One of the most characteristic styles from Japan is ‘kawaii’. Kawaii is the Japanese word for cute and means pink knee-socks, pastel lolita-dresses, packaging with happy characters on it, cartoons of big-eyed children and of course Hello Kitty...
Art
Intricate 3D collages by Alex Eckman-Lawn
Alex Eckman-Lawn is an artist living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Alex has been an illustrator for years, creating...
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Storytelling animals portraits by Josie Morway
Josie Morway is an artist living and working in Boston, Massachusetts. For her enchanting oil paintings Josie combines her...
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Discovering the surreal secrets of nature with Heiko Müller
Heiko Müller is an artist living and working in Hamburg, Germany. Heiko finds the inspiration for his surreal paintings outside...
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There are a few artists who have been in my ‘Feature on Bleaq’-list since I first started thinking about starting an art blog. Mark Ryden is one of those artists. His unique combination of sweet pastel colour palettes, kids with enormous eyes...
A few weeks ago I wrote a feature dedicated to the elegant and romantic portraits made by American artist Kelly McKernan. Kelly was kind enough to take some time (well, a lot of time – she’s very thorough!) to answer a few questions I had...
It’s not only the beautiful works of art Italian artist Nicola Samorì creates that are fascinating; it’s also the mystery that surrounds his haunting pieces. Samorì’s website is a great showcase of his pieces, but tell little about the art of...
Hammering nails into a Vogue cover, slicing up models in advertisements, cutting shapes fashion editorials: Dutch artist Amie Dicke isn’t afraid to cross some lines to share her vision. In the book ‘Hell Bound’ Amie cites: “Perhaps it’s the...
Although still quite young (born in 1990) Californian born artist Jennifer Hansen has been through a lot: depression, anger and suicidal thoughts. Gladly she found happiness again and only falls back on her dark journey for her paintings. I...
Today is a tough day for Game of Thrones fans. If you’re from America you had a very incomplete Sunday evening and if you’re from Europe like me you’ll have a Monday evening with a gap in its schedule coming up… No new Game of Thrones...
While preparing today’s post I thought it might be time for a continuation of my ‘Classics’ series I started a few month ago with a post about Eugène Atget. The works of the artist I want to share with you today, Kelly McKernan, remind...
Next to Pinterest my main source of discovering great art is the Behance network. Behance is a huge online community where creatives can showcase their work. Other creatives can follow their favourite artists, so they can always be up to date...
Does the name Mark Demsteader sound familiar to you? It wouldn’t be weird if it does! Mark’s work could be found all over the internet two years ago when he dedicated a series to his biggest fan… Famous actress Emma Wastson! When Emma...
One of my favourite things to do in primary school was spattering paint. When autumn arrived we went outside to collect the fallen leaves, put them on paper and spattered paint all over it. Super easy, super fun and a great result! It’s been...
The last few weeks I’ve featured quite a few artists who tell stories with their work. I really admire how artists do that: instead of just making a ‘pretty picture’ they’ll give their viewers something to think about. Philippine born...