Gushing Over Weekly Art Inspo

Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940) was a French painter, printmaker, and decorator.

Keiichi Tanaami 1936-2024 is a Japanese artist known for his surreal and psychedelic works.

He created vibrant, dreamlike paintings and prints, often featuring skulls, snakes, and other symbols, reflecting his interest in psychedelia and counterculture. He also drew on his own memories of war from childhood and his brush with death after recovering from life threatening illness.

Tanaami explored various media, including animation, film, and sculpture, and collaborated with artists like Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg. He joined progressive artistic movements in Japan and enjoyed bringing his experience in graphic design into his work.

Maria Izquierdo (1902-1955) was a Mexican painter and one of the first women to study at the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts in Mexico City

Her paintings blended folk art, surrealism, and realism to depict vibrant, intimate scenes of everyday life, particularly focusing on women, children, and domesticity

Ivan Bilibin (1876-1942) was a Russian illustrator and stage designer, known for his style blending folk art, Art Nouveau, and Russian medieval influences

Blibin emigrating to Egypt and later Paris after the Russian Revolution and continued to work on illustration and design projects until his death in 1942

Ryan Mosley. British painter born 1980.

Domenico Morelli (1826-1901) was an Italian painter, primarily known for his historical and literary subjects.

Mixed media paintings, evoking intimacy, tenderness and contemplation.

Guido on her identifying with the surrealist movement; “I definitely have a predisposition to puns, to wander into the unconscious and to play with the hidden links between ideas and things…I love to explore human drives and play with desires, together with a little black humour.”

Obrahim El Salahi. b 1930, Sudan.

Blair Saxon-Hill. Contemporary North American artist from Portland, OR.

Dulcie Sharpe b1957.

“I was born at Hamilton Downs. My father and mother been leave me to stay with my sister Trudy. Then we came back to Jay Creek for school. Everyday after school we used to go swimming at Jay Creek. My grandmother taught me everything about culture; how to find honey ants, bush tucker, dancing, language. This made me strong.”