Tag Archives: #painting

Stéphane Bulan

French painter Stéphane Bulan’s first career was as a successful journalist and caricaturist.  In 1975 he completely devoted himself to fine art painting.  His images has a certain cleanliness to his form that is paramount in his artworks. The artist uses vibrant yellows, blues, greens and other primary colors in his work. Even with his intense colors, Bulan incorporates a certain liberty and serenity in each of his canvases. His work has been widely collected and exhibited throughout Europe, North America and the Orient.

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

Images:  Courtesy of Stéphane Bulan.

Julie Brunn

In 2000 Julie Brunn received a Fine Art degree from Birmingham School of Art and went on to pursue a career in web base design graphics.  Because of her love and interest in animals, she changed her career interest completely to become an animal keeper at two locations. 

Starting a family gave her the opportunity to rediscover painting, combining her love of nature, animals and art.  Her experience working with animals enabled her to understand their nature and character creating a natural and atmospheric image. 

More of her work can be viewed on her website, Facebook and Instagram.  Some of her prints are available  here in her Etsy shop.

Images:  Courtesy of Julie Brunn. 

Okuda San Miguel

Okuda San Miguel is a Spanish painter and sculptor known for his distinctive style of colorful geometric patterns that portray animals, skulls, religious iconography and human figures.  After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid he began to produce works in his studio and also began producing sculptures. He is among the most recognized contemporary urban artists and many of his work are located internationally. On an interview with Design Boom he says this about his work:  

On Inspiration:  “Inspiration comes from artists such as Dali, Ernst, Magritte, Murakami,Jodorowsky or Yayoi Kusama…but thumbs up, always, for El Bosco. There’s no one like him.”

I love artists such as Kris Kuksi, Os Gemeos, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Kaws, Eric Parker, Todd James, Interesni Kazki, Piet Parra, Smithe, Nano4814, Sixe Paredes, Daniel Muñoz, Cleon Peterson, Amandine Urruty…some of these are friends of mine which motivates me to grow up and work harder.

My art also relates to old cultures (wicholes, mayans, incas; from india or africa).

On colors:  “When I paint humans or faces with these multicolored geometric patterns, I try to symbolize all skins and races in one. all colors in one. a multicultural world.”

“I love to mix different patterns with organic forms and greys. in doing so, I try to represent the artificial versus nature.”

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

Images:  Courtesy of Okuda San Miguel.

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