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Artist of the moment………….Street Artist Smug One

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Smug One is a street artist who works as a realist painter and cartoonist. Many works have a humorous twist to them. The artist often paints celebrities and characters of pop culture such as the old man from the movie Up.

Smug One is based out of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Most works are made using free hand aerosol spray paint.

Smug One began to create street art masterpieces in 2000.

Below we catch a glimpse of the artist at work freehand painting images about the newest Planet of the Apes movie:

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Below another clip of the artist at work:

Smug One does an outstanding job of capturing unique expressions of people and animals. His subjects have a great sense of life and movement.

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Artist of the moment………..Charles Mackintosh

{ December 31, 2014 @ 11:33 am } · { Uncategorized }
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Charles Mackintosh was a Scottish born architect and artist who painted in a modernist style. Charles Mackintosh was born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom in the year 1868. He was the fourth of eleven children. His father worked in the city police department. Mackintosh also worked as a sculptor.

He won a scholarship to study architecture after his high school age education was complete. He worked in this field from 1896 to 1906. Below we view a fantastic house that was designed by Charles Mackintosh but not completed until recently. The house is filled with examples of modernist art including the fireplace, many sets of tables and chairs, and light fixtures:

Mackintosh was inspired by Japanese art.

As a painter the artist worked mainly with the medium of watercolor. His favorite subjects were landscapes and floral works.

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Below a wonderful selection of modernist art from Charles Mackintosh:

He lived briefly in France and painted marine scenes of Port- Verdes, France often.

Charles Mackintosh passed away from cancer in 1928 at the age of 60 years old.

I enjoy the shapes the artist used in his depiction of flowers.

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