Mary Capan

Mary Capan creates metallic oil paintings, landscapes, wall sculptures and jewel art paintings of abstract shapes and forms.  She uses repetitious patterns, contrasting designs, and all sorts of color schemes to create dynamic, and interesting pieces of work.


Mary's pattern and texture catch my eye immediately.  I would like to incorporate these two elements into my own work.


-DJK

Carol Taylor

If you didn't see the close up views above you would swear these were paintings!  Surprisingly, they are quilts.  Tediously pieced together tiny block by tiny block, these quilts are created by the loving hands of Carol Taylor.  Her artistry is extremely impressive, so much so that she is appearing on my art blog :)  These quilts use geometric shapes and extremely bright colors to created interesting and beautiful compositions.  The attention to detail and the special care given to each quilt makes them truly works of art.

I hope that I can utilize color in the way that Carol Taylor does.  Her bright and vibrant spectrum catch the eye immediately and give her quilts a fun and playful look, while maintaining their artistry.

-DJK

Julaine DeJong

Julaine DeJong uses acrylic paints...my favorites...to produce these brightly colored lunar paintings.  Her use of geometric shapes and interesting colors give her pieces a quality that seems to exceed the medium at hand.  Her compositions also create great flow and energy within the paintings.

Composition is the key to a great piece and I think Julaine DeJong has got it down.  To take a bunch of seemingly random elements and throw them all into a composition so that they are cohesive is not easy.  I would like to create compositions as dynamic and interesting as DeJong's.

-DJK

Meagan Chaney

I LOVE these.  My ceramics professor actually taught Meagan and told me about her so, naturally, I had to check her out.  I'm glad I did.  Meagan has managed to make artistic ceramic pieces a commercial product...quite a feat.  Her incorporation of cast glass and steel into her ceramic pieces adds a great depth of color and texture as well.

I would love to achieve the rich, earthy colors that Meagan uses.  They manage to be bold and subtle at the same time and are really eye catching.  The rusty earth tones paired with the blues and greens really make for a magical combination.

-DJK

Karin Kuhlmann

http://www.karinkuhlmann.de/

(link to Kuhlmann's website)

Now these are some beautiful images!  Karin Kuhlmann creates her images digitally, but that doesn't make them any less breathtaking.  She achieves an almost painterly quality with her fractals and digital images that is not commonly seen.  She also uses bright colors and high contrast to add drama.

I would like to use Kuhlmann's blending techniques and color use in my murals.  It is an interesting use of transparency and smudging effects that create her smooth, layered images and I would like to attempt to get this look in places on my own pieces.

-DJK

Mino Delle Site

Yet again I have managed to find another artist that is copyrighted like crazy so here is the link to his gallery.

http://www.minodellesite.com/ds-gallery2.html

Mino Delle Site creates cubist/geometric/abstract paintings.  His coloring and technique, in my opinion fits most with the cubists but I'm no authority so don't quote me.  His paintings depict almost recognizable shapes and forms that are just abstracted enough to obscure the true shape.

I would like to integrate the colors/shading that Mino Delle Site uses in his paintings into my murals.  The pieces are vibrant, high in contrast and energy and yield a lot of emotion.  I hope to accomplish a similar effect.

-DJK

Tsehai Johnson

Tsehai Johnson creates wall hanging ceramic and mixed-media pieces.  All the ones pictured above are solely ceramic materials.  These brightly colored, strangely shaped pieces manage to both clash with and complement the spaces they are affixed to.  They consist of non descriptive shapes that keep the viewer questioning, why?

Tsehai Johnson's use of space would be beneficial to my work.  The works fill the space they are in and unify the entire room with their outward growing shapes.  I hope to accomplish a presence of this type with my own work.

-DJK