You can tell a lot about an artist from watching them work in the studio. In this post I will feature 37 photos of famous artists hard at work in the studio. These photos are not glamorous and they show the artists in a very natural and raw state. This is the behind the scenes
Photographer Chris Craymer captured Jacklin painting in action in his Connecticut studio.
Jackie Anderson is a self-confessed colour addict. She brings this passion to life through paint, with her bold, bright and colour-block designs, creating canvases bursting with joy. Describing herself as a spontaneous expressionist, we sat down with Jackie to hear her journey to becoming an artist and how the seasons influence and inspire her colourful ...
Transported to a Fantasy Painting World
Minimalistic and realistic, a look at Mark Tennant Prepare to be amazed, the paintings of New York-based artist Mark Tennant are some of the most
Minimalistic and realistic, a look at Mark Tennant Prepare to be amazed, the paintings of New York-based artist Mark Tennant are some of the most
Today I explore the concept of authenticity within my artistic practice. I consider the influence of social media, good and bad, and how I attempt to stay true to myself in a space that can so easily influence and inspire.
Contemporary oil paintings > Ilya Gefter on ways a viewer may gain insight into an artist by looking at his or her work, and more.
One of de Kooning's friends once asked her what it was like to work in the shadow of her husband, Willem de Kooning. She replied: "I don't paint in his shadow, I paint in his light.'"
On working hard, worrying less and staying razor sharp in a cut-throat industry.
Kirsty Budge’s deep and brooding paintings take up space (literally and figuratively) in the artist’s light-filled home studio in Abbotsford.
Five artists you should see who are inspiring me to share their work with readers
The iconic Byron Bay hotel launches its first Artist in Residence program, with French-Australian painter Stanislas (Stan) Piechaczek.
In British painter Danny Fox's sprawling new Los Angeles studio, we see influences of Jean Michel-Basquiat and Paul Gauguin.
oil on canvas, 1939 German Karl Hofer (1878 - 1955) Characteristic of Karl Hofer's paintings, The Record Player depicts a single figure set in a domestic interior. The figure's isolation and blank expression, combined with Hofer's somber palatte, create a tone of melancholy that is typical throughout his work. Some historians point to the disturbing qualities of Hofer's pantings as indicative of his disillusionment with the social and political climate in germany at the time. Just a few years before painting The Record Player, Hofer was condemned by the Nazis as a degenerate artist and removed from his teaching post at Berlin's Hochschule für Bildende Künste. His paintings we confiscated.
Artsy Shark presents some artist friends hard at work in their studios or on location. Enjoy!
Explore Josias Scharf's 291 photos on Flickr!
This exhibition of 31 paintings is the artist’s first major retrospective; it includes many new, never before seen works. His subjects hover between traditional figurative painting and portraiture, with subjects often seemingly caught in an interrupted moment, as if the sitter has just realized the artist’s presence.
