Category Archives: Printmaking

Jason Munn

Wisconsin native Jason Munn now calls Oakland, California his home. He started his career with a love of independent music and design and in 2003 he founded his studio, The Small Stakes, where he produces designs for a wide range of products. The artist is best known for his poster designs, which are concept-driven and restrained, keeping only what is essential to the composition. On an interview with Grain Edit he discusses his use of found imagery:

“At first I wasn’t confident in my abilities to draw etc. Plus it was a huge part of the learning process for me. I was learning how images work together but, as I became more confident, I started to incorporate more illustration into my work.”

And on Teen Vogue he says this:

“My early work used a lot of found imagery or combined multiple pieces of found imagery to create something new. I rarely use found imagery now, but I do work with a lot of common objects, changing them in some way to get a different meaning from the objects and to relate them to the bands.”

You can see more of his work on his website and Instagram.

Images: Courtesy of Jason Munn.

Roong Suchinunkul

Relishing these patterns and stationery cards created by Roong Suchinunkul. The artist is originally from Bangkok, Thailand but currently resides in Hong Kong. She is a stamp and watercolor artist as well as a children and adult art instructor. Her rubber eraser stamps are hand carved, inked, and aesthetically engineered on paper and/or fabric. You can view more of her work on Facebook and on Instagram under the trade name, Bymamalaterre.

Images: Courtesy of Roong Suchinunkul.

Alekos Fassianos

Alekos Fassianos born in 1935 is one of the most prominent Green painter in the Thirties. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Athens and continued his studies at Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. With a French state scholarship he was able to study lithography and eventually received one of the greatest honors of the French Republic, “Celebrities of the Officer of the Legion of Honor”. His paintings are easily recognizable with “their massive figures with flowing heads of hair, often shown in profile, and their monochrome treatment.” He is influenced by ancient Greek myth and combines them with modern sensibilities. The artist lives and works in Athens but considers France as his second home.

Images: Courtesy of Alekos Fassianos.

%d bloggers like this: