Over the past few days, I have been exploring with only 2 colours - black and white. I was trying to challenge myself to rid most of everything I produced of colour for one week. Initially, it was a very surreal experience - black and white can be graphic and bold, yet shades of grey [...]

I have always had an affinity to minimalism. I personally feel that my best work is typicall minimal in appearance and simple in concept. Without distractions, the structure is obvious, the intent is obvious and the essence is pure:

“Frank Stella, born in 1936 in Malden, Massachusetts, has been considered a major American artist for almost [...]

“The Lens Paintings are a new development for Sigmar Polke - an artist whose career is characterized by over 40 years of radical invention in painting. The conceptual framework of the Lens Paintings is grounded in theories set forth by Johann Zahn in his 1685 book, Oculus artificialis teledioptricus, sive telescopium (The Teledioptric Artificial Eye, [...]

Depending on your outlook, obsession can be a good or a bad thing. A few years ago, I developed a rather unfortunate case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in reaction to certain incidents that occurred in my life. I was controlled by my fears of cancer. I was not bedridden, but my productivity was, without a [...]

Lawren Harris is another Canadian legend in the art world. Part of the Group of Seven, he pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. He reduced already stark Canadian Arctic landscapes into semi-abstract forms and simple shapes, and stopped signing and dating his work in the 1920’s so the viewer will [...]

André Butzer is a German artist whose work is not typically my idea of beauty. I have an affinity to minimalism and simplicity, but his work is frequently the complete opposite of my ideals. Jarring colours and crude, rudimentary figures explode onto his canvases, creating paintings that exude a wild, rather unrestrained, energy and creative [...]

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) is one of the most important American Artist from the 19th century. He had a profound impact on the course of European and modern art. The above is a portrait of his mother, created because his model did not show up for a sitting.
“The austere portrait in his normally constrained [...]

An iconic Canadian post-impressionist artist, Tom Thomson’s paintings are centred around idyllic Canadian landscapes. His works manage that capture that quiet serenity that is the very essence of Canadian landscapes. Every time I come across his work, I am reminded of long hiking trails through beautiful parks that frame these beautiful, placid views at every [...]

Damien Hirst has got to be one of the most important contemporary artists to emerge in the London arts scene. Known for his passionate exploration of themes around death and life, this enfant terrible has created works that is visually captivating and intellectually stimulating. Here is one of his spectacular paintings:

Recently, Damien Hirst collaborated with [...]