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Alicia Reyes McNamara creates ornate sculptures and paintings that weave elements of Latin American folk art and mythology into dreamlike, multi-layered works of art. Deeply influenced by her upbringing in a Mexican American community and her later travels throughout South America, Reyes McNamara explained that her Latina identity is a major focal point of her work. "[My] memories whether embellished, diluted, or sincere remain as truths in a history. I am interested in the fine line between…

Rather than considering paint as a liquid medium, San Francisco-based artist Chris Dorosz uses the traditional material as a unit of measure to form anonymous sculptural portraits. At first glance, the three-dimensional paintings read as abstract compilations of shapes, and only once the viewer looks head-on at the portrait does a human figure begin to emerge.Continue reading "Three-Dimensional Portraits of Suspended Paint Strokes by Chris Dorosz"

Like artists Paul DeSomma and Marsha Blaker, Denise Romecki finds inspiration for her sculptures in cresting waves. The big difference is that, while

Read Featured Artist Ken Nwadiogbu , an article from Artsy Shark, featuring this artist's mixed media art that focuses on social injustice.

To give a third dimension to his paintings, Xia Xiaowan didn't turn to sculpture, but started painting on glass pane to give it some depth. Once the

Japanese artist Shintaro Ohata places sculptures in front of paintings to combine different dimensions and create playful and dreamy 3D scenes, inspired by childhood memories and depicting the litt...

Richard MacDonald statue of two silks artists.

Fixated on a mythological depiction of nature, Japanese artist Ishibashi Yui sculpts feral children that appear to belong to another realm of reality. Pallid, hairless human bodies become fused with roots and vines, brought to life through a mixture of wood, resin, clay, wire and paint. Oftentimes, the figures appear imprisoned by the flora. In Then, It Returns Slowly, a pregnant woman's face erupts with flesh-colored growths that form a tree trunk. The character in Dream of 10 Billion Years…

Part painting, part sculpture. 100% amazing.