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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Soft Art by Hsiao-Ron Cheng
The strength of Cheng’s work lives in its restraint. The color palette leans toward blush tones, milky blues, and faded yellows, creating an atmosphere that feels tender rather than decorative. These are not colors used to demand attention. Instead, they invite a closer look. When you pause, the details begin to surface. Subtle textures, careful line work, and small compositional choices reveal a deeper emotional complexity beneath the surface calm.
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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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Geometrical Portraits by Boris Draschoff
“These are the central concepts of my artistic essence. The transformation of motives therefore is a clearing of reality through optical reduction and refraction of contents. In this way it allows each observer an exempt view on the essential marrow. In this connection my process follows strictly the etymological translation of the word kaleidoscope, which has its roots in the greek language and means ‘to see beautiful forms’.” -Boris Draschoff, Berlin, Germany borisdraschoff.com
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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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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.
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Ikenaga Yasunari – The Japanese Art of Nihonga Redefined
“Using the simplicity of Indian ink and linen canvas Ikenaga Yasunari has captured a simple serenity in the the faces of his female portraits.This calm sensuality is highlighted by the richness of their surroundings. Yasunari’s Japanese heritage has inspired a style of painting which is characteristic in his work. This ancient technique of Nihonga is a traditional Japanese art form using a Menso brush and ink. With this Yasunari has successfully captured an essence of the past with a pallet of muted tones , but has injecting a modern twist to each piece with his use of pattern and cloth.” source:
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Portrait Illustration by Jo In Hyuk
Jo In Hyuk’s portrait illustrations exist in a carefully balanced space between refinement and ambiguity. At first glance, the work feels composed and elegant. Pastel tones wash across faces with a lightness that suggests ease and control. Yet beneath that polish sits a sense of mystery that prevents the images from feeling decorative or resolved.
