I wish I could see all that is around me in mere shapes and forms; stripped of all realism and minimal in details.
 

Paintings by Chris Langstroth.

There are few works of art that move me as this particular self-portrait did. Staring myself in the eye is not something I enjoy – it frightens me to see past this carefully constructed mask and into the depths of my soul. That requires a tremendous amount of courage: courage to face the facts – [...]

Despite their reputation for emotional restraint, Victorians indulged in complex and elaborate rituals surrounding death and mourning. No better example is the case of Leland Stanford Jr., the only son of Leland and Jane Stanford, who died at the tender age of 15 from typhoid fever while on a visit to Florence, Italy. The family’s [...]

“Being perfect artists and ingenuous poets, the Chinese have piously preserved the love and holy cult of flowers; one of the very rare and most ancient traditions which has survived their decadence. And since flowers had to be distinguished from each other, they have attributed graceful analogies to them, dreamy images, pure and passionate [...]

The big city: the life that pulses through the highways promises limitless possibilities. The bright garish lights, the mechanical bleats on the streets, the dead soulless stares, the invisible waves from every direction, the constant change – yes, they quench the thirst of the ambitious. It simultaneously drains and refuels me. Enough, it is time [...]

I have always had an interest surrounding social interaction and architectural space, though throughout the past few years I have been articulating the compositional elements within my work and highlighting the dynamism of spaces in my work through exposing my process. I explore a variation of paint application, expressive mark making, bright under-painting and optical [...]

It is a vice. I do love sugar. But I used to have other vices too. I think the other vices have just fallen by the wayside, and sugar has stepped up a little bit to take their place. But that’s not actually why I got into it. In the beginning, I was looking at [...]

The audience detects Photorealism in Hyung Koo Kang’s work, but Kang is not a photorealist. Even though he admits that Chuck Close left an impression on his work, Kang’s work is fundamentally different from Photorealism, which transfers the photo into a painting. This is because Kang’s work is devoid of a preexisting photo of what [...]

I rarely remember my dreams, but when I do, they are always in full colour. The environment is always fully formed – each detail, each intricacy laid out with utmost clarity. Unbound by the physical constraints of reality, it is exuberant and phantasmagoric. I never want to leave…
Scott Everingham creates environments that are at [...]

It is mid March. I stepped into the garden. Flower buds appearing, green grass replacing the soggy ground. Growth is everywhere. Colour is everywhere. It will soon be Spring.
 

Paintings by British Columbian artist Todd Clark.