Gorgeous paintings of women, full of lusty volume and sensual detail by Kris Lewis.

The artist's website link is here.

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Stumbled on these strange, somewhat stilted photos by Victor and had to share. They have a cold, odd way about them but at the same time capture the humanity of their subjects. I love the simple environments they are part of, the bottom line of the human situation. Surreal yet real - they are postcard documents of each character, interesting and pleasing and so American in their focus.

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Mercedes Helnwein draws dynamic and fetching large colored pencil portraits with a sixties retro feel to them. They are wonderful. She has a new show up in LA right now which I wish I could visit. 

ARTIST LINK

Here is a link to a photo of a piece in progress, you can get the sense of scale really well. (via HiFructose)

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Gavin Nolan is a contemporary Welsh artist. Born in Cardiff, he was educated at Loughborough University and The Royal Academy of Arts, London. He has had solo exhibitions in London and Los Angeles. His 2010 show at Charlie Smith gallery featured portraits of celebrity suicides. He was one of the founding members of Rockwell Gallery in Dalston, London, which was from 2002-2007 an influential artists' run space.

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Dirk puts hyper realism on the map. Working in pastel and graphite, he captures every human imperfection in perfection. The beauty of the real as opposed to the glossed over images thru-out the media today. Some are so outstanding, one would swear they are photographs!

Artist's site: http://www.dzimirsky.com/works/works.html

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Just love Travis' stuff. From a blurb on Amazon about his book-


"Travis Louie's paintings come from the tiny little drawings and writings in his journals. He's created his own imaginary world that is grounded in Victorian and Edwardian times. It is inhabited by human oddities, mythical beings, and otherworldly characters who appear to have had their formal portraits taken to mark their existence and place in society. The underlining thread that connects all these characters is the unusual circumstances that shape who they were and how they lived. Some of their origins are a complete mystery while others are hinted at. A man is cursed by a goat, a strange furry being is discovered sleeping in a hedge, an engine driver can't seem to stop vibrating in his sleep, a man overcomes his phobia of spiders, etc, . . .Using inventive techniques of painting with acrylic washes and simple textures on smooth boards, he's created portraits from an alternate universe that may or may not have existed."


Travis Louie site:http://www.travislouie.com/

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For the first post, had to start with Dali... 

This is a portrait of Mae West.

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