Janet Lage’s paintings are full of energy, color, texture and line.  These paintings are traditional in the sense of media used, but they have a gritty, graffiti art feel about them.

Untitled (orange,blue) - 84" x 108", acrylic on canvas

Chris Trueman delivers an explosion of color, line and texture in his most recent paintings. I first featured Chris Trueman’s work in 2008 when his style was more geometric and controlled. While Trueman’s current style still includes geometric elements, the paint is more fluid and energetic.

THE FANTASTI 4 vs PUREEVIL - Spray and acrylic on wall

I absolutely love the artwork of REMED and I have to thank RQM for showing this to me.  RQM is a talented Berlin MC that collaborated with REMED on COLORS FADE, LIGHT GOES ON to create a great mosaic piece made up of 84 7″ records.  REMED feels like an art superstar, slinging out amazing artwork regularly, on the street and in the gallery.  

Sketches

Jim Bradshaw is a talented illustrator from New Jersey with a massive and beautiful collection of work.  Jim’s illustrations mix a vector cartoony style with grungy, dirty textures.

Amnesia - Oil and acrylic on canvas 240 x 200cm

In his latest work, Matthew Hindley explores themes of darkness with his rich oils and acrylics.  These paintings capture figures in a moment of strong emotion leaving the audience wondering what might happen next.

Tapumes

Henrique Oliveira uses recycled “Tapumes” (sidings made of plywood in english) to create his sculpture and installations. Full of texture, color and movement, these pieces reflect a work path he chose while in school.

The Hanging Man - silicon, paint and human hair - 140.0 x 50.0 cm

Sam Jinks creates amazing and erie hyperrealistic sculptures that you would expect to move at any moment.  Jinks’ attention to detail is superb.

paperwork #701G (in the beginning), graphite on paper, 228 x 418 x 6 inches; 580 x 1060 x 15 cm (installation DG-Galerie, München)

Andreas Kocks does some pretty amazing things with paper. His installations transform the paper into an exciting medium to explore.  Andreas is currently exhibiting his work with many other fine artists in Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Arts and Design in New York, NY.

With the year drawing to a close we naturally reflect on the past year. 2009 has been kind to this little blog and I look forward to what 2010 may bring. I aggregated a list of the 20 most visited posts from 2009 from the stats and this is what I found. Oddly enough, some were pretty recent, and some were from last year. I decided to include the ones from last year as well since I have many new readers.