New Artist Fair Feature - Mark Powell

Since graduating from Huddersfield University, in which he accidentally enrolled himself onto the fine art course (but haven't we all done that at least once), Mark has had shows across the UK and the US. His practice centers around his beautiful and detailed drawing, for which he will use a biro pen on paper or envelopes he finds, and the painting of whatever slips into his mind at any particular time. This can often seem abstract and unrelated, though this is never the case.

Mark will be displaying his fantastic art work at the New Artist Fair!

New Artist Fair Feature - Lisa Andrews

Lisa is a British artist with an established working studio in the gardens of her home. There she has covered a diverse range of subject matter and developed her expertise working in oil on canvas. However, it Lisa's my love of travel and the inspiration in the diversity of humankind that has led her to cover a range of fascinating studies from the media fuelled obsession with celebrity culture, to the calm reflective nature of the Dalai Lama.

Lisa only returned to painting 18 months ago after a 13 year gap. Her work has been reviewed by the Daily Mirror Art critic, Martin Newman, and she has exhibited with a number of respected international artists, including Mark Demsteader and Paul Lemmon.

See more of Lisa's work at www.lisajandrews.com  

Lisa is another artist showing her work at the New Artist Fair!

New Artist Fair Feature - Umit Koseoglu

Umit Koseoglu is a conceptual fine art photographer and multimedia artist from our very own bonny London. After recently graduating with a BA in Contemporary Media Practice from the University of Westminster, Umit has focused his work on ideas of identity, the body and the environment, creating large-scale photographic installations designed to raise awareness about contemporary issues. Umit is currently working on projects documenting the nature and society of Iceland.

‘Human/Nature’ explores the fragile relationship between humanity and the natural landscape. Inspired by current environmental issues occurring in Iceland regarding the sale of natural resources to foreign industries, and the destruction this has caused, these images merge the Icelandic landscape with the human body to promote nature as an important part of mankind, rather than a commodity to be exploited for financial gain. While this project is based on issues specific to Iceland, the underlying meaning is universal, and serves as a strong reminder to the rest of the world that even in modern society, nature is still an important force that should be preserved and respected.

To see more of his work visit www.umitk.com.

Umit is the first artist I've featured who I will be exhibiting with in the New Artist Fair in September. Visit www.newartistfair.com for full details! Exciting times :)

First artist feature - Otto Vincze

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Otto Vincze

Otto Vincze is a Hungarian artist from Slovakia, and he has been drawing all of his life. He went to study at Nyíregyháza in Hungary when he was 15, and while he was there he studied sculpture and anatomy. He also honed his ever developing drawing skills. These days he focuses on airbrushing, and uses charcoal and biro in much of his drawing work. His recent artwork studies dynamics, movement, the female form and trees. He says "My main theme at the moment is the female body in movement, which is turning to a kind of human tree." 

He has also done some lovely and quirky drawings looking at his impression of London buildings. 

Otto's work is fluid and unique, a beautiful combination of nature and man. 

See more of Otto's work (and say hello to him too!) by visiting http://vinczeotto.deviantart.com/

Photos from Oh! Oxford House Open Evening

There's my boy! :)

Lots of people were there, which is always a good thing (except maybe for whoever bought the crips and wine...)

Browsing through the booklet.

It's a really cool place to have art up, quirky yet simple.

Yes, I was a bit frazzled that day!

I heard these guys saying some nice things about my painting, I know it's silly but always nice to hear when someone likes your work :)

 Loads of different sorts of studies into people and portraiture, it was really interesting.

 

So there we are then! A great little show, and it's up till 30th August so wiggle on down to see all the great stuff!

Oh! Open Exhibition, Bethnal Green

So the Oh! Open Exhibition will begin on 7th July at Oxford House in Bethnal Green. I actually trotted along there yesterday to drop off The Parisian as part of the show. Going on the tube with a rather large canvas painting is certainly an interesting experience, especially on a Saturday. It does make you wonder sometimes as to why perfectly normal people can become so very awful as soon as it comes to getting a seat, getting on first, getting past everyone else. Sods.

But I digress, I did make it in one piece, and I got two cookies for my trouble! The lady who was collecting the art was very nice, and I think the show will look great. There will be loads of interesting artists, and I'm looking forward to the opening night on Thursday.

The Parisian