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Dita Lūse: Inspiration is overrated
Mar 11, 2025
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7 minutes read
I was born into a family of artists, therefore the interest came naturally as a part of our lifestyle, and drawing and painting was a childhood habit. My professional art education started at the age of 11, when I began studies in an art school, and afterwards continued in the Art Academy of Latvia...
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José Roberto Teixeira Leite Junior: I've been involved in the world of the arts since I was a child
Jul 2, 2024
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7 minutes read
"Ever since I was a child, I've been involved in the world of the arts, especially the plastic arts, as I'm the son of an art critic and writer who is highly respected in Brazil, as well as being his fourth child, all of whom have had a lot of art in their lives, in the most varied conceptions"...
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Martin Zanollo: The creative process is a value for me
Nov 19, 2024
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7 minutes read
“I started painting and drawing a little before I began my studies in architecture. It has always been for me a way of thinking about reality and expressing my own being in every moment...”....
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Andy Warhol's Polaroid of Mick Jagger and a Woman Touching Tongues Could Be Yours
Jul 20, 2022
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1 minutes read
A photograph from the Stones' Love You Live cover session is part of a massive charity auction hosted by the Warhol Foundation.
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Chantal Proulx, Abstract expressionism full of energy
Apr 20, 2022
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4 minutes read
Pencil, graphite and charcoal lines are often used in the paintings of self-taught artist Chantal Proulx to create colorful, joyful works full of movement and energy...
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Eric Ullrich, incessant research
Jan 21, 2023
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4 minutes read
"What I took for a game when I was a child by mimicking my architect-sculptor grandfather and my painter uncle ended up becoming a reason for living."
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Brother X, constantly innovating
May 10, 2023
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4 minutes read
"I have been involved in art for over 30 years. At age 24, I had my first exhibition at a time when I was still working on painting, pencil drawings and abstract art..."
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Geneviève Vacca-Giachero, art is as necessary as breathing
Mar 6, 2022
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4 minutes read
Geneviève Vacca-Giachero is a self-taught artist who likes to indulge in various techniques in order to share her great love of life...
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N Nathan, eye-catching art!
Jun 15, 2022
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4 minutes read
N Nathan is a versatile and self-taught artist who, depending on the project he is working on, experiments with different artistic techniques in order to capture the viewer's attention...
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Nazar Symotiuk: I love to create something new with my own hands
Aug 13, 2024
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4 minutes read
"Since childhood, I have loved to create something new with my own hands, tactile sensations prompted me to constantly work with various materials."...
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Salvatore Balice: I give voice to my inner world
Sep 17, 2024
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4 minutes read
“I began producing “artwork” from the age of 15: an innate desire to express what I sensed inside and outside of me manifested itself even then. I began by producing music pieces as a bass player, and then used other means of expression such as sculpture, drawing and painting.”...
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Tomoya Nakano: my artworks materialize what I imagine
Apr 27, 2025
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4 minutes read
"Basically, my artworks materialize what I imagine, regardless of the subject matter. Also, I use a variety of techniques in my artworks, ranging from traditional oil painting to more modern approaches, depending on what I want to paint."
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Ronald Hunter: I have always cherished the desire to create a product that I could sell online
Mar 19, 2024
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9 minutes read
"My interest ranged from furniture and accessories to clothing, even to a lingerie line. Throughout all that time, I was involved in painting, but the idea of turning it into a profitable business never occurred to me."
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Hongfeng Guo: Exploring the Infinite Possibilities of Inspiration, Innovation, and Emotional Expression
Dec 17, 2024
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9 minutes read
“My art is a capture and recreation of fleeting perceptions, through the intertwining of color, form, and material, exploring the endless possibilities of emotions and dreams…”
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A Home That Speaks of You: Art as a Mirror of Your Emotions
Jan 21, 2025
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9 minutes read
Buying art is not just an aesthetic act, but a deeply personal choice, driven by the desire to surround oneself with what nourishes the soul. We therefore present some types of artworks, each designed to meet the different emotional needs of four types of art lovers...
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Oleksandr Balbyshev, bright paintings
Aug 31, 2022
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7 minutes read
Oleksandr Balbyshev makes very bright paintings through the use of fluorescent colors, metallic and interferential paints and gold leaf...
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Mathilde Oscar, photography inspired by the great masters of painting
Sep 28, 2022
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7 minutes read
A passion for painting and drawing led Mathilde Oscar to approach photography, an art in which she expresses herself instinctively, placing the subject at the center of her investigation...
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Chiara Napolitano, the art that allows you to breathe
Nov 9, 2022
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7 minutes read
The 'juxtaposition of the decorative motifs of the papers, which Chiara Napolitano uses in her paintings is never' chosen at random, but thought out, as the artist spends a lot of time deciding which pattern might look best in the context in which she is going to paint...
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Kanzas Anthony: I don't copy, I don't follow, and I don't have expectations
Jun 21, 2023
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7 minutes read
"To be brutally honest, nothing inspired me to create art; it seems that the decision to create is more like an on/off switch, whereas in my case I started to create for no real reason: it just happened, I never forced creation, it always fell and I seized it."
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Michael A. Craig: I have had the opportunity to experiment with many different techniques
Dec 22, 2023
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7 minutes read
"As a child I always enjoyed making things but the real epiphany came on a family trip to Paris at the age of twelve."...
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Frob, the artistic investigation that transforms the human face
Apr 13, 2022
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4 minutes read
Line, spontaneous writing and experimentation characterize the work of self-taught artist Frob, who aims to generate a multitude of experiences with the human face...
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Pierre Nadler, art on a black background
May 11, 2022
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4 minutes read
Pierre Nadler's photography is born from the observation of what surrounds us. The artist seeks to bring out the viewer's own stories...
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Zhao Yongchang, I like history
Apr 19, 2023
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4 minutes read
I usually create my sculptures inside my own studio. I will divide the studio into several functional areas, such as a blackboard on the wall to record important things, a sketchbook next to the computer desk for drawing inspiration at all times...
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Xavier Wttrwulghe, inspiration comes from traveling
Jul 6, 2022
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4 minutes read
Xavier Wttrwulghe is a self-taught artist, moved by a strong inspiration, which stems from his life experiences, his way of being and his travels...
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Valérie Jayat: a vital need to create
Oct 24, 2023
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4 minutes read
"My style is identified immediately, and that's the hardest thing to achieve. A certain poetry, sometimes tinged with humor, a grating language at times. My colors are very particular to me."
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Gavin Tu: I have always been interested in creating with my hands
Nov 17, 2023
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4 minutes read
"I am inspired by everyday objects. I could recall how I started using wire mesh to create sculptures: it was after the photoshoot of an architectural project I was involved in, the photographer used a piece of wire mesh to defuse spotlights for the shoot. "...
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Tanya Grinevich: I like living as an artist
Nov 23, 2023
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4 minutes read
"I like living as an artist. It gives me an opportunity to express myself through creativity, to create and add new forms and meanings to the reality."...
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Ynoxe: I have been drawing since I was little
Nov 28, 2023
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4 minutes read
"I got into graffiti very early on. Illegal or legal I have always been particularly fond of wastelands, I loved exploring them and bringing them back to life with the color of aerosols. Very often collective frescoes enhanced collaborations between artists. However, for a very long time I focused my work on lettering and their calligraphic research around my artist name."...
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Pierre Piton: I started professional photography in the early 1980s
Dec 30, 2023
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4 minutes read
"I started professional photography in the early 1980s. At the time I had a dual role: both a judicial investigator and a photographer within the same institution: the Gendarmerie."...
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Masa Zodros: I wanted to cause a total break between stereotypes
Jan 23, 2024
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4 minutes read
"It was after years in the field of training that I decided to devote myself full time to my passion, photography and the fine arts."...
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Paulo Vilarinho: inspiration comes from all the great masters
Feb 20, 2024
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4 minutes read
"I think it all started when I was a teen during a school trip to the National Museum of Ethnology in Lisbon. During that visit I became fascinated with Asian and African Art and that experience made me want to start creating my own artistic pieces...."
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Nick Fatum: Every work is inspired by a video clip
Jun 5, 2024
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4 minutes read
"At one time, I began my creative career by organizing a rock band, publishing poetry, then creating tracks in various styles of electronic music (collaboration with Ditto music (UK), signed to MojoHeadz Records (USA) in 2022), clip making (YouTube, Vimeo clip art) and from 2023 – creating and placing digital works on Artmajeur..."
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Konrad Ziolkowski, each artist is unique
Feb 11, 2023
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10 minutes read
"Each artist is unique and has features, both in themselves and in their work, that distinguish them. It's hard for me to say what is unique about my art, I would like it more for the recipient to evaluate it."...
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Music and art: a combination that has lasted for centuries
Jun 21, 2022
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7 minutes read
Music and art represent two related disciplines that are able to reveal human feelings and experience, both in its positive and joyful sides and in its more introspective and serious ones. Precisely because of these peculiarities, the said arts have played a prominent role since ancient times, when, from their union, two distinct combinations were generated: art that tells music and art that supports music...
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150 photographs from the collection of Richard Gere on display at Christie's
Mar 8, 2022
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2 minutes read
Richard Gere Unveils Extensive Photography Collection for Christie's Auction 150 photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Matchstick Masterpiece Misses Mark: Eiffel Tower Dream Dashed
Feb 8, 2024
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2 minutes read
Richard Plaud's attempt to break the world record for the tallest matchstick model of the Eiffel Tower was disqualified by Guinness World Records due to his use of non-standard, sulfur-less matches. Despite his eight-year effort and the use of 706,900 matchsticks, his 7.19m replica did not meet the criteria for record recognition.