Posts Tagged ‘graphic designer’

Artist of the moment……..Street artist and illustrator Paige Smith

{ August 31, 2015 @ 12:12 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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Paige Smith is an American graphic designer and street artist. Her street art installations are sculptures made of resin and paper. Her first big project was to install these pieces all over the city of Los Angeles, California.

As a graphic designer the artist has been very successful working with international brands including PayPal, MTV, and Cisco.

With the help of a partner Smith recently launched a fashion line. The duo produce leather handbags that can switch from a backpack to a handbag.

Below a brief interview with the artist talking about what inspires her:

Some places to find her installations include old and worn buildings and phone booths.

Below a link to the website of Smith. Here you can see more of her street art installations:

http://acommonname.com/street-art-project/

Paige Smith is a diversified artist and designer. Her small sculptures are wonderful as they remind me of being a child and being exposed to the wonderful shapes and colors found when you sliced open a rock such as quartz.

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We remember the artist………Rex Ray

{ June 14, 2015 @ 10:22 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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Its with great sadness that I pass along the news that Rex Ray has passed away. Rex Ray has been featured here before, he was a very inspiring artist for me who was not only a great artist but also a great businessman. His artwork was a fantastic mix of color, painting, and collage.

If you are in the Denver area be sure and visit the Vance Kirkland Museum to see one of Rex Ray’s works.

Rex Ray was 58 years old. He died after a five year battle with lymphoma.

Below a wonderful montage of works by the incredible Rex Ray:

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Artist of the moment…….Hari Panicker and Deepti Nair

{ May 19, 2015 @ 11:36 am } · { Uncategorized }
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Hari Panicker and Deepti Nair are a young artistic duo from India who are renown for their work with cut paper and lightboxes.

Hari Panicker was born in Mumbai, India in the year 1980. He studied graphic design and illustration in college and has worked in the industry as an album designer. Paniker was also in management for MTV networks of India.

The artist enjoys drawing and creating monsters.

Panicker is inspired by Balinese shadow puppets.

Below we take a closer look at one of the duo’s signature lightboxes:

Deepti Nair was also born in India in the year 1981. Nair enjoys working with papercuts and clay. She works in the technology industry as an interaction designer. Since she works with technology so much with her day job she prefers to do without when she is creating art.

The duo have been creating their lightboxes since 2010.

This creative team is now based out of Black Book Gallery looked in downtown Denver. This is an awesome gallery to view many of the artists listed here such as Ben Eine and ROA.

Price range information: Most original works are priced $2,000 to $5,000.

These are remarkable works of art made from paper. I am so impressed with the feeling and emotion of the scene the viewer gets when the piece is turned on. They are lit from behind with a L.E.D. light.

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