Pugh’s works, skillfully created and full of captivating details, mainly feature children as main subjects and see them placed in the center of complex themes. Often having a dark undertone, these paintings capture the innocence and curiosity of children while facing them with a world and emotions they don’t have a full grasp of.  

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According to Pugh, he is attracted to art that tells compelling stories and aims for his paintings to be created in the same manner. He identifies strong narrative, technical mastery, and aesthetic harmony as three elements that his work must meet in order for him to feel satisfied with it.

“It is my belief that a certain level of skill and creativity can elevate a work to professional excellence, but that it shouldn’t end there. Art should move the soul of the viewer, and if I don’t find myself similarly moved while creating it, I can hardly expect that of the viewer,” Pugh explains in his artist statement.

Continue scrolling to check out more of Pugh’s captivating works.

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Based in New York, Karamallis graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design; her work including both textile and painting – employing tools and techniques that include watercolor gouache and collage making, as well as knitting. “I’m a very whatever I feel inspired to do is what I will do kind of a creative person,” she once remarked in an interview with Matter of Hand. “I love knitting and painting, but I go through phases with both of them.”

Her Iranian heritage also plays a role in her work. “One of the biggest goals in a Persian garden is to create protected relaxation outdoors with the same level of privacy that you would feel in your own home,” she says. “That is something that is really interesting to me.”

Her goal? To create something that is at once thought-provoking and joyful. There’s also an emphasis on color. “I try to come up with a color story that feels cohesive,” says Karamallis. “Oftentimes if I decide on a color that I want to have some kind of movement throughout the piece, I will lay it down in a couple places instead of finishing one area first. I try to look at the whole thing throughout the process. I think that a lot of painters do that to create a larger, cohesive composition.”

Step inside:

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Woven inside her work are themes like folk arts, tropical flora, and patterns, both traditional and commercial. Painted using warm hues and bright color pellets, the end result can be seen as a celebration of cultural identity.

But if her paintings are to be seen as a cultural celebration of sorts, this celebration is cut short, contrasted with images of conquest, graffiti tags, and marks that interrupt the colorful patchwork. Colors infused with Latin flavor are diluted by a ubiquitous white. Organic, blooming forms are contrasted by flat or rigid fields.

Born in Hollywood, CA, Latimer completed her BFA at Slippery Rock University and went on to receive an MA and MFA from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has since showcased her work both in solo and group exhibitions. You’d want to take note:

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Broom’s love of color takes two distinct shapes: landscape painting and abstract art. Both are loosely based on realistic forms, creating a fantastical universe that’s guided by unknown forces. While her landscape paintings portray a lush, if exaggerated, scenery, providing a rose-tinted view of the natural world, her abstract paintings present a kaleidoscopic interpretation of the world around us.

“My landscapes are very densely layered and a built-up through lengthy over-painting and using a lot of different application techniques,” says Broom. “My abstract paintings are made without any tools or brushes so I have less control over the medium and this is quite a freeing way of working.”

But whatever her subject matter, the end result is open for interpretation. “I hope to make paintings that are beautiful but that also offer a narrative that can be interpreted in different ways,” she notes, “whether it’s personal, or more broadly connected to, for example, environmental concerns.”

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“Something that started almost as an exercise had become my style, which wasn’t actually intended,” she told Jung Katz. “I started painting this way out of a need to learn the basics of painting so that I could one day work in a looser style,” she explained. “So it became a means to an end so to speak and a challenge to see if I could master the techniques of the old masters.”

According to Reiner, what began as a challenge turned into a rigid form of painting that didn’t reflect her thoughts and feelings. Change was inevitable. “I decided that now everything was fair game, photographic source material, appropriation of imagery, using whichever materials, working from the computer screen and so on,” says Reiner. “So I turned around and did the opposite of what I used to do.”

Her experimentational style challenges the restrictions of realism but does so with a wink and a smile. Reiner herself describes her newfound style as “realism tumbles with cubism.” Her mixed-media approach involves appropriating images from magazines and advertising as a visual reference and conjoining these images with art historical elements in collage-like formations.

Her looser style also leaves room for creative interpretation. “What I  hope for, is for people to create their own narratives,” says Reiner, “that they hopefully look at the work for more than a glance.”

The post Kirstine Reiner’s Paintings Leave Room for Interpretation appeared first on TettyBetty.

Nakamura is inspired by environmentalism, feminism, philosophy, music, neuroscience, and many other topics. His style is colorful and distinctive.

“I don’t know where I’m going to reaching, I’m just trying to reflect on my emotions or mood with color and try to draw of discover things that I really want to come across – reflecting and questioning,” he revealed for It’s Nice That.

Check out some of his works below and visit his Instagram for more.

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Born in South London in 1994, Yearwood-Dan has a BA in Fine Art Painting from the University of Brighton. Though her techniques developed over time, her subjects and themes tend to center around social issues like class, culture, race, and gender – themes that are also tied to her identity as a young British artist.

“I think that over time my artwork has become a bit more confident and refined via the imagery I use,” she admitted in an interview with Dateagle Art. “Regardless as to whether I’m creating abstract or figurative work, I think I approach each piece with a sense of confidence that steams from the knowing that I’m still learning and growing and if something doesn’t work out that it’s all part of the process towards me making something I’m truly happy with.”

“I think I do sometimes think of that work when I’m feeling moments of self-doubt,” she added, “conscious that interchanging between figurative and abstract may make it hard for people to establish my work as my own, however, I realize that the way I use paint there is a clear signifier that they share the same artist.”

Below you’ll find some highlights from her portfolio:

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According to Patterson, such details are meant to reflect the “psychological resonance” of her subjects, delving deeper into the human condition. “I believe that most of my ideas come through me, not from me,” she explained on her website. “Sometimes, ideas simply pop into my head seemingly from nowhere. Other times, some political or social situations will appear in my conversations, in the news, in a movie or in many other ways — repeatedly, beckoning me to paint them.”

Through her work, she aims to give voice to difficult social and political subjects in an attempt to encourage thought, emotion, and dialogue. “Once I realized the tremendous power that images can have to make people comfortable or uncomfortable, happy or sad, settled or unsettled, I knew I had a voice,” she writes.

“I decided to use my voice to encourage people to see, think and feel – something not always valued in our culture. Awareness replaces ignorance and opens up the possibility of change. If you can’t ignore it, then you may feel compelled to change it.” Her imagery is compelling, if nothing else.

The post Valerie Patterson Puts Raw Emotion on Display appeared first on TettyBetty.

She treats her work as an arena in which pattern and form engage and accentuate the contradictions, opposites, and contrasts that exist in this fabricated world. With the aim to create organic, fluid-like forms, she likes her tools to have high-flow capabilities, such as watercolor, inks, and high-flow acrylics. But her toolbox also includes oil-based markers, graphite, sharpies, and even spray paint and stencils.

Working on nonporous surfaces, she floats watercolor, ink and high-flow acrylic into the surface of the water and into each other to cause interactions of materials and pigment that create granulation, striated edges, and floating islands of color. As this dries and evaporates, everything settles and the form emerges, an image formulated from pure, blissful chaos.

“I am interested in materials that have different surface qualities from matte or glossy to metallic or somewhere in between,” she told Jung Katz. “I work on nontraditional, paper-like surfaces such as yupo, duralar, acetate, and tyvek. My best friend is my compass and ruler collection.”

Take a peek inside.

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“I’m sure you can learn a ton from art school,” she relayed in an interview with Jung Katz, “but it depends on what you want to take from art, and where you want to go with it that should determine whether or not it’s for you. For me, I couldn’t imagine being ‘taught’ art. It’s one of the only free things in this world and I’ve personally gained so much from having the artistic process be 100% my own journey, untainted from outside influence.”

But with both her parents being artists, you could argue that she didn’t have much of a choice. “Art is life,” she puts it, simply. “Art is my breath, my escape, my happy place. Art is my own safe haven in a hectic world. It’s where I go to hide from it all, and is also where I go to enjoy it all.”

Judging by her massive online following (that includes more than 345k fans on Instagram), other people are enjoying her paintings just as well. She has also won several awards for it, and her work is kept in both private and public collections worldwide including the MET’s publication collection. It’s also exhibited worldwide, in galleries and museums.

The post These Paintings are Mind-Boggling appeared first on TettyBetty.

Pugh’s works, skillfully created and full of captivating details, mainly feature children as main subjects and see them placed in the center of complex themes. Often having a dark undertone, these paintings capture the innocence and curiosity of children while facing them with a world and emotions they don’t have a full grasp of.  

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Oil Painting Art Gallery (@oilpainting.masters)

According to Pugh, he is attracted to art that tells compelling stories and aims for his paintings to be created in the same manner. He identifies strong narrative, technical mastery, and aesthetic harmony as three elements that his work must meet in order for him to feel satisfied with it.

“It is my belief that a certain level of skill and creativity can elevate a work to professional excellence, but that it shouldn’t end there. Art should move the soul of the viewer, and if I don’t find myself similarly moved while creating it, I can hardly expect that of the viewer,” Pugh explains in his artist statement.

Continue scrolling to check out more of Pugh’s captivating works.

View this post on Instagram

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A post shared by WoMA – Women in Modern Art (@womamuseum)

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A post shared by WoMA – Women in Modern Art (@womamuseum)

The post Mark Pugh’s Captivating Oil Paintings Feature Children in Complex Themes appeared first on TettyBetty.

Based in New York, Karamallis graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design; her work including both textile and painting – employing tools and techniques that include watercolor gouache and collage making, as well as knitting. “I’m a very whatever I feel inspired to do is what I will do kind of a creative person,” she once remarked in an interview with Matter of Hand. “I love knitting and painting, but I go through phases with both of them.”

Her Iranian heritage also plays a role in her work. “One of the biggest goals in a Persian garden is to create protected relaxation outdoors with the same level of privacy that you would feel in your own home,” she says. “That is something that is really interesting to me.”

Her goal? To create something that is at once thought-provoking and joyful. There’s also an emphasis on color. “I try to come up with a color story that feels cohesive,” says Karamallis. “Oftentimes if I decide on a color that I want to have some kind of movement throughout the piece, I will lay it down in a couple places instead of finishing one area first. I try to look at the whole thing throughout the process. I think that a lot of painters do that to create a larger, cohesive composition.”

Step inside:

The post You Are Welcome to Step Inside Alexandra Karamallis’ Paintings appeared first on TettyBetty.

Woven inside her work are themes like folk arts, tropical flora, and patterns, both traditional and commercial. Painted using warm hues and bright color pellets, the end result can be seen as a celebration of cultural identity.

But if her paintings are to be seen as a cultural celebration of sorts, this celebration is cut short, contrasted with images of conquest, graffiti tags, and marks that interrupt the colorful patchwork. Colors infused with Latin flavor are diluted by a ubiquitous white. Organic, blooming forms are contrasted by flat or rigid fields.

Born in Hollywood, CA, Latimer completed her BFA at Slippery Rock University and went on to receive an MA and MFA from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has since showcased her work both in solo and group exhibitions. You’d want to take note:

The post These Paintings Are a Cultural Celebration Cut Short appeared first on TettyBetty.

Broom’s love of color takes two distinct shapes: landscape painting and abstract art. Both are loosely based on realistic forms, creating a fantastical universe that’s guided by unknown forces. While her landscape paintings portray a lush, if exaggerated, scenery, providing a rose-tinted view of the natural world, her abstract paintings present a kaleidoscopic interpretation of the world around us.

“My landscapes are very densely layered and a built-up through lengthy over-painting and using a lot of different application techniques,” says Broom. “My abstract paintings are made without any tools or brushes so I have less control over the medium and this is quite a freeing way of working.”

But whatever her subject matter, the end result is open for interpretation. “I hope to make paintings that are beautiful but that also offer a narrative that can be interpreted in different ways,” she notes, “whether it’s personal, or more broadly connected to, for example, environmental concerns.”

The post Feast on Orlanda Broom’s Richly Colored Paintings appeared first on TettyBetty.

“Something that started almost as an exercise had become my style, which wasn’t actually intended,” she told Jung Katz. “I started painting this way out of a need to learn the basics of painting so that I could one day work in a looser style,” she explained. “So it became a means to an end so to speak and a challenge to see if I could master the techniques of the old masters.”

According to Reiner, what began as a challenge turned into a rigid form of painting that didn’t reflect her thoughts and feelings. Change was inevitable. “I decided that now everything was fair game, photographic source material, appropriation of imagery, using whichever materials, working from the computer screen and so on,” says Reiner. “So I turned around and did the opposite of what I used to do.”

Her experimentational style challenges the restrictions of realism but does so with a wink and a smile. Reiner herself describes her newfound style as “realism tumbles with cubism.” Her mixed-media approach involves appropriating images from magazines and advertising as a visual reference and conjoining these images with art historical elements in collage-like formations.

Her looser style also leaves room for creative interpretation. “What I  hope for, is for people to create their own narratives,” says Reiner, “that they hopefully look at the work for more than a glance.”

The post Kirstine Reiner’s Paintings Leave Room for Interpretation appeared first on TettyBetty.

Nakamura is inspired by environmentalism, feminism, philosophy, music, neuroscience, and many other topics. His style is colorful and distinctive.

“I don’t know where I’m going to reaching, I’m just trying to reflect on my emotions or mood with color and try to draw of discover things that I really want to come across – reflecting and questioning,” he revealed for It’s Nice That.

Check out some of his works below and visit his Instagram for more.

The post Shota Nakamura’s Art Bursts With Color appeared first on TettyBetty.

Born in South London in 1994, Yearwood-Dan has a BA in Fine Art Painting from the University of Brighton. Though her techniques developed over time, her subjects and themes tend to center around social issues like class, culture, race, and gender – themes that are also tied to her identity as a young British artist.

“I think that over time my artwork has become a bit more confident and refined via the imagery I use,” she admitted in an interview with Dateagle Art. “Regardless as to whether I’m creating abstract or figurative work, I think I approach each piece with a sense of confidence that steams from the knowing that I’m still learning and growing and if something doesn’t work out that it’s all part of the process towards me making something I’m truly happy with.”

“I think I do sometimes think of that work when I’m feeling moments of self-doubt,” she added, “conscious that interchanging between figurative and abstract may make it hard for people to establish my work as my own, however, I realize that the way I use paint there is a clear signifier that they share the same artist.”

Below you’ll find some highlights from her portfolio:

The post A Nod to Tradition: Michaela Yearwood-Dan’s Paintings appeared first on TettyBetty.

According to Patterson, such details are meant to reflect the “psychological resonance” of her subjects, delving deeper into the human condition. “I believe that most of my ideas come through me, not from me,” she explained on her website. “Sometimes, ideas simply pop into my head seemingly from nowhere. Other times, some political or social situations will appear in my conversations, in the news, in a movie or in many other ways — repeatedly, beckoning me to paint them.”

Through her work, she aims to give voice to difficult social and political subjects in an attempt to encourage thought, emotion, and dialogue. “Once I realized the tremendous power that images can have to make people comfortable or uncomfortable, happy or sad, settled or unsettled, I knew I had a voice,” she writes.

“I decided to use my voice to encourage people to see, think and feel – something not always valued in our culture. Awareness replaces ignorance and opens up the possibility of change. If you can’t ignore it, then you may feel compelled to change it.” Her imagery is compelling, if nothing else.

The post Valerie Patterson Puts Raw Emotion on Display appeared first on TettyBetty.

She treats her work as an arena in which pattern and form engage and accentuate the contradictions, opposites, and contrasts that exist in this fabricated world. With the aim to create organic, fluid-like forms, she likes her tools to have high-flow capabilities, such as watercolor, inks, and high-flow acrylics. But her toolbox also includes oil-based markers, graphite, sharpies, and even spray paint and stencils.

Working on nonporous surfaces, she floats watercolor, ink and high-flow acrylic into the surface of the water and into each other to cause interactions of materials and pigment that create granulation, striated edges, and floating islands of color. As this dries and evaporates, everything settles and the form emerges, an image formulated from pure, blissful chaos.

“I am interested in materials that have different surface qualities from matte or glossy to metallic or somewhere in between,” she told Jung Katz. “I work on nontraditional, paper-like surfaces such as yupo, duralar, acetate, and tyvek. My best friend is my compass and ruler collection.”

Take a peek inside.

The post Kim Carlino’s Art is a Happy Mess appeared first on TettyBetty.

“I’m sure you can learn a ton from art school,” she relayed in an interview with Jung Katz, “but it depends on what you want to take from art, and where you want to go with it that should determine whether or not it’s for you. For me, I couldn’t imagine being ‘taught’ art. It’s one of the only free things in this world and I’ve personally gained so much from having the artistic process be 100% my own journey, untainted from outside influence.”

But with both her parents being artists, you could argue that she didn’t have much of a choice. “Art is life,” she puts it, simply. “Art is my breath, my escape, my happy place. Art is my own safe haven in a hectic world. It’s where I go to hide from it all, and is also where I go to enjoy it all.”

Judging by her massive online following (that includes more than 345k fans on Instagram), other people are enjoying her paintings just as well. She has also won several awards for it, and her work is kept in both private and public collections worldwide including the MET’s publication collection. It’s also exhibited worldwide, in galleries and museums.

The post These Paintings are Mind-Boggling appeared first on TettyBetty.