Henrietta Harris

Portraits by Henrietta Harris with the added contortion of movement adding life and truth. 

Joan Dumouchel

"When I create figures, I inhabit them for a moment and I see myself living my emotions and my fantasies through them. It fascinates me... and it appears to me that this is the magical in creation." Joan Dumouchel
Joan Dumouchel's paintings have strong colour and emotion and are compelling in their haunting beauty.

Milt Kobayashi

Milt Kobayashi was born in New York and started his career as an illustrator. His paintings are startlingly personal and raw, and though calm, there always seems to be something of the survivor in his models, they all seem to be dwelling in their own thoughts and memories.

"For inspiration, I will memorize scenes, store them in my memory and then distill them down to the most important elements. It may be a shadow, a scene from a movie, or the way light hits the face of a stranger walking down the street. Relying on memory as opposed to copying a scene or event stimulates the creative process.
In this manner, you only reproduce what has stuck with you, that is to say, the essential ... your memories and fantasies are freed from the tyranny which nature holds on them." Milt Kobayashi

Christina Romeo

 

  

Bright portraits from Christina Romeo who's abstract work I featured last year. Christina's work has a sadness made more intense by the bright palette that she uses, her work is in mixed media and acrylic.

Hank Adams

Above: Pea soup+Beans+Juicy Juice+Maple Syrup+TJ's Stew+Washabi power 2005

Above: Peas+Polyurethane+Tea 2005

Below: T J's Truffles 2005

These works are not typical of Hank Adams blown glass portraits, they have an irreverent anthropomorphism that is endearing and warm hearted. If I had nightmares about my recycling, they would be populated by Hank Adams creations, and hopefully I would wake up laughing. I also love their titles, the worst recipes ever.

Amanda Blake

Amanda Blake's wonderful wee portraits, I love these photographs of them too.

Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada, Monumental Graffiti Artist

Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada is an extremely talented artist who chooses to draw on the side of huge buildings, it is very hard to draw on such a scale and I greatly admire his talent. He is a Cuban born artist who now lives in New York and Barcelona.

iri5 Music Heros from cassette tape

Top: Hendrix,

Middle: Bob Dylan,

Bottom: Jim Morrison.

Thank you Lizzy for finding these crazy portraits created from the innards of old cassettes. Just had a thought wouldn't they be great animated. They are by the talented Erika Simmons. http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=iri5&w=all&s=int http://www.iri5.com/