Rebecca Sower

I’m so enraptured with Rebecca Sower’s multimedia works, I think they’re effortlessly evocative and capture the essence of animals, people and environments in a godlike, ethereal way. The sketchy lines bring so much energy to the subject matter. The bold, simple uses of solid background colour and textures helps draw the eye to the subject matter, spotlighting it further, which is where I think I fall down in my own practice.

She inspires me to try some mixed media pieces of my own, lots to learn!

**Wendell (2024)**
© Rebecca Sower
rebeccasowerart.com

Bénédicte Gelé

Bénédicte Gelé uses powdered charcoal, regular charcoal, chalk and pastels to make these soulful paintings of horses. She paints in a variety of mediums but something about the earthy use of charcoal really encapsulates the dusty, natural, robust spirit of horses, which I’m totally in love with.

Face to Face 12T © Bénédicte Gelé artcheval.com — **Face to Face 12T**
© Bénédicte Gelé
artcheval.com

Valerie Davide

Focussing on art in retirement, Valerie Davide’s work doesn’t skimp on personality. I love her scratchy style, keeping overworking to an absolute minimum, in charcoal and watercolours.

Akira Beard

Akira Beard focuses mainly on figurative and portrait work, and I was really drawn to the way he uses watercolour and Yupo. I also was really humbled by the way he talks about how he came to his art and his experiences making, he talks so candidly and I think that is so touching and special.

Tilen Ti

I really enjoy the art of Malaysian artist Tilen Ti, his work is so bright, dreamy and colourful, it just makes you feel happy!

What’s even more interesting about this artist is that he has a handful of time-lapse videos on his YouTube channel where he shares how he makes his artwork, which is great for someone like me who is at the best of times artistically challenged or just in need of some inspiration.

Rebecca Sower

Bénédicte Gelé

Valerie Davide

Akira Beard

Tilen Ti

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