Albert Irvin

I must be in the mood for some highly saturated colour. These energetic, vibrant abstract beauties are by Albert Irvin (1922-2015)

"I could make paintings about the human condition, without having to put bits of humans beings in them." Albert Irvin 

Dahlov Ipcar III

Over 28 years ago Dahlov Ipcar became fascinated by the images she saw looking through a kaleidoscope and tried to achieve the same opticals affect in her art. She began to compose circles within circles creating dynamic colour and pattern. Over the next 23 years, she created fifteen circle paintings, each concentrating on a different animal theme. 

"I have always considered my Circle Paintings as special, I enjoyed the challenge of working out all the complications." Dahlov Ipcar.

Inez Storer I

"My work usually has an aspect of implied history, both through the use of the figure as well as objects that are a part of my "home" collections. The figures have a tendency to be slightly off balance, or passing from one reality to another. The absurd is of great interest, usually through the use of unconscious motivations. The figures can fill the landscape, either in a psychic way or in ways that are above gravity-pulled orientations. In using an imagined format of the surreal, I am able to work a more unreal world of fantasy. It does always seem like fantasy to me. There is often an attempt at an unrealized form of danger, close, in fact, to the real world...an emotional, sometimes physical precariousness. It seems to be a way of seeking clarity and identity through a parallel of sense of isolation. After all, I work alone in my studio almost every day."

Inez Storer

Himi Saito

I love these illustrations with their blocks of colour. Himi Saito seems to be absent from the web at the moment, I hope we can all see some of her new works soon.