Steven Bindernagel uses inspiration from architecture, environmental textures and atmospheres to produce his beautiful abstract watercolour, acrylic and pencil Yupo paintings. He explains that the constant exploration through his mediums is what gives him the joy to keep making his artwork.
Carne Griffiths
Carne Griffiths works in tea, brandy, whisky, vodka and inks in his expressive figurative work. He applies the inks and alcohol first, then after these layers are dry he adorns intricate patterns to his pieces using coloured pens.
Joni Belaruski
Ink is the chosen medium of Joni Belaruski's work, she toys with human and animal figures in this medium which results in quite macabre imagery. She also uses hatching which I'm interested in as an alternative to traditional shading.
Kate MacDowell
Kate MacDowell's porcelain sculptures explores mans detrimental impact on the natural world. This friction between mans contemporary lifestyle and the natural world is captured breathtakingly in these intricate porcelain pieces. MacDowell chooses porcelain as a medium for its fragile quality which further emphasises the message behind her work.
Rubis Firenos
I’ve always appreciated the illustrative work of Rubis Firenos (her chosen pseudonym), she was the artist who inspired me to use coffee in my own watercolour paintings.
The O Ka-Fée is a secret blend of coffee which is the artists signature medium. This coffee blend allows her to create unique textures on the hot pressed watercolour paper.
The combination of a simple drawing style and striking watercolour and ink work results in wonderfully atmospheric pieces which I’ve always been taken by.