Jill Matthews

Jill Matthews, "Mellow Yellow", Contemporary Floral Still Life Oil Painting

2022

This framed painting by John Seuburt offers a quiet, tactile meditation on growth and persistence. Thick, earthen layers of paint rise from the surface, forming stems and blooms that...

Original painting by Olga Antonova

My work with Fractals takes the literal definition - ‘the self-repeating properties found within a single object of nature’ – and broadens the principles to how nature repeats itself...

Having started my career by painting Rembrandt-like portraits of luminous white roses, I credit my discovery of fractals for transforming my artistic vision, and changing the directi...

"Deep End" by Devan Sweeney – Vibrant Contemporary Pool Painting, 24" x 24" In "Deep End", Devan Sweeney takes a serene plunge into the shimmering depths of aqua-blue water, invitin...

"Pool Party" by Devan Sweeney – Vibrant Contemporary Pool Float Painting, 36" x 36" Devan Sweeney’s Pool Party captures the carefree spirit of summer in a luminous portrayal of a gl...

"Kiddie Pool" by Devan Sweeney – Vibrant Contemporary Pool Painting, 24" x 24" Devan Sweeney’s Kiddie Pool invites a snapshot of summer’s ease into refined contemporary art, depicti...

A contemporary painting in oil on canvas of a light and inviting interior scene with an arrangement of pale pink flowers in a clear glass vase next to canary yellow and green and whi...

MARZENA MISKIEWICZ She graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at UMCS in Lublin. She is a member of ZPAP (Association of Polish Artists and Designers). She is an author of more than...

'Omega I' is an abstract pointillist painting featuring hues of tan, ocher, green, brown, pink and black. Robert Hightower is inspired by the work of Giotto, Hieronymus Bosch, Jean-François Millet, Roger Brown, Howard Arkley and Julian Opie. This piece is a part of a special immersive gallery installation, “The Apocalypse Simulacra,” which is a narrative presentation of the twilight of humanity, at the fulcrum of extinction by Atlanta-based artist Robert Hightower. Through stage-set constructions, readymade plastic models and paintings, Hightower investigates the duality of right/wrong, good/bad, eternal/ephemeral in light of the imminent end of the Human Epoch. It depicts the ideological origins of corporate greed and power, the reality of wealth distribution in the “American Dream,” and the socio-economic and environmental impacts of that collective greed. After receiving a BFA in sculpture from the University of Georgia, Hightower moved to New York City and participated in The Bronx Museum of the Art’s AIM Fellowship (Artist In the Marketplace). While in New York, his interests expanded to include art installation and the creation of spaces, and has since designed and built many unique homes, penthouses and restaurants throughout the United States. Hightower has returned home to Atlanta and will be presenting his most comprehensive body of work to date, “The Apocalypse Simulacra,” a unique universe of beauty, dichotomy and uncertainty. ARTIST STATEMENT The 'Apocalypse Simulacra' is a presentation of the twilight of humanity, at the fulcrum of extinction. The climate is the subject. The Simulacra is the Theme. First discussed by Plato, the Simulacra is the search for Truth in Duality. Developing into Post-Modernism with Nietzsche’s: truth=Truth. Now with Bauvillard, the Simulacra has evolved beyond Post-Modernism, into the wholesale confusion of the real/fake, the true/false… between reality and hyper-reality. This crumbling, confusing of the truth (not necessarily the Truth) is our Reality. For over two decades, I have created large format paintings of strip malls, suburban houses and toys. These paintings present singular images flattened-out (almost floating) on color-fields. They create a certain duality - a loving portrait of an inanimate object that would not normally be singled-out for affection. With my latest work, I have added a variety of iconic images: an airplane, a whisky bottle, a woman floating in a pool. The icons are presented in a pixelated or degenerated state. In addition to paintings, I have used adult-size building blocks to create sculptures or three-dimensional paintings. Using a child's toy at an adult-scale gives the building blocks an austere and powerful presence. The building blocks echo the blocks of the pixelated paintings...