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I-Ming: Dragons

Ming is a Malaysian (of Chinese origin) artist and prominent art blogger, whose work you may find on 30dayartist and his art blog. His interests cover many fields of the visual arts, painting, illustration and comics to name just a few. To my mind, similarly to many artists who are and were actively involved in [...]

 
Jiddje Straatsma: Still Life with Footwear

It’s funny how a piece of art in one branch of the discipline can lead to ramblings on another, in a different branch. About a year ago I browsed videoart.net, a website dedicated to an eponymous offshoot of cinematic artistic expression, watched a few videos, and even registered. There are some stunning clips there, and [...]

 
Jiddje Straatsma: Landscapes

It may be hard to believe that these landscapes are contained each within an approximately 10×10 inches frame, but the reproductions before you are not very far from the actual size. I think that there are two different consequences to consider as a result: first, the artist creates a credible illusion of a generous spatial [...]

 
Jiddje Straatsma

Jiddje Straatsma is a Dutch painter and graphic designer who works in a wide range of genres, including landscape, still life and portraits, and publishes his work on the Internet on this website and this blog. Jiddje is outspoken about his hard work ethic and demanding self criticism; I would like to bring to your [...]

 
Jacquelyn L. Berl: Pointillist Pieces

I see these images as engravings of dreams. Pixelated and disintegrating dreams, they morph one into the other and then dissipate, dot by dot, until awakening. The pieces in front of us capture the last most vivid vision. In fact, this brings me to the notion that one possible way to recall dreams forgotten right [...]

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