Scroll Paintings by Hadieh Shafie

Hadieh Shafie was born in Iran and immigrated to the United States in 1983. Shafie works in a variety of media. A constant element of Hadieh’s work is the significance of repetition, process and time. To create her scroll pieces, Shafie marks strips of paper with texts both hand-written and printed in Farsi and rolls […]

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Paintings by Charmaine Olivia

These striking portraits are painted by Charmaine Olivia. Charmaine’s work is both soft and stunning, as she turns the idea of sexiness on its head. She shows us her wide range of styles, though Charmaine is a self-taught artist. At first she started making mini masterpieces using soy sauce on napkins when she was about […]

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Lola Guerrera: Nebula Humilis

Spanish photographer Lola Guerrera has created colorful smoke explosions called ‘Nebula Humilis’. She chose the deserts of Mexico to make her series. While bringing a sense of enforced silence to the area, the new interaction with the desert has overridden the Mexican people’s spiritual conception of this once-sacred place. The colorful shapes remind the viewer of both the […]

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Painted Women by Alison Blickle

Alison Blickle is an American artist. Her work is about “attaining unattainable experiences and connection.” The oil paintings combine classical portraiture techniques and the landscape painting with a modern sensibility. She paints sensual women with nature components on their naked body.  The women confront the viewer with their classic beauty, framed by warm-toned or dark […]

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