
Jill Hadley Hooper
I came across an intriguing image on Art Listings Professional by Jill Hadley Hooper. There’s something quite haunting about it. I’m reminded of the odd visual effect of seeing snow fall in front of a dark wall – against the sky,…

Chuck Close by Eric Fischl
Thinking about what to write about today, I remembered Eric Fischl. When I was in art school he was one of my favourite painters, but I don’t hear much about him so I tend not to think that much about him….

Martin Wittfooth
Martin Wittfooth is a painter who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He was born in Toronto, Canada in 1981 but spent most of his childhood in Finland. He’s a heck of a painter, with a focus on animals and apocalyptic…

Maxime Bruneel
Maxime Bruneel’s work is a lot of fun. Hand-drawn typography, surreal animated sequences that flow into one another, flashing colours… what’s not to like? Unless you get seizures, I suppose. Looking through the video on his site I fell in love…

Dino Valls
Dino Valls is pretty intense. This self-taught Spanish artist was born in 1959 & completed a degree in Medicine and Surgery in 1982 … and gave it up to be a painter. His medium of choice is the notoriously difficult…