The Art of Brian Rego
Brian says, “My ambition is to tap into something that is profoundly human, a reality both estranged and familiar.”
Brian Rego’s Website
http://www.brianrego.com/
The Art of Gaston Bussiere
The Art Tribune: A student of Alexandre Cabanel, Bussière often produced this type of work which combines the Symbolist approach, the art of the English pre-Raphaelites and that of historical painting by artists such as Jean-Paul Laurens. He interprets the latter’s universe (the figure of Siegmund for instance, seems to come directly from a Laurens painting) in aphantasmagorical style, with flickering colours and affected forms which also evoke Jean Delville. The backgrounds in his landscapes (the case for the one acquired here by Cherbourg) recalls Puvis de Chavanne (with whom he worked) or Alphonse Osbert.
The artist’s style evolved later in a manner that can only be qualified as being more and more “kitsch” arriving in the 1920’s at a point which even the most ardent supporters of art history find hard to defend. Nonetheless, his early works should not be forgotten, among them very fine examples such as the beautiful Death of Roland (Mâcon, Musée des Ursulines). Let us point out that Mâcon where his father, Victor Bussière, painter and decorator, settled in 1862 when Gaston was five years old, is preparing two exhibitions devoted to this family of artists the first of which, Les Bussière, peintres et décorateurs (), will open 18 October 2008 and run through 1st February 2009.
The Art Tribune Website
http://www.thearttribune.com/A-large-format-by-Gaston-Bussiere.html
Wikimedia Media Files on Gaston Bussiere
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Gaston_Bussiere
The Art of Fabrizio Riccardi
My job is an open book for any interpretation which, with feeling and humour, follows the logical of a solid and casually situation, with the meaning that someone insinuates to himself through immages, slipped out, and then, appeared unforeseen, clearly and mysterious: lady, never written fabulous person,obese and lazy masks, animals, magics and common objets, forgotten cultures and rituals, similar to the centuries in the pass, or to those in the future. Extreme imagination, in the explosion of the forms.
Fabrizio Riccardi’s Website
http://www.fabrizioriccardi.it/
The Art of Jeremy Lipking
After watching the movie, “The Lonely Maiden” I was captivated by a piece of art that was the main feature. It didn’t take long for me to find the artist who created the piece and was absolutely stunned to find out that the painting had been done in the past year by a very talented artist, Jeremy Lipking.
Browsing through his site was an absolute joy as I discovered more great works by him such as “Porcelain”, “Reclining Nude Figure”, and “Danielle”.
I only wish they the prints came in posters as I think I would have to paint the whole house in them.
Jeremy Lipking’s Website
http://www.lipking.com/
The Art of Jared Joslin
Jared says:
I hope to provide the viewer with space to dream- a window into another place, where time has no bearing. It is evocative of the past, but exists outside of time. The depiction of a dreamer (or daydreamer) in repose, encourages the viewer to either step inside that dream, or to project/imagine their own.
Aesthetically I am strongly influenced by the look of the 1920’s and 1930’s. Although the images make reference to the “machine age”, the factories are metaphorical. The smoke billowing from the chimneys parallels the daydreamer’s thoughts and the sleeper’s unconscious. It mimics the active churning of the subconscious.
In this work, I strive to conjure vibrant, breathing images. Ones that are evocative, as well as provocative. If the visceral and emotional connection is successful, a specific meaning to the painting is too narrow. Instead, it will stir the viewer to construe their own narrative context.
Jared Joslin’s Website
http://www.jaredjoslin.com/
