Decorated plein air watercolorist Joseph Zbukvic describes growing up on a small farm outside Croatia’s capital city of Zagreb as idyllic and reminiscent of a script for a romantic European movie.
“My fondest memory is that of my grandmother, who took me under her wing after seeing my talent for drawing—which I did on any flat surface I could find,” recalls Zbukvic. “She bought me my first sketchbook and some colored pencils. I’ll never forget it, and I shall forever remain grateful to her for spiritual guidance and wise words.”
Childhood visions of fieldworkers and horses toiling in the bucolic landscape continue to inform the timeless, atmospheric paintings he creates today, but rural landscapes represent only a small segment of the artist’s work. Attending university in Zagreb and later moving to the metropolis of Melbourne, Australia, where he resides today, Zbukvic developed an affinity for city life, explaining the prominence of historic architecture in his work.
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Dream-like Aura
There is something simultaneously haunting and beautiful about the paintings of Stephen Mackey.
Through the Mirror
It’s been said that art is a mirror for the person looking into it. The viewer sees themselves. Even when the subject doesn’t look like them, or is even human, or is even living. Artists may be painting very specific things from their own being, but the viewer can instantly rewire that to fit their lives with just one glance.
Epic Proportions
Grrowing up on a farm in West Texas, Michael Tole was perusing his family's 1956 Collier's Encyclopedia when the color plates of Baroque paintings caught his attention. Today, he paints inventive Baroque and Rococo figurative extravaganzas that look like they could be part of a Renaissance art collection.
Roadside America
This January, Altamira Fine Art will be hosting a solo exhibition for Scottsdale, Arizona-based artist Geoffrey Gersten.
Close to Home
For Spencer Simmons, 2018 was a milestone year. Only 24 at the time and a few years after earning a fine art degree from Arizona State University, Simmons won the Donald Jurney Traveling Fellowship which enabled him to paint and study in Europe for several months.
CASEY CHALEM ANDERSON A Love for the Land
New England artist Casey Chalem Anderson is captivated by the idea of place.
Face to Face
For well over a month, 33 Contemporary Gallery, in collaboration with 33PA, is hosting a group show at its Palm Beach County, Florida, showroom, that explores modern approaches to the timeless genre of portraiture. Opening January 9 with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m., and running through February 28, the show will feature 12-by-12-inch portraits by talented members of the PoetsArtists community. For those who can't attend in person, the exhibition will also be online on Artsy for its duration.
Fresh Energy
Art Palm Beach returns to Florida with a diverse range of contemporary art.
A Historic Tradition
Salmagundi Club presents the 148th annual exhibition of works in black and white.
B.C. NOWLIN & SHARI LYON Skyward
C. Nowlin is, and always has been, unapologetically true to himself. In high school, he got kicked out of art class because he insisted on painting burning buses to illustrate a school field trip.
