Category Archives: Fine Art

Wu Guanzhong (1919 – 2010)

November 11, 2020 12:03 AM \

Wu Guanzhong was born in the Jiangsu province of eastern China.  He studied initially at the National Academy of Art in Hangzhou under Lin Fengmian, a painter often called the ‘father of Chinese modernist’.  He moved to Paris in 1947 and returned to China in 1950.  At the start of the cultural revolution fearful of the Red Guards he destroyed many of his paintings and was banished to a remote countryside to perform manual labor.  In the 70’s he was allowed to return home and to paint again.  Known for his landscape paintings he is regarded as having been one of his country’s great modern artists.’

 Images:  Courtesy of various sources.

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Guy Yanai

October 30, 2020 12:03 AM \

Guy Yanai is an Israeli painter currently living and working in Tel Aviv, Israel.  He attended Parsons School of Design and the New York Studio School and receiving a BFA from Hampshire College in Massachusetts.  His work often depicts everyday objects and places using vibrant colors, simple shapes and a shallow depth of field.  He has numerous sources of inspiration including old, modern, and contemporary masters to photography, television, paintings, and advertisements.  On an interview with Miles McEnery Gallery he says this about his painting style:  

“Honestly it just arrived slowly by working. The mark in painting is really important for me. So why not make every approach with linen have significant meaning? Not only do I not feel trapped, its liberating and allows me to make anything I want mine. Lately there have been a lot more vertical marks, so we will see where that goes. But really, the way I work is very simple, a brush, oil paint, linen.”

The artist can be followed on his website and on Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Guy Yanai.

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Stephanie Sloan

August 28, 2020 12:03 AM \

Stephanie Sloan is an illustrator and printmaker based in Co. Wicklow, Ireland.  She graduated from the Royal College of Art in London and the National College of Art and Design in Dublin.   We love her minimalist illustrative style as she explores depth, light, texture and pattern. She combines her passion for the craft of screen printing with hand drawn and digital  techniques: “I embrace the combination of technology with drawing and the organic process of printmaking, allowing the work to develop at each stage of the process.”

More of her work can be viewed on her website, Facebook and Instagram.

Images:  Courtesy of Stephanie Sloan.

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