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Palette knife and oils

03/28/2013 by chicquero

Leonid Afremov (born 12 July 1955 in Vitebsk, Belarus) is a Russian–Israeli modern impressionistic artist who works mainly with a palette knife and oils. He developed his own unique technique and style which is unmistakable and cannot be confused with other artists. Afremov is mainly known as being a self-representing artist who promotes and sells his work exclusively over the internet with very little exhibitions and involvement of dealers and galleries. The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude. Friedrich Nietzsche […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, artist, arts, artsy, beautiful, colorful, illustration, impressionism, knife, Leonid Afremov, modern, oil, paint, paintings

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Playing with light and paint

09/15/2012 by chicquero

The Liquid Light series of world renown fine art photographer Howard Schatz is pretty impressive. Studying the human body as a canvas while playing with light and paint, can bring some pretty unexpected results. His photographs are exhibited in museums and photography galleries internationally and are included in innumerable private collections. He has made extraordinary images for such advertising clients as Escada, Sergio Tacchini, Nike, Wolford, Etienne Aigner, Sony, Adidas, Finlandia Vodka, MGM Grand Hotel, Virgin Records, Pantene, and Mercedes-Benz. It is the city of mirrors, the city […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: arts, body, color, fine art, Howard Schatz, light, liquid, naked, nude, paint, photography, woman

Splash, drama & windows.

09/01/2012 by chicquero

Lanvin presents its new Splash installation, shockingly showcasing its Fall 2012 collection . This stop-you-in-your-tracks visual display is “awash with bursts of colors, fountains of paint, and bodies in motion,” states the trailblazing maison. This fresh setup uses color as a tool to deliver a dramatic shock factor. Tones of rich emerald green, raspberry red, and bluebird blue are splashed over mannequins in not-often-seen contorted positions, for a combination that definitely makes a scene. It depends on where you put the […]

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: brand, designer, dramatic, fashion window, Lanvin, Lanvin fall 2012, mannequin, paint, Paris, rich colors, splash, window display

My face is a white canvas..

05/23/2012 by chicquero

An excellent series of self-portraits by young photographer Andy Alcala, which consists of face paintings based on the works of iconic artists, creating a smashing response in the art community. In a series he calls “Face Artists”, he has repainted famous paintings on his own face in a fantastic display. “This series of images was created to show art at face value, It was also a way to put a face to the artists of many of the famous works of art […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: andy alcala, art, artists, arts, artsy, canvas, creativity, face, famous, iconic, paint, paintings, photography

Why so serious? It´s make-up!

02/09/2012 by chicquero

ZOREN GOLD & MINORI (aka MI-ZO) is a collaborative photographers and directors unit. German photographer, ZOREN and Japanese graphic artist, MINORI met in LA and started their collaboration together in 2000. The duo has been based in LA, NY and Tokyo. They work in art, fashion and commerce. Now, live and work in LA. A clown’s makeup and character, that’s all he has to sell. He loves and believes in that character. Emmett Kelly >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Beauty meets […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: arts, beauty, face, Fashion, make-up, metallic, mi-zo, minori, paint, photography, zoren gold

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Modern Camouflage!

01/31/2012 by chicquero

Cecilia Paredes was born in Lima, Peru. The photography of Paredes constitutes and attempts to demonstrate that the body of the women – her own body – is a sacred zone, not profane, to restore its perception as something miraculous amidst the technological chaos that currently surrounds us. Cecilia is interested in using art to explore the boundaries of nature. As a photographer, she often uses her own body as a medium for presenting a dialog between the spirit and […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, artist, background, blend, body, body paint, camouflage, cecilia paredes, cool, make-up, paint, painted, photography, prints, wall, wallpaper

Beauty meets art.

12/27/2011 by chicquero

Alexander Straulino for sure knows how to take a beauty shoot to the next level… totally thinking outside the box with the elements he has been using to acomplish his work such as dust, liquids, paint, newspaper just to mention a few! He understands beauty in a very particular way where beauty meets art. Faces turn out into real masterpieces! “Straulino’s pictures are unique. With his eagerness to experiment and his courage to try new things he partially alienates pictures so that […]

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: Alexander Straulino, artistic, beauty, beauty shoot, dusty, editorial, elements, innovative, make-up, models, newspaper, outside the box, paint, portfolio

Charm is a glow, specially in the dark

12/14/2011 by chicquero

Glow in the Dark Super cool editorial from the italian brand Replay, photographed by Guillaume Kayacan in 2009. I’ve been to a glow party like that before, and that’s what I like about this shoot. I remember everyone jumping around in a great glowing vibe. Great memories, too bad I had to throw my entire outfit in the trash (it was worth it tho), I had paint in my brain. Check it out some pictures I find absolutely brilliant. Hipsters, glow in the […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: art, campaign, club, dark, Fashion, glow, guillaume kayacan, neon, paint, party, rave, replay

Color me rainbow!

12/09/2011 by chicquero

Mark Mawson is a London/ Sydney based photographer who really has a very cool and particular understanding of digital photography under water not to mention how he uses color (OMG, it’s sick!). This series is called “Aqueous Fuoreau” and it’s about different shapes, shades combined with a fabulous splash of vivid and kinda neon colors of ink that floats… dances… falls perfectly in the water. It’s so fun to stare at this rainbow-ish and major artwork! Happy Friday! “I know […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: artwork, color, colorful, cool, cool shades, cool shapes, digital photography, ink, Mark Mawson, paint, under water

We still talk about cassettes & diskettes!

10/24/2011 by chicquero

Creative and super talented Nick Gentry is a British artist that graduated in Central St Martins (so jealous!) and has his work exhibited in the UK, USA and Europe. As part of a generation, I mean, our generation that grew up surrounded by floppy disks, VHS tapes, polaroids and cassettes, he is inspired by the sociological impact of a new internet culture. His portraits combine pretty old media formats, making a comment on waste culture, life cycles and identity. Using […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: art, arte, artista, british artist, canvas, cassettes, cd, Central St Martins, culture, diskettes, disks, draw, eco art, Europe, exhibition, floppy disks, geek, geeky, go green, green, internet culture, media formats, nerd, Nick Gentry, paint, photo-fits, polaroids, pop art, portraits, social media, St Martins, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable art work, sustentabilidade, technology, UK, USA, VHS, VHS tapes, waste

Smurfland or Blue Man Group in a Klein Blue?

10/21/2011 by chicquero

Phil Poynter is a fashion photographer working between London and New York. Recent projects include advertising campaigns for Prada, Louis Vuitton, Alexander McQueen, Lacoste, just to mention a few. This editorial was shot for PonyStep and it’s called “Monotone Symphony”. Mr. Poynter was inspired by the french artist Yves Klein who had his artwork spreaded out during the 2nd World War. Yves Klein owns a singular style of monocromatic colours interferences, specially speaking of his signature Klein Blue, which is […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: art, artist, blue, blue klein, Blue Man Group, body paint, cello, color, colour, editorial, french artist, klein blue, models, monochrome, monocromatic, monotone symphony, naked blue bodies, paint, Phil Poynter, photo shoot, photographer, photography, PonyStep, smurfland, smurfs, symphony, violin, Yves Klein

Color Blocking is not for amateurs..

09/17/2011 by chicquero

Conor Cronin They like to say that Color blocking is the mix of large chunks of color, Cronin sets the bar for color block. Love his way to paint solids in an interesting shoot. The statement is colorful, loud and artistic. We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: art, arte, color blocking, colors, conor cronin, culture, Design, designer, Fashion, Moda, paint, photo, photography, tendência, trends

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