Belin is an amazing Spanish street artist renown for his unique style of work with the face and figure. Belin was born in a city located in the south of Spain called Linares. Belin’s work is a blend of surrealism, realism, and caricature.
Belin is short for the artist’s last name, Belinchon.
The artist often works on murals with other well known street artists including Otes.
When the weather isn’t cooperating with making graffiti, the artist turns to the art of sculpture.
In this clip we view the artist at work on mural in the Netherlands:
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Belin shows remarkable innovation in his work. Often times he uses photographs for resources, but with his style of exaggeration one might think the artist just created a masterpiece from life!
Ken Danby was a Canadian painter renown for his paintings of the figure, horses, and the ocean. Ken Danby was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada in the year 1940. For his figurative paintings he concentrated on the female figure and also male hockey players.
Danby attended the Ontario College of Art.
Price range information: The artist worked in watercolors and oils. These works range between $10,000 and $150,000. Danby was a prolific printmaker and many works range between $1,000 and $5,000.
Danby was made a member of the Canadian Academy of Art.
In this clip Danby talks about the importance of ART in education:
Ken Danby passed away in 2007 whilst on a canoe trip.
A link to the artist’s website and representation:
Danby was a very skilled painter. My favorite works of his are the horses in water. His figure watercolor paintings of the figures recall another artist who recently passed away this year, Steve Hanks.
The artist also created works in tempera and oils which remind me of Andrew Wyeth with their attention to different textures.
Marcus Amerman is a Native American artist renown for his images made of beads. Marcus Amerman was born in Phoenix, Arizona in the year 1959.
The artist earned a B.F.A. from Whitman College located in Walla Walla, Washington. Amerman also attended the Institute of American Indian Arts.
Amerman represents the Choctaw tribe.
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Amerman has also designed apparel.
Amerman is based out of Sante Fe, New Mexico.
The artist sees his work as a blend of Native American culture and Pop Art. He has portrayed celebrities including Janet Jackson. Amerman is the only bead artist to have his work appear in Playboy magazine.
In this clip a brief interview with Marcus Amerman and also First Nations artist Preston Singletary. Both are master level artisans when it comes to working with glass:
The artist has a brother named Roger Amerman, who is also a world renown bead artist.
The artist began working with beads in 2001. In addition to glass beads the artist enjoys creating art with found and recycled goods.
Some works of art such as the peonies, contain more around 27,000 glass beads!
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I saw the work of this artist at the Dana Gallery’s show “Icons of the West” in Missoula, Montana. The reflected light quality of this work made it my favorite in the exhibition. It was a great show featuring such nationally renown artists as Lorrie Beck (equine drawings) and Tom Gilleon(paintings of teepees.)
Dzia is a wonderful street artist from Belgium. Dzia Krank is the fictional name for this artist renown for intricate line drawings and paintings of animals and insects. Dzia earned a M.F.A. from the Royal Academy of Art located in Antwerp, Belgium.
In addition to painting Dzia has also worked as a sculptor and even studied the art of taxidermy.
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In this clip a great selection of animals and insects painted by Dzia:
The artist is very creative and says his work is spontaneous. The end result might be something John Singer Sargent would have produced if he were a street artsist. I say this because Dzia’s works looks very loose and lively, but a tremendous amount of work and thought went into it.
What a fantastic draftsman!
If you enjoy street art dealing with animals and other creatures, be sure and check out the work of another Belgian street artist named ROA, already profiled here.
Gonzalo Borondo is a Spanish street artist who is renown for his work with the face and figure. Gonzalo Borondo was born in Segovia, Spain.
The artist attended college in Madrid and also the Academy of Art in Rome, Italy.
In this clip we view a show featuring Borondo that took place 2012 in Italy:
The artist often uses multiple figures sometimes facing away from the viewer in his work. This helps to make his work very realistic and action. He also enjoys painting the corners where two sides of a building meet.
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Below a fantastic time lapse video of Bordondo working in Istanbul, Turkey:
Borondo has done a great amount of work in the city of London, England.
One artist that has provided a great deal of inspiration for Borondo was the Spanish master Goya.
Will Barras is a British illustrator born in Birmingham, England in the year 1973. The artist grew up in Brixton. Barras style mixes several styles including surrealism, abstraction, and work with the figure. He likes for his work to be in perpetual change and motion.
Barras now works as an animation director for commercials, a designer whose art is used for items including sunglasses and skateboards, and also a muralist.
The artist grew up in Brixton and is now based in London, England.
Here is an interview with Will Barras that took place in 2009:
Barras’ style is sometimes called fluid abstraction. I enjoy his art for its mix of realism and abstraction.
The artist works in many mediums and seems to favor acrylics and India ink.
Here Barras works on a large mural in Oslo, Norway:
Donald Holden is an American painter of the landscape born in Los Angeles, California in the year 1931. Holden didn’t attend any premier art schools studying only at the Art Student’s League of New York City. Ever since a very young boy Holden enjoyed visiting the many museums and galleries of New York City.
Holden is an acclaimed art critic and has authored 20 books including a book about the work of the artist Whistler.
In this clip we view Donald Holden at work in one of his watercolor paintings of the Yellowstone National Park forest fires. His very bold and direct landscapes remind me of watercolor master John Pike:
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The artist has a sense of design that reminds me of the great Japanese woodblock artists. In many works the artist uses only two colors in his works. This makes the viewer grow more emotionally attached to his landscapes.
Jeremy Browne is a wonderful painter of barns and the landscape. Browne was born in Brampton, Ontario and spent much of his childhood exploring the outdoors.
The artist’s family would often travel to the national parks to enjoy the weekend and whilst going there the drive was plain and barren with sometimes only one house might be all you see for miles. This gave the artist some ideas for composing his cozy farm scenes.
Browne works mainly in acrylics.
For seasonality the artist prefers to paint the fall and winter seasons. He finds it easier to convey mood and concentrate on the flow of light during the desolate times.
Dustin Yellin is a fantastic artist who makes 3 dimensional paintings in glass using acrylic paint. Dustin Yellin was born in Los Angeles, California in the year 1975. Yellin is a painter, collage artist, and draftsman who uses combines all of these skills when making one of his 3 dimensional works.
The artist moved to New York in 1995. He supported himself by performing street art.
Yellin uses a lot of glass in each work, even the smaller ones. In his studio we visit with James Kalm the artist tells us he had 15 tons of glass in his studio at the time of Kalm’s visit. Each layer is made individually and then layered upon each other to give the work tremendous depth.
The depth is best scene in his works with trees and forests. Many of these works are made just with one color of paint.
In this clip we visit the studio of Dustin Yellin with our art amigo James Kalm (from 2011) This clip is awesome because Mr. Kalm shoots images from the side and in front of the works so the realism and abstraction of each work is seen. :
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I enjoy the creativity of this artist. His acrylic trees are amazing! All the works in glass are so unique because they both explore the fields of abstraction, color, and realism. A visual feast for our eyes!
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