Category: Paintings

A Brief History of Color in Art… and poisons!

A Brief History of Color in Art THE ART GENOME PROJECT BY SARAH GOTTESMAN MAY 20TH, 2016 9:19 PM Artists invented the first pigments—a combination of soil, animal fat, burnt charcoal, and chalk—as early as 40,000 years ago, creating a…

JO goes Public – Public Art that is…

JO FineArts is pleased to anounce that JO students will be working with Artist Renée Van Halm, to paint the facade of the VPL on Fraser street! Vancouver-based artist Renee Van Halm was commissioned by the South Hill (Fraser Street) Business…

GHOSTLY FIGURES IN RUINED BUILDINGS

There is something so effective yet simplistic about these paintings which describe a haunting memory of a people forgotten… Photographer Xenmate (his works can also be found here) finds ghost buildings where the walls have been artistically redecorated, animated with ghostly figures…

To die will be an awfully big adventure

I came across this intalation work by Högni Valur Högnason from Reykjavik,  a Icelandic based artist and just thought WOW, they definatly achieve that ‘Ooziness’ of mortality and bodyness that we all have and is gently seeping away day after…