Modern Art
According to Jason Craighead, the modern artist, his current work in contemporary art is a continuous evolution of language where self-discovery and personal truth are made. The process by which this contemporary artist does his art is intuitive and emotionally driven and this has made his modern art hit the mark. The resulting modern painting made me sense, feel and respond to life as it appears, disappears and reappears in the creation of his mix media art where the poetry of passion and belief at heart are all painted out.
Jason Craighead is known as the leader in the art scene of North Carolina. His art work has been included in solo and group exhibitions all throughout the Southeastern United States. He grabbed several awards and served as one of the juries for many art shows. He was also selected as the Signature Artist for charitable art auctions and his art works were featured in many publications like in the Artists & Art Galleries of the Southeast in July, 2006.
As a modern artist, he has participated in Raleigh arts community for several years. He also participates in charitable art activities including the Triangle AIDS Alliance’s annual Works of Heart auction and a fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity.
He is a resident in downtown Raleigh and grew up in Florida where he studied art at the Gulf Coast Community College and Florida State University.
Below are examples of his work –
That Last Fandango, 22×30 mixed media on paper
The simplicity of this mixed media art emanates from every inch of this painting. This is an amazing art that tells you about “The Last Fandango” in the artist’s perspective. The use of mixed media on paper and the subtle colors used in the painting talks about neutrality but it also speaks about permanence. Despite the commonality and the dullness of the colors used, the painting is undeniably hungry for attention.
Silent Leap, 50×58 mixed media on canvas
This is a mixed media art on canvas with an abstract concept allowing me to interpret the painting as it appeals to my senses and feelings. As the title of the painting goes, “Silent Leap” is a beautiful art in its own unique way. It appears that the painting has plenty of things to say yet its ‘silence’ allows you to communicate with it deeply.
Posted by JackieAzuela at 16 May, 2012
“L’arte del Ritratto” is a photographic exhibition depicting Marni world. A project in collaboration with photographer and filmmaker Francesco Jodice, that continues, his artistic research based on the work of cataloging: the chairs, made by colombian craftsmen, became the stage where Marni employees pose: a tribute dedicated to them destined to last over time.
The collection of one hundred PVC chairs were designed by the Marni team and based on a traditional Colombian model. They were produced by Colombian ex-prisoners as part of a project to re-integrate them into society and the proceeds from the sale of this collection will be donated to ICAM Milan, a charity that supports children of imprisoned mothers.
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 4 May, 2012
Ian Sheldon is a celebrated Canada-based artist and illustrator, and has been widely represented in Canada and overseas. I especially love his “Skyscapes” collection where the artist expresses dark and turbulent skies expressing real life experiences. He classifies himself a “storm chaser”. The artist tracks weather systems and storms and driving out to intercept them as they occur. The finished work is dramatic and powerful.
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 6 April, 2012
OMG! I came across Berlin-based artist Matthew Davis while spending time on Pinterest (yes! My name is Keren and I am a “pinner”) and fell in love immediately. The talented artist creates these amazing surreal images by using his brush to slowly drip oil paints into small pools resulting in a multi-dimensional piece of art.
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 30 March, 2012
I’m loving the work of Raleigh-based contemporary artist Jason Craighead. His paintings show dramatic emotions and have definite vibe of abstract expressionism. His work is not colorful nonetheless he achieves a powerful effect.
Posted by Keren Fathi-Poor at 23 March, 2012
The modern artist Jackie Tileston was born on 1960 in Manila, Philippines. She studied in Academie Charpentiere in Paris, France in 1979 and continued her studies at Skidmore, Summer Six at Saratoga Springs, New York in 1981. She completed B.A. Fine Arts as a Summa Cum Laude in Yale University at New Haven, CT in 1983 and in 1988 she completed M.F.A Painting in Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana with high honors.
As a modern painter, she has received various honors and awards since the year 1994 including the M-AAA/NEA Fellowship Award in Painting and in 2004 she has been awarded the Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Painting. In addition, she was given the Bellagio Residency under the Rockefeller Foundation in the year 2005, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Painting in 2006 and the Joan Mitchell Foundation 2011 Painters and Sculptors Grants.
Posted by JackieAzuela at 16 March, 2012
Maggie Kempinska belongs to the new generation of artists that works with mixed media and moves elegantly across traditional genres, materials and isms.
Characteristic for her expression is the subtle and the playful, the vague and odd beauty of undefined elements, that grows on the beholder. She works mostly in the borderline between the abstract and semi-figurative, which gives her work a naive and compelling expression. She typically works with materials such as: acrylic, ink, textiles, cardboard, trash and artful, decorative elements that she finds on her way or create on her computer.
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 13 March, 2012
Todd Hunter is a contemporary artist born in Brisbane, Queensland in 1972. He now lives and works in Sydney where he showcases his modern art. This modern painter graduated Bachelor in Visual Arts at Griffith University Brisbane. He also went to Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney. He studied with David Paulson in Brisbane except during the year 1990.
As a contemporary painter, he has been given several awards including – Melville Haysom Scholarship at Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Inaugural Griffith University Artistcare Drawing Prize at Griffith University in Brisbane and the Best Bachelor of Visual Arts Award also at Griffith University in Brisbane. All of these awards he received in the year 1993. But in 2009, he received the Salon Des Refuses (Wynne Prize).
Posted by JackieAzuela at 2 March, 2012
Caroline Wright work will be available on One Kings Lane, (starting today) as part of their 4-day art event. All works will be archival prints on paper in sleek white frames, and will come in two sizes.
Posted by Michelle Lesser at 1 March, 2012
