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Plumnet (detail) – 46″x54″ – Acrylic on Canvas – 2010
I’m lucky enough to be on the David B. Smith Gallery‘s physical mailing list and I regularly get beautiful postcards promoting their latest shows. The most recent one featuring the work of Oliver Vernon really caught my eye. The paintings have a beautiful chaotic, layered, almost three-dimensional look. The works are more about texture and composition rather than subject matter, but they’re all very interesting. You can enjoy a show preview at the David B. Smith Gallery’s website, and if you’re in the Denver, CO area, you can stop in and see these in person through May 1st.
To coincide with the show, the gallery has released 2 giclee prints of Vernon’s “The Flood” and “Full Bleed” paintings. Each print is $200, an edition of 25, and printed on premium art paper with a deckled edge. Images after the break.
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A Tribute to the Madness of Beethoven – Mixed Media Assemblage – 35.5″ x 36″ – 2009
Kris Kuksi creates mind-blowing sculptures. His complex, shrine-like pieces are unlike anything I’ve ever seen and mystify me each time I view them. Judging by the artist’s website, he has lately been focusing on sculpture, but in his portfolio you can see that Kuksi is an extremely gifted painter and draftsman.
You can see more images after the break but a real treat is visiting the website and seeing the large images on display there. You can also pre-order a book of Kuksi’s work enttiled “Divination and Delusion” due out September 2010.
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Meet Jeremy Geddes, an Australian painter that leaves us speechless with his recent work. His website has several high quality prints of his paintings still available. Jeremy’s blog features some interesting painting studies too. We always appreciate when an artist shares their process with us! More images after the break!
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Andy Kehoe is an excellent artist out of Portland, OR. Much of his work exists in an alternate reality where large beasts made of wood, leaves, feathers and hair roam freely. You can check out his website and his flickr feed for his latest work. As usual, check out more images after the break.
Our favorite news of the day: Andy has several art prints still available in his Etsy Shop.
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Evan B. Harris is an exceptional folk artist from Oregon. We found his artwork from the cover of the (emotionally devastating) documentary Dear Zachary. His website hasn’t been updated for a while but there is some recent work in his flickr stream. As usual, a few more pieces are included after the break.
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Shepard Fairey is involved in a few charity auctions including one of his original ‘Burmese Monk’ paintings, seen above. If you’ve got deep pockets, this stunning piece is available to bid on here.
If you’ve got deeper pockets (and the ego to match) you can bid on the chance to have the artist create a portrait of you in a Live Sitting with Fairey.
Both of the above auctions benefit The Art of Elysium which has programs that benefit children with serious medical conditions. Bidding ends March 4th.
There is also an ebay auction of an original “Lotus Ornament” painting with proceeds going to Make It Right (benefitting the rebuilding of New Orleans lower 9th Ward) Bidding goes until March 8th.
You can view the truly beautiful ‘Burmese Monk’ painting after the break.
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Matthew Curry is a DC-based, Grammy nominated designer / illustrator / painter who we’ve been following for quite some time now. His paintings, while chaotic, are able to pull your eye to key elements and avoid leaving you feeling overwhelmed when looking at them. The earthy works seem to be graffiti-inspired with an Asian influence, often depicting dragons and scaly patterns. We’ll get to the bottom of this in our upcoming interview with Matthew. Until then, enjoy his work at his Website, and check out iPhone shots of his most recent work (and cute dog) at his Flickr.
More images after the break.
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