Artist Dump - Oils
- artiwishimade
- Jan 19, 2018
- 3 min read
When I was in year 11 I tried to paint a pair of hand using oil paints and it was honestly an absolute train wreck and I haven't touched an oil paint since. Oil paints greatly intimidate me, which therefore means that seeing anyone use them with any kind of proficiency sparks in me a weird combination of awe and rage. Here are some artists I follow whose work both inspires me and makes me want to throw all my art supplies off a cliff.
Scott Listfield
Scott Listfield paints these beautiful paintings featuring an astronaut exploring different landscapes. He often includes classic and contemporary pop-culture references in the landscapes which I love, plus loads of topical imagery. The astronaut wanders alone in seemingly futuristic and post-apocalyptic scenes, which according to Listfield's bio represent the present, and how our present is represented in popular sci-fi.
Tripod 1 (2017); 20 x 16 in; oil on canvas
Orca (2016); 20 x 16 in; oil on canvas
Make America Again (2016); 20 x 30 in; oil on canvas
Secretariat (2017); 12 x 12 in; oil on canvas
Emma Hopkins
Self-taught (self-taught!!!) Emma Hopkins specialises in portraits focusing on the glaring reality of the human body and mind. Painted with stunning realism and detail, Hopkins' paintings have a kind of raw power. They are unflinching and beautiful representations of her subjects.
LUCY; 100 x 70 cm; oil on cotton
GERI MORGAN; 150 x 100 cm; oil on polyester
ANNE BATES OBE; 123 x 78 cm; oil on polyester
Matthew Grabelsky
Beautifully marrying realism and surrealism, Matthew Grabelsky's paintings fill me with joy every time they pop up on my Instagram feed. Painted with extraordinary skill, Grabelsy's works portray the nonchalant mundanity of every day New York life, but also inject into it a kind of beautiful whimsy. I recommend looking at the all for a long time, there are a lot of details that jump out at you the more you look. Honestly, I would love these paintings even if the subjects had their human heads.
42nd Street; 91 x 91 cm; oil on canvas
South Ferry; 41 x 51 cm; oil on panel
68th Street; 41 x 51 cm; oil on canvas
Van Cortlandt Park; 41 x 51 cm; oil on panel
Anthony Waichulis
This guy blows my mind. He just blows it away. When I first came across his work I genuinely thought he was a photographer of some sort. Waichulis is a contemporary trompe l'oeil painter, a modern master in a style of painting that aims to deceive the eye of the viewer and make objects depicted in the painting appear in 3D. It works, and it trips me out.
Well-Played; 13 x 19 in; oil
212; 10 x 8 in; oil
The Recipe; 20 x 16 in; oil
Ancora Imparo; 12 x 9 in; oil
I do just want to reiterate that these are PAINTINGS. Every element of these images - the shadows, the way the light hits the objects, the folds in the papers, the scratches on the chalkboards - are made of PAINT by a HUMAN BEING. Please do visit this guy's website, you'll find a whole collection of paintings that will make you feel inadequate and untalented. You're welcome.
Samantha French
You know that feeling of slipping into a cool pool on a hot day? That relief that comes when the water flows over your heated skin, and when you eventually dip your head under, that strange combination of total isolation and utter freedom. Looking at Samantha French's paintings makes me feel like that. Her current works explore her own memories of childhood trips to tepid lakes, her nostalgia over lazy summer days. I find her paintings really special. They are peaceful, colourful depictions of happy summer scenes. They're also really massive, if that adds anything.
Breakthrough II; 82 x 104 in; oil on canvas
Lagoon Verde (2015); 57 x 64 in; oil on canvas
Rise Up; 54 x 64 in; oil on canvas
Palm Springs; 42 x 56 in; oil on canvas
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