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Erin Anderson’s Glimmering Portraits on Copper Sheets

Erin Anderson paints with oils on copper sheets, strategically using negative space to incorporate her surface's glimmering texture into her compositions. Her portraits are realistic and straightforward. But the copper swirls that envelop her subjects endows these ordinary people with a supernatural glow. Anderson etches the metal, giving it texture and a sense of movement . She states that she is interested in learning about the ways various elements of nature are connected and hopes to illustrate a similar, universal connection among her human subjects.

Erin Anderson paints with oils on copper sheets, strategically using negative space to incorporate her surface’s glimmering texture into her compositions. Her portraits are realistic and straightforward. But the copper swirls that envelop her subjects endows these ordinary people with a supernatural glow. Anderson etches the metal, giving it texture and a sense of movement . She states that she is interested in learning about the ways various elements of nature are connected and hopes to illustrate a similar, universal connection among her human subjects.

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Alvaro Naddeo, painting, Watercolor

January 24, 2018

Brazil native Alvaro Naddeo crafts intricate watercolor paintings that examine the consumption of the Western world through enormous, unlikely constructions. The artist, who has a background in advertising, has a particular knack for depicting discarded branded products. For some, his attention to detail and urban iconography likely recalls the work of Kevin Cyr, whose oil paintings have focused on graffiti-adorned vehicles.

Preview: John Wentz’s “Passages” at 111 Minna Gallery

111 Minna Gallery, John Wentz, painting, Passages

October 1, 2014

Hazy figures walk towards the viewer in John Wentz's new series of oil paintings, their faces muddled as if conjured from some distant memory or last night's dream. His solo show "Passages," opening alongside Mike Davis's "A Blind Man's Journey" (see our recent studio visit with Davis here), is set to debut at San Francisco's 111 Minna Gallery on October 3. Wentz's work is optimally experienced in person. Playing with new textures, he steers his figurative paintings further into abstract territory, breaking down bodies into their basic components and exaggerating the ways light dances on them. Wentz deliberately calls attention to the paint itself, allowing pigments to bubble and burst and scraping away fine lines with a pencil. The results are disorienting and poignant, reminding us of the ways our own memories can be distorted and altered.

Ben Smith’s Whimsical “Flux” Painting Series

Ben Smith, painting

July 1, 2014

Australian artist Ben Smith's take on portraiture is loose and impressionistic, adhering to the classical tradition of figure painting. Yet his latest series, titled "Flux," pops with candy-colored hues — the artificial colors that bleed into our lives by way of mass-produced products and media. The teals and violets add a playful quality to the work, accentuated by the surreal creatures he introduces into his whimsical scenarios. A miniature albino lion in one piece looks like it would make for an excellent viral pet video if it were a real animal; in another painting, a two-headed horse presents a perplexing and ultimately disturbing anatomical riddle. Tying together various threads in the world around him, Smith creates imaginative vignettes that engage the senses.

Jenny Morgan’s ‘SKINDEEP’ Explores 10 Years of Painter’s Career

figurative, Jenny Morgan, painting

May 29, 2017

Jenny Morgan’s honed blend of abstraction and realistic portraiture unlocks new paths to the personalities she paints. In a new survey of the past decade of her work, viewers can see how that sensibility evolved—and how she approaches giving the portrait treatment to celebrities, when commissioned by national publications. The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver hosts this exhibition, which runs through Aug. 27. Morgan created the cover for Hi-Fructose Vol. 39, and she was last featured on cctvta.com here.

Erin Anderson’s Glimmering Portraits on Copper Sheets

Alvaro Naddeo’s Intricate Watercolors Examine Waste

Preview: John Wentz’s “Passages” at 111 Minna Gallery

Ben Smith’s Whimsical “Flux” Painting Series

Jenny Morgan’s ‘SKINDEEP’ Explores 10 Years of Painter’s Career

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