Phealls Phree’s painted portraits are striking, intimate, and unapologetically honest. Featuring women of color set against natural backdrops, the work celebrates beauty while embracing texture, imperfection, and process. These are portraits that feel lived in rather than polished for display.
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Guardians by Andy Freeburg
There is something quietly powerful about Andy Freeburg’s Guardians. At first glance, the series feels understated. Almost static. Women sit or stand in Russian art museums, positioned beside famous paintings and sculptures. They are not models. They are not performers. They are guards. Their job is to watch, protect, and remain unnoticed. Freeburg flips that dynamic completely.
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Portrait Paintings by artist Daniel Barkley
Artist Daniel Barkley explores vulnerability and masculinity in his striking series of portrait paintings. Each piece presents male subjects, often accompanied by a third element such as spilled paint or a drenching of other materials. These interventions feel both disruptive and deliberate, heightening the emotional tension of the work.
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Art by Justin Mortimer
From a body suspended by the neck to an unclothed consumed by encroaching forest fires, Mortimer’s paintings do not shy away from discomfort. The scenes are carefully composed, with precise attention to light, texture, and detail that amplifies the sense of unease. Each work feels like a glimpse into private torment, capturing confusion, vulnerability, and the darker edges of the human experience.
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Paintings by Artist Cristina Troufa
ristina Troufa’s acrylic paintings on canvas explore human interaction, everyday objects, and the interplay between the symbolic and the playful. Her work often captures moments of connection, conflict, or whimsy, translating them into compositions that feel both familiar and thoughtfully abstracted.
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Adam Tan Paintings
Color is handled with control. Palettes tend to feel smooth and cool, reinforcing the work’s composed atmosphere. Nothing feels loud or reactive. Instead, the surfaces feel considered, almost meditative. This composure allows the symbolic elements to resonate more strongly, as there is space for them to breathe.
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Artist Marilyn Minter, HD Oil on Canvas
Marilyn Minter’s paintings operate at a scale and intensity that often confuses the eye before it clarifies the mind. At first glance, her work reads as hyper-real photography. The surface is so sharp, so meticulously rendered, that the instinctive reaction is technological rather than painterly. What camera was used. What lens. What lighting setup. The revelation that these images are oil on canvas arrives slowly, and when it does, it reframes everything.
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Lauren Satlowski’s Creepy Fabulous Oil Paintings.
Lauren Satlowski’s oil paintings exist in the uncomfortable space between attraction and unease, where cuteness begins to fracture and something stranger takes over. At first glance, her characters feel familiar. Doll-like faces. Soft surfaces. Glossy eyes that catch the light just enough to feel alive. Then the details settle in, and the discomfort follows.
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Shae DeTar’s Colored Photography
Hand colored photographs by Shae DeTar, a mixture of a drugged 60’s and Dr. Suess. These day-dreamlike images capture you with their bold/pastel colors and unusually beautiful content. These are few of her ongoing series. source:
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Did someone throw paint on your bag?! No, Painted Accesories.
Remember Kim Kardashians painted Birkin? I do. It seems rediculs at first but the more you think about it it’s just another way of mixing art and fashion. We’ve always seen an abundance of clothing being painted, and in a ever evolving industry we are looking for new ways to say the same thing. Below are bags from Burberry Prorsum Fall/Winter 2014 Details, LFW. who incorporate this painted accessory trend. Do you find this trend ridiculous or uniquely stylish?
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Paintings by Guy Denning
French based artist Guy Denning creates artworks that dwell in the tension between despair and beauty. His figures are often captured in states of mourning or desperation, rendered with pastels that lend both softness and intensity to their forms. The works are immediately emotional, yet layered with ambiguity, inviting viewers to linger and interpret.
