Bette Burgoyne is an artist living and working in Seattle. Bette’s hand drawn white pencil on black paper drawings are impressive at first glimpse, but will blow you away once you see the detail up close. Often quite large or long in format, Bette has made some amazing scrolls, showing intricate interweaving of organic shapes and matter. Bette on...
In this 25th edition of Spotlight I’d like to introduce you to the talented Claudia Six, a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Vienna, Austria. Growing up in rural Austria, surrounded by forests and mountains, Claudia discovered a deep-rooted love for everything strange. Whilst in art school she discovered she had all kinds of wonderful...
Jennifer Gennari is an artist living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Jennifer’s paintings come in many different shapes and sizes: from small, intimate portraits to huge, gold-plated compositions framed in gorgeous, customs made, ornate frames. Although quite different in scale, all her works share a connection: they show the pure, honest...
When you think of street art you won’t immediately think of the Old Masters… There is a link though, and that link is artist Ted Pim from Belfast, Northern Ireland. Inspired by the beautiful, dark portraits of the old masters he explores abandoned urban areas and combines the two influences by creating impressive murals. His paintings are a...
Zoe Lacchei is an artist from Rome, Italy, who creates stunning, sensual illustrations. Her work, often depicting beautiful women as muses, shows a love for nature and the macabre. Zoe uses her art to reveal her unspoken desires she told Beautiful Bizarre magazine: “Sensuality is part of life and seduction is a weapon created by nature for...
Two months ago, when I featured embroidery artist Adam Pritchett, I was joking about making embroidery a category here on Bleaq. Well, I think I might have to, since I came across yet another fantastic artist that uses embroidery as preferred technique! Carrie Violet, also know as Memorial Stitches, is an artist from the North of England who...
Julien Coquentin is a photographer living and working in Le Mas, France. Julien is one of those photographers that likes to submerge himself in a series or subject, working on it for months or years to comprehend a subject completely and create the best work possible. The series I’d like to show you today is one of those projects, called The Dead...
Charlotte Grimm, also known under pseudonym Esprit Confus, is a photographer living and working in Leipzig, Germany. On her website Charlotte states that photography isn’t merely about taking a picture, it’s about capturing a memory; the essence of a moment. It’s exactly that what her work shows: it’s intimate, intrinsic and pure. Charlotte has a...
Piotr Jabłoński is an illustrator, digital and concept artist living and working in Bialystok, Poland. Next to his concept work for games and illustrated covers for publishers like Centipede Press, Piotr creates fantastic free work that remind me of the beautiful Dystopian pieces by Yuri Shwedoff. One of my favorite works by Piotr is his TOMCAT...
Bear Kirkpatrick is a photographer living and working in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Bear’s work is truly fascinating, showing a glimpse of humanity in a raw and pure form. From his website: “Bear Kirkpatrick defines his imagery as evidence, documents of past and present human psychological states. He is presently working to develop a model to...
If you’re a frequent Bleaq visitor you won’t be surprised when I tell you that I love fairytales, folklore and magical realms. I love to submerge myself into these fantastic realms every now and then, whether it’s through books, films or art. I recently discovered the work of Oakland based artist Yosiell Lorenzo, and his adorable resin figures...
Menerva Tau is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Ankara, Turkey. Not bound to one technique Minerva uses photography, drawing, painting, or a combination of those techniques to create her magical pieces. Menerva’s work reminds me of spirit photography of the Victoria era, haunting images manipulated by the photographer to show...
