Hello!
I had to do a couple of presentations in my painting class on my favorite historical and modern painters. During that process of looking up images online I stumbled upon several amazing artists, and was introduced to some others by my classmates. I thought I'd share some of my favorites from three of the more recent artists. I resisted putting up a lot more pictures than I did, so just look them up on Google or their home pages if you're interested. These are all fairly recent.
The first is Illustrator Nathan Ota. He does these amazing fantasy paintings that tell stories of monster trees, robots, birds, and monkey guys. I believe these are acrylic on wood. Love.
www.nathanota.com
www.nathanota.com
Robo Baby Wishing on a Star
Going Home
Past Notions
Broken School House
Next is Amy Sol. She creates these beautiful scenes of a girl with her cute little companions and nature. She is influenced by Manga, folk art, vintage illustration and modern design. I love the way the wood grain looks and how it complements the image. She's also self-taught which is pretty cool. Enjoy!
Music of Turtles Plumlit Night
Flying Fish
Starlight Crumble
The Cloverline Slumber Spring Blush
Leave the hair and go free
And last but not least, Jacek Yerka. He is from Poland, and is an AMAZING Surrealist painter! I keep staring at the incredible detail and thinking about the bizarre ideas and worlds he's come up with. I wanna live in one of those tree houses! Seriously some of the coolest paintings ever. I'm not positive on the medium of each, but I think most are done in oil, maybe some in pastel?
The Piano
Autumn
The Sargass Sea bishop
The Walking Lesson
Bible Dam
Green Squall
What I love about all three of these artists is their ability to paint realistically rendered fantasy scenes. They pull me into their stories and seem to capture this other-worldness that can be very difficult to accomplish. I am very much inspired and I want to go paint something...
