Showing posts with label paintings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paintings. Show all posts

Monday, August 30, 2010

snap!



It's no secret I love art and I love to buy (affordable) art so we were lucky to be gifted a new painting when we got married. I'm lucky that L and I have very similiar tastes when it comes to aesthetics! Lucky me indeed. The painting is titled 'snap!' by Shane Bowden who was shortlisted for the 2010 Archibald Prize - good for him, and especially good for us! Shane is a self described 'New York schooled expressionist and action style painter'.


Shane Bowden has exhibited all over the world including Paris, New York and London and is collected by the likes of Cindy Crawford and The Killers. Which sounds rather cool but we were taken by this painting before knowing any background info!!

Shane Bowden paints under 5 different 'pseduonyms' to reflect his different styles of painting. Our painting was painted by his alias 'Maggnuss Larrsson'. He sounds like a real eccentric! Check out his bio here. If I could fill every wall in my home with art I would .. I just need more walls!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Aboriginal Art - Ninuku Artist

I love Aboriginal art, and have for some time so it's a wonder I only have one small piece in my home. I was inspired to show you some photos after Viv from ish and chi showed us photos of her new Aboriginal painting by Jeannie Mills Pwerl. What strikes me about Aboriginal paintings is the strong use of colour such as pinks and oranges. This painting is by Regina Ngamina Davidson, displaying rockhole's from Regina's grandmother's country.


This is definitely my style of Aboriginal art - the dots and the bright colours. I love the orange, the white and the hint of grey coming through really makes the orange 'pop'. I just wish I had more!