Elling Reitan has created a number of beautiful oil paintings, and is considered to be one of Norway’s leading contemporary artists. His surrealist scenes are full of color and great beauty.
One such painting, created in oil, is called Truth Carriers. It is listed on d-vers.com, and can be viewed by clicking here.
In a surrealistic style, this painting has vibrancy and life within it, and is a beautiful piece. This painting has rich, deep, bold colors, and depicts a lovely surrealist scene.
For other paintings by contemporary artists, please visit our site at d-vers.com
Friday, November 19, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Duane Hanson, Pop Artist and Ultra Realism Sculptor - Part of His Process Explained
Duane Hanson was a pop art sculptor, famous for his ultra-realistic sculptures of people in various ordinary activities. Some examples of the activities include shopping, cleaning, watching television, etc.
The process innovated by Duane Hanson usually utilized bronze sculptures or polyester resin, though he has used other materials as well. He would make casts from models for the various pieces of his sculptures, and he would then put them together, after which he would paint them by hand. In many of his sculptures, a different model would be used for different parts of the body.
Part of his process involved testing color combinations for the painted areas. In order to do this, Duane Hanson would create several 'test heads' upon which he would use different paint and color combinations to determine the most realistic and life-like combination, or perhaps simply the one he liked the best. Once he had created the perfect color combination, it would be used on the final piece.
One such test head is available on the website d-vers.com. It was a test head or sketch head created by Duane Hanson for the final piece titled "Fund Raiser." It was auspicious that this particular piece was given by the artist to a friend, as it might otherwise have been destroyed. The test head listed on d-vers.com is a very rare find.
In addition to being very rare in and of itself, this test head is the only sculpture by Duane Hanson currently available for sale. Most of Duane Hanson's pieces are on exhibit at museums around the world, or held in private collections. Collectors of Pop Art, and of art by Duane Hanson in particular, are quite fortunate to have this sketch head by Duane Hanson available to own.
Many other interesting pieces are listed on the website at d-vers.com, and new items are added often.
The process innovated by Duane Hanson usually utilized bronze sculptures or polyester resin, though he has used other materials as well. He would make casts from models for the various pieces of his sculptures, and he would then put them together, after which he would paint them by hand. In many of his sculptures, a different model would be used for different parts of the body.
Part of his process involved testing color combinations for the painted areas. In order to do this, Duane Hanson would create several 'test heads' upon which he would use different paint and color combinations to determine the most realistic and life-like combination, or perhaps simply the one he liked the best. Once he had created the perfect color combination, it would be used on the final piece.
One such test head is available on the website d-vers.com. It was a test head or sketch head created by Duane Hanson for the final piece titled "Fund Raiser." It was auspicious that this particular piece was given by the artist to a friend, as it might otherwise have been destroyed. The test head listed on d-vers.com is a very rare find.
In addition to being very rare in and of itself, this test head is the only sculpture by Duane Hanson currently available for sale. Most of Duane Hanson's pieces are on exhibit at museums around the world, or held in private collections. Collectors of Pop Art, and of art by Duane Hanson in particular, are quite fortunate to have this sketch head by Duane Hanson available to own.
Many other interesting pieces are listed on the website at d-vers.com, and new items are added often.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Ella Prakash and Kumi Ito presented by d-vers,com Online Gallery
Two very different contemporary artists have recently been added to d-vers.com. The first is Kumi Ito, a Japanese artist, and the second is Ella Prakash, a Bahraini artist.
Kumi ito's paintings represent individuals in traditional kimono garb, acting playfully. The scenes are peppered with small children, and they show many different aspects of life. All of her paintings though display an ideal fantasy world reminiscent of Old Japan, where children are happy and playful.
The scenes are generally outdoors, during a summer rain or on a spring day.
Kumi Ito invites the viewer into her idealized fantasy world through her excellent use of color and composition. Her palette features soft and gentle colors to evoke and enhance the pleasant mood of her paintings.
Ella Prakash is a Bahraini artist with a very different approach to her paintings. She creates cubist and abstract style paintings filled with loud and bright colors. Her artwork is abstract though also slightly representational, and it is when you are given the title of the piece, you begin to understand what the subject is.
Many of her paintings show cubist and abstract renderings of individual people and groups of people involved in activities, but some of her paintings can not be taken to represent any individual.
Ella Prakash has an excellent use of color in her paintings, and every color is placed in such a way that it conveys a certain mood. Her bright and lovely colors are evocative of cubist as well as surrealist paintings, though her paintings themselves cannot be considered surrealist.
These two artists are currently featured on the website at d-vers.com, along with several other contemporary artists presented by the same gallery, the A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery. The offerings of this gallery may be viewed here.
D-vers.com Online Gallery hosts many other artists and galleries in the Fine Art section of the site., which may be found by clicking here.
Kumi ito's paintings represent individuals in traditional kimono garb, acting playfully. The scenes are peppered with small children, and they show many different aspects of life. All of her paintings though display an ideal fantasy world reminiscent of Old Japan, where children are happy and playful.
The scenes are generally outdoors, during a summer rain or on a spring day.
Kumi Ito invites the viewer into her idealized fantasy world through her excellent use of color and composition. Her palette features soft and gentle colors to evoke and enhance the pleasant mood of her paintings.
Ella Prakash is a Bahraini artist with a very different approach to her paintings. She creates cubist and abstract style paintings filled with loud and bright colors. Her artwork is abstract though also slightly representational, and it is when you are given the title of the piece, you begin to understand what the subject is.
Many of her paintings show cubist and abstract renderings of individual people and groups of people involved in activities, but some of her paintings can not be taken to represent any individual.
Ella Prakash has an excellent use of color in her paintings, and every color is placed in such a way that it conveys a certain mood. Her bright and lovely colors are evocative of cubist as well as surrealist paintings, though her paintings themselves cannot be considered surrealist.
These two artists are currently featured on the website at d-vers.com, along with several other contemporary artists presented by the same gallery, the A. Jain Marunouchi Gallery. The offerings of this gallery may be viewed here.
D-vers.com Online Gallery hosts many other artists and galleries in the Fine Art section of the site., which may be found by clicking here.
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