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Hélène Havard Believes Pastel Colors Can Transport Viewers Into a Gentler Version of the World
Source Design You Trust Hélène Havard is a French fine-art and travel photographer who grew up in France, lived in England and Canada, and now resides in French Polynesia, where she also runs a separate wedding photography business. Havard’s signature style uses soft, muted pastel color grading to give her images a vintage, dreamlike, almost…
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Josh White’s Sci-Fi Concept Art Blends the Precision of 3D Sculpting With the Feel of Paint
Source Design You Trust Josh White is a digital artist who describes himself simply as “learning by doing,” building most of his work with Nomad Sculpt on iPad and painting it in Procreateю White’s process is distinctive: he sculpts scenes and objects in 3D using Nomad Sculpt and Feather 3D, then paints directly over the…
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A New Book Celebrates More Than 250 Trailblazing Women Photographers Across 200 Years
Source Colossal In the introduction of a new book titled Great Women Photographers, Fiona Rogers writes, “If ‘greatness’ has long been defined by visibility and remembrance, then the continued documentation and celebration of women’s photographic practice is not only relevant but essential.” The forthcoming title spans a multitude of photographic works from 68 countries and…
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‘Turn the Volume Up!’ Highlights the History of Speaking Out for Change in America
Source Colossal From the collection of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, which features a wealth of artwork and artifacts related to social justice and community organizing, a new exhibition highlights American democracy and freedom of speech through the lens of art as an agent of change. Turn the volume up! includes works…
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The Ocean Photographer of the Year Finalists Highlight the Sorrowful and Sublime
Source Colossal Our oceans are places of mystery and biological wonders as much as they are essential to communities’ livelihoods. We tap these expansive bodies of water for recreation, food, transportation. From the Atlantic to the Arctic, oceans cover around 70 percent of the earth’s surface, and there is an incredible wealth of life yet…
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Featured Artist Nancy Nixon Ensign
Source Artsy Shark Artist Nancy Nixon Ensign creates mixed media collages that invite viewers into mysterious, imaginative worlds. The post Featured Artist Nancy Nixon Ensign appeared first on Artsy Shark.
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Jennifer Latour Preserves Ephemeral Beauty in Her Otherworldly Botanical Assemblages
Source Colossal “The wind is my nemesis!” says Jennifer Latour, and rightly so. In her sculptural assemblages, single flowers or small clusters of blooms sprout from tree branches or thick stems, appearing like otherworldly forms standing in the landscape. A soft breeze could topple the Vancouver-based artist’s ephemeral works, scattering their delicate petals and spindly…
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Artist Kapi Michalska Turns Real Faces Into Bold, Abstract Portraits Full of Hidden Meaning
Source Design You Trust Kapi Michalska is a graphic designer and expressive portrait painter based in Szczecin, Poland, working primarily in Procreate. Michalska’s signature style layers semi-realistic facial features with bold, abstract shapes and colorful, expressive brushwork, so the shapes she draws don’t just decorate a portrait but actively bring new meaning to it. Her…
