SUBTLE LINES AND HARD COLORS BY FRANCIS PIENAAR
by Ariadna Zierold Francis Pienaar is a visual artist based in Toronto. And that broad description is as specific as it will get. His illustration work is among the best we’ve seen in a while. But the...
View ArticleDISTORTED PORTRAITS BY EMLLY SMALLWOOD
by Ariadna Zierold Toronto based Elly Smallwood is a contemporary artist who focuses on expressive portraits. In her portraits, Smallwood explores the distortion of the face through movement and...
View ArticleCLOSE ENOUGH BY HUDSON CHRISTIE
by Ariadna Zierold Hudson Christie is a Toronto artist with a focus on editorial illustration and stop-motion animation. In “Close Enough,” harmless objects are misidentified as unsafe due to their...
View ArticleMELTED FACES BY BRIAN DONNELLY
by Ariadna Zierold Toronto based artist Brian Donnelly (previously featured here) uses turpentine and hand sanitizer to melt the faces of his portraits into rainbow rivers. Inspired by an interest in...
View ArticleQUIRKY ILLUSTRATIONS BY JENN LIV
by Ariadna Zierold Toronto based Jennifer Liu is an award-winning Chinese Canadian-American freelance illustrator. Occasionally she likes to print things in risograph and make comics. Her inspiration...
View ArticleSURREAL CREATURES BY KAYLA BUIUM
by Ariadna Zierold Kayla Buium is a young emerging artist from Toronto, Canada. She grew up in North York where her grandparents introduced her to the world of fine arts. Art was always her passion but...
View ArticleHUMAN FRAILTIES BY TONI HAMEL
by Ariadna Zierold Toni Hamel lives and works in Oshawa, a suburb of Toronto, Canada. She describes her work as “an illustrated commentary on human frailties“. Rooted in story-telling, her art...
View ArticleREINVENTED POP ART BY GARY TAXALI
by Ariadna Zierold Gary Taxali was born in Chandigarh, India and raised in Toronto, Canada. Taxali graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD). His retro stylized art is...
View Article‘REASSEMBLE’ BY BRIAN DONNELLY
by Ariadna Zierold Toronto based Brian Donnelly (previously featured here) is a pop artist and designer. His work includes repeated use of a cast of figurative characters and motifs. Donnelly expands...
View ArticleTHE AMAZING BRANDON CELI
by Ariadna Zierold Toronto based Brandon Celi’s (previously featured here) illustrative weapon of choice ranges from acrylic paint, the sharpie, and the classic pencil. Whatever the medium, these...
View Article‘A WHOLE NEW WORLD’ BY JAMIYLA LOWE
by Ariadna Zierold Jamiyla Lowe is a Toronto based illustrative artist who concentrates on drawing and screen printing. Her series ‘A Whole New World’ centers around five fictionalized civilizations...
View ArticleNew Sam Flores in Toronto
Sam Flores (along with Mike Giant) just showed some new work in Toronto this past Friday night at Uno, the Art Show. A nice new piece of work from Mr. Flores… a nice one.
View ArticleNew El Mac, Stare and Kwest Mural in Toronto
Renown muralist El Mac recently made his mark in Toronto, completing his first mural in the city. Commissioned by Eventscape Inc, the mural was completed in collaboration with Montreal artist STARE...
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