickwork

Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

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Stickwork

Sculptor Patrick Dougherty creates installations crafted from sticks and saplings that are meant to blend into their environment ... and then disappear.

"My job is to build a credible illusion that the viewer finds pleasurable. Part of that is to impart a sense of freedom and carefree movement to the surface. I try to build a piece that doesn’t look human-made, that suggests a more organic origin. In part, I use drawing techniques and the magic of line to lighten the sculptures and to avoid a belabored appearance."

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The Face

Portraits by Steve Caldwell

"I am fascinated by all kinds of people and I see lots of faces everyday that I would like to paint. Occasionally, I will approach a prospective sitter in the street, give them my card and ask if they would be kind enough to allow me to paint them. Thankfully, their reactions are generally very positive."

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The Face

Portraits by Steve Caldwell

"I am fascinated by all kinds of people and I see lots of faces everyday that I would like to paint. Occasionally, I will approach a prospective sitter in the street, give them my card and ask if they would be kind enough to allow me to paint them. Thankfully, their reactions are generally very positive."

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The Face

Black & White Portraits by Steve Caldwell

" ... painting people has always fascinated me most of all. Now that I specialise almost solely in portraiture, I can fully concentrate on scrutinizing anatomy and texture in great detail and hopefully produce artwork that has the realism of a photograph combined with the texture of a painting – a form of heightened reality."

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The Art of Ali Warren

1) Vast, 2024
2) Decapite, 2021
3) Julia's Mom, 2021

"I have confidence in my ability to improvise. I trust that I can “interpret” a photo reference rather than be imprisoned by the information the photo is giving me. I might change the color of the eyes or then elongate a foot to create interest or heighten the lightest and darkest aspects of the room to create drama. I hope to continually push that confidence. Maybe eventually my work will be wholly abstract rather than realistic."

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The Art of Ali Warren

1) Angel's Lady, 2005
2) Dinosaur Fear, 2005
3) Busters, 2005

"I have confidence in my ability to improvise. I trust that I can “interpret” a photo reference rather than be imprisoned by the information the photo is giving me. I might change the color of the eyes or then elongate a foot to create interest or heighten the lightest and darkest aspects of the room to create drama. I hope to continually push that confidence. Maybe eventually my work will be wholly abstract rather than realistic."

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Fascinating works by German artist Ruprecht von Kaufmann

1) The Late Show, 2023
2) Punk!, 2019
3) Wieder Sommer? (Summer Again?), 2022

All oil on linoleum

"I want the people in my paintings not to be a specific person but a specific type of person. So I am consciously avoiding ‘portraits’ in my paintings. For me, a painting becomes alive through the viewer who encounters the image later on. And for the viewer, it becomes possible to make the painting their own if they recognize figures from their own life experience. So I try to leave the figures as open as possible while being as specific as necessary."

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The Cinematic World of French Photographer Lou Escobar

In her own words:

"I don’t think of my editorials as fashion shoots. i collaborate with stylists to define the vision and story i want to put forward. style is important because it helps my subject express itself, colour is essential too. but i don’t feel like i know the language of fashion. i create stories, in which, intensity is the most important thing.

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