Badgered
© Kate MacDowell
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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.
Predator
© Kate MacDowell
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The Winter Fox O Ka-Fée
© Rubis Firenos
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Marine Dragon The Fishes’ King O Ka-Fée
© Rubis Firenos
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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.
The Fall O Ka-Fée
© Rubis Firenos
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Red Deer
© Alexis Marcou
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Alexis Marcou combines traditional drawing with digital enhancements to make his polygon inspired imagery. I love how he chooses to draw attention to specific areas of the animal using high detail which he then breaks up with abstract elements.
I found an interview in which he discuses his practice in more detail, including using specific digital imaging software to polish his work, accompanied by an interesting handmade anti-smudge glove!
Bad Panda
© Alexis Marcou
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Walrus
© Kate Nelms
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Kate Nelms is inspired by childrens book illustrations, and I really like the simplicity in her own illustrations, especially this walrus. The scratchy way she’s painted this beast is wonderful, the skin quality alone is so striking and the little beedy eye brings the image to life.
Little Stompers
© Karen Laurence-Rowe
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Gold in the Canopy
© Karen Laurence-Rowe
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The Ugandan-born Karen Laurence-Rowe depicts her African wildlife with so much vibrancy and life in oil and watercolour. A real eye opener for me seeing what can be done with the watercolour medium given the time and the skill.
