Alexander Jackson’s Respectful Portraits
Phosphor Art’s Alexander Jackson is best known for his portraits of pop-culture icons in his signature style which mixes hand-drawn and digital elements.
Artist Focus – Rebecca Jay
Rebecca Jay is an illustrator that mixes traditional draughtsmanship and modern techniques.
Corking Illustrations from Dave Hopkins
Phosphor Art’s Dave Hopkins recently illustrated two master cider makers both called Bob! Bob Chaplin and Bob Clark are the men behind Chaplin & Cork's - purveyors of fine Somerset Cider made at The Shepton Mallet Cider Mill.
Emily Tull Shortlisted for the Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize 2015
The Ruth Borchard Collection is the UK’s only public collection of self-portraits by British and Irish artists, with 150 works and growing. The Original Collection was the life-long project of Ruth Borchard, who built up a collection of 100 self-portraits by the most distinguished twentieth-century artists in Britain. The Prize offers a unique opportunity for new and established artists alike to compete for a £10,000 prize, and the chance for their work to be purchased for the Ruth Borchard Next Generation Collection. Emily Tull's portrait, which has been shortlisted, is from a series of hand-embroidered works of art.
Here's what she says about the work:
"In this series beauty and fragility are enhanced. Hand stitching takes the place of drawing, abstracting the subject, breaking down the features to a more vulnerable state. The thread 'melting' into the fabric representing delicate 'skin'."You can see her portrait "Fragility #2" exhibit along with other entries for the prize at Piano Nobile Kings Place,London until the October 9thEmily Tull is represented by Artist Partners
Sam Falconer – Scientist series
Whilst keeping in line with the same visual language as recent works, Sam produced an experimental series in portraiture that captures the broad achievements of these well known scientists.
After graduating in 2011 Sam has constantly pushed fresh subject matter into his work and for this series wanted to combine both style and substance as opposed to leaning solely on style. Sam’s commissioned work is predominantly non portrait so wanted to strengthen the portfolio and appeal to a wider range of clients.
Sam Falconer is represented by Debut Art