“My works are like a puzzle,” admitted the Russian artist in an interview with Another Fine Mess, “people try to find different recognizable shapes that are mixed with abstract geometry. It could be anything, a man walking with his dog, or a large family waiting for their lunch. There is always a story to be found in my works. I try to show typical situations from a different angle.”

His work entails a process of composition and decomposition — a style that was inspired by constructivism and neo-plasticism. Based on abstract shapes and chromatic variations, Luka’s creative language is also informed by his background in architecture.

Though there’s an overall coherence in his undeciphered language, Luka’s methods and techniques vary and include spray paints, acrylic paints, sculpting, and collage art. Each piece begins with a sketch on paper. It is only when the sketch is done that Luka chooses the technique he prefers for realizing his idea.

The result, though puzzling, is worth looking into.

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Her creative experimentation includes both traditional and untraditional techniques. Markers, pencils, ink, and acrylic, oil, mix with spray paint, Tipp-Ex, and embroidery, with the aid of digital helpers like Photoshop, and Wacom Intuos tablet. But surprisingly, the result isn’t messy, but rather, nostalgic, leaning on romantic.

Each piece begins with an image found on the internet, in magazines, or thrift shops. Often, these images become the physical basis for her new work. Using digital sketches, prints, markers, spray paint, thread, and ink, Vooijs transforms these images so that they reflect her life and her aesthetics.

“Some pieces took so long I almost gave up,” Vooijs remarked once in an interview with Jung Katz. “Actually, I did repaint a lot of my work… sometimes it’s just the quickest fix and besides that, it’s budget-friendly. I also often work on a couple of pieces simultaneously.”

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Often her paper cuttings are arranged to reveal a female face, which often acts as a reflection of the natural and sometimes magical world. McCann’s female subjects are surrounded (and more often than not, engulfed) by birds, fish, and butterflies or submerged in a dense wallpaper pattern which either represents their prison or their liberation, depends on your interpretation.

The materials composing McCann’s images are collected from books, prints, and pages that are antique, forgotten, and foxed with age. “I cut out images, categorize them and then eventually piece them together like a complex paper jigsaw,” she writes on her website.

Originally from England, where she went to fashion school, McCann returned to her art studies after moving to the US with her family. It was then that she became fascinated with collage art—a passion that would blossom some time later into a career.

The post Fall Down the Rabbit Hole With Katie McCann’s Collage Art appeared first on TettyBetty.

The paintings themselves add up to an assembled constellation of recurring imagery, including animals, letters or word fragments, diagrams, symbols, and glyphs. These elements in combination form their own pictorial universe.

A self-proclaimed “student of metaphysics,” Landström brews a unique cocktail of symbols, languages, formulas, and animals. According to him, this concoction emerges from the babbling brook of consciousness in his head, presenting itself on canvas.

Though varied, together his paintings make for a cohesive (if cryptic) series. “I think every person is a kind of transceiver to varying degrees, depending on where they’re from and how they live,” explains Landström on his website, “which is reflected in the fact—among other ways—that certain images or symbols are universal and occur in vastly different civilizations all over the world and throughout history.”

Unscramble his cryptic messages if you can.

The post Bob Landström’s Pictorial Universe Consists of Volcanic Rock appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I am looking for reactions between the paint and the paper and how one layer of paint is impacted by the preceding layers,” she further explained in a piece published on Create Magazine.

According to Brewster, each of her pieces begins with the tantalizingly forbidden act of cutting up maps, books, and magazines. These magazines include fashion publications like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, from which she cuts out pictures of women and models. Removing these women from their original context, her paintings usually begin with these images, upon which she layers or pours paint.

Brewster notes, that with such process of creating there is often buckling, cracking, and distortions in colors, nut such unpredictability is especially thrilling to her. “I am always testing the materials, colors, and textures to act beyond what I expect and can control,” she says. “I encourage the paint to do things it’s not supposed to do to create happy accidents.”

According to her, her magazine paintings aim to liberate and transform the women figures she cuts out beyond recognition. Through these transformations, she explores questions of identity and how women are perceived and perceive themselves. The end result is, unsurprisingly, thought-provoking as it is striking. Take a look for yourself.

The post Claire Brewster Looks For Reactions Between Paint and Paper appeared first on TettyBetty.

In these circumstances, his artistic style was formed. Jump forward some years later, and with more than 20k fans on Instagram, Geiman is well on his way to artistic stardom. Previously employed as an Interpretive Naturalist for the USDA Forest Service, Geiman seeks to combine his interests in art-making with his studies of biology and American history.

Multilayered and rich in narrative, his artwork weaves tales of foregone eras and untamed wilderness in an attempt to reignite his viewers sense of adventure and wonder for the rugged American landscape. These narratives are formed out of found materials that include anything from reclaimed wood and salvaged metal to vintage papers.

“I like to spend time reminiscing on the past while flipping through the pages of decades forgotten magazines, intently searching for the perfect shape, color, or texture within a periodical’s pages to add to my archive of collage elements,” says Geiman. His pieces include elaborate paper collage portraits of classic American icons, as well as a plethora of mixed media works, with each piece taking anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to complete.

We recommend you follow his creative journey through Instagram.

The post Something Old, Something New: Dolan Geiman’s Mixed-Media Art appeared first on TettyBetty.

With a Bachelor in Design Arts, as well as a Diploma in Printing and Graphic Art, she pursued it indeed. Based in Melbourne, Australia McKellar, she dips her toes in anything creative, including (but not limited to) art direction, illustration, print, packaging, branding, and lettering.

To this she usually adds a handmade twist, making her designs feel a tad more personal. This handmade feel especially comes off through her unique hand-embroideries, which are sewed on digital prints on fabric. Like her other creative passions, she attributes her love of embroidery to her environment.

“I learned about sewing at a young age,” she shared. “My mum used to make all of our clothes and we were given hand-embroidered singlets for birthdays as children.” Over the many years of her work, McKellar has collected a fair share of second-hand sewing reference books. “You don’t have to be a master at it to make it look special,” she says. “I transferred my drawings onto fabrics and started embroidering small details and have continued working like this.”

Follow her many creative passions on Instagram.

The post Laura McKellar’s Creativity Takes Many Shapes and Forms appeared first on TettyBetty.

“My works are like a puzzle,” admitted the Russian artist in an interview with Another Fine Mess, “people try to find different recognizable shapes that are mixed with abstract geometry. It could be anything, a man walking with his dog, or a large family waiting for their lunch. There is always a story to be found in my works. I try to show typical situations from a different angle.”

His work entails a process of composition and decomposition — a style that was inspired by constructivism and neo-plasticism. Based on abstract shapes and chromatic variations, Luka’s creative language is also informed by his background in architecture.

Though there’s an overall coherence in his undeciphered language, Luka’s methods and techniques vary and include spray paints, acrylic paints, sculpting, and collage art. Each piece begins with a sketch on paper. It is only when the sketch is done that Luka chooses the technique he prefers for realizing his idea.

The result, though puzzling, is worth looking into.

The post Alexey Luka’s Abstract Art is Meant to Be Puzzling appeared first on TettyBetty.

Her creative experimentation includes both traditional and untraditional techniques. Markers, pencils, ink, and acrylic, oil, mix with spray paint, Tipp-Ex, and embroidery, with the aid of digital helpers like Photoshop, and Wacom Intuos tablet. But surprisingly, the result isn’t messy, but rather, nostalgic, leaning on romantic.

Each piece begins with an image found on the internet, in magazines, or thrift shops. Often, these images become the physical basis for her new work. Using digital sketches, prints, markers, spray paint, thread, and ink, Vooijs transforms these images so that they reflect her life and her aesthetics.

“Some pieces took so long I almost gave up,” Vooijs remarked once in an interview with Jung Katz. “Actually, I did repaint a lot of my work… sometimes it’s just the quickest fix and besides that, it’s budget-friendly. I also often work on a couple of pieces simultaneously.”

The post Dorris Vooijs Experiments with Painting, Collage Art, and Textile Art appeared first on TettyBetty.

Often her paper cuttings are arranged to reveal a female face, which often acts as a reflection of the natural and sometimes magical world. McCann’s female subjects are surrounded (and more often than not, engulfed) by birds, fish, and butterflies or submerged in a dense wallpaper pattern which either represents their prison or their liberation, depends on your interpretation.

The materials composing McCann’s images are collected from books, prints, and pages that are antique, forgotten, and foxed with age. “I cut out images, categorize them and then eventually piece them together like a complex paper jigsaw,” she writes on her website.

Originally from England, where she went to fashion school, McCann returned to her art studies after moving to the US with her family. It was then that she became fascinated with collage art—a passion that would blossom some time later into a career.

The post Fall Down the Rabbit Hole With Katie McCann’s Collage Art appeared first on TettyBetty.

The paintings themselves add up to an assembled constellation of recurring imagery, including animals, letters or word fragments, diagrams, symbols, and glyphs. These elements in combination form their own pictorial universe.

A self-proclaimed “student of metaphysics,” Landström brews a unique cocktail of symbols, languages, formulas, and animals. According to him, this concoction emerges from the babbling brook of consciousness in his head, presenting itself on canvas.

Though varied, together his paintings make for a cohesive (if cryptic) series. “I think every person is a kind of transceiver to varying degrees, depending on where they’re from and how they live,” explains Landström on his website, “which is reflected in the fact—among other ways—that certain images or symbols are universal and occur in vastly different civilizations all over the world and throughout history.”

Unscramble his cryptic messages if you can.

The post Bob Landström’s Pictorial Universe Consists of Volcanic Rock appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I am looking for reactions between the paint and the paper and how one layer of paint is impacted by the preceding layers,” she further explained in a piece published on Create Magazine.

According to Brewster, each of her pieces begins with the tantalizingly forbidden act of cutting up maps, books, and magazines. These magazines include fashion publications like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, from which she cuts out pictures of women and models. Removing these women from their original context, her paintings usually begin with these images, upon which she layers or pours paint.

Brewster notes, that with such process of creating there is often buckling, cracking, and distortions in colors, nut such unpredictability is especially thrilling to her. “I am always testing the materials, colors, and textures to act beyond what I expect and can control,” she says. “I encourage the paint to do things it’s not supposed to do to create happy accidents.”

According to her, her magazine paintings aim to liberate and transform the women figures she cuts out beyond recognition. Through these transformations, she explores questions of identity and how women are perceived and perceive themselves. The end result is, unsurprisingly, thought-provoking as it is striking. Take a look for yourself.

The post Claire Brewster Looks For Reactions Between Paint and Paper appeared first on TettyBetty.

In these circumstances, his artistic style was formed. Jump forward some years later, and with more than 20k fans on Instagram, Geiman is well on his way to artistic stardom. Previously employed as an Interpretive Naturalist for the USDA Forest Service, Geiman seeks to combine his interests in art-making with his studies of biology and American history.

Multilayered and rich in narrative, his artwork weaves tales of foregone eras and untamed wilderness in an attempt to reignite his viewers sense of adventure and wonder for the rugged American landscape. These narratives are formed out of found materials that include anything from reclaimed wood and salvaged metal to vintage papers.

“I like to spend time reminiscing on the past while flipping through the pages of decades forgotten magazines, intently searching for the perfect shape, color, or texture within a periodical’s pages to add to my archive of collage elements,” says Geiman. His pieces include elaborate paper collage portraits of classic American icons, as well as a plethora of mixed media works, with each piece taking anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to complete.

We recommend you follow his creative journey through Instagram.

The post Something Old, Something New: Dolan Geiman’s Mixed-Media Art appeared first on TettyBetty.

With a Bachelor in Design Arts, as well as a Diploma in Printing and Graphic Art, she pursued it indeed. Based in Melbourne, Australia McKellar, she dips her toes in anything creative, including (but not limited to) art direction, illustration, print, packaging, branding, and lettering.

To this she usually adds a handmade twist, making her designs feel a tad more personal. This handmade feel especially comes off through her unique hand-embroideries, which are sewed on digital prints on fabric. Like her other creative passions, she attributes her love of embroidery to her environment.

“I learned about sewing at a young age,” she shared. “My mum used to make all of our clothes and we were given hand-embroidered singlets for birthdays as children.” Over the many years of her work, McKellar has collected a fair share of second-hand sewing reference books. “You don’t have to be a master at it to make it look special,” she says. “I transferred my drawings onto fabrics and started embroidering small details and have continued working like this.”

Follow her many creative passions on Instagram.

The post Laura McKellar’s Creativity Takes Many Shapes and Forms appeared first on TettyBetty.