Featured Artist of the Day: Anne Yvonne Gilbert

Anne Yvonne Gilbert

Toronto, Canada

Illustration 

"One of the most prolific and acclaimed illustrators practicing today, Yvonne Gilbert’s work runs the gamut from children’s book illustrations and postage stamps to posters and record sleeves. The richness of her imagination reflects her lifelong research and interest in the quality of materials and surfaces, from the familiar glint of an embroidered cloak to the soft, unblemished skin of an infant. Her exceptional sense of composition and design, together with her attention to proportion and detail, results in truly sumptuous visual representations of both real and imaginary worlds.

Born and raised in Northumberland, England, After lecturing full-time for 5 years Yvonne became a free-lance illustrator in 1978 since when she has worked with many of the major publishing houses and design-groups worldwide."

- From Gilbert's official website. 

Dracula 

Paradise Lost 

Sense and Sensibility

The Wild Swans

Mermaids

All words and images featured in this post are the creation and property of the artist, Anne Yvonne Gilbert.

For more information about this artist, please visit her official website, HERE.

Tempe Festival of the Arts is this weekend!

Tempe Festival of the Arts

April 5 - April 7

10 am - 6 pm

FREE

Located on Mill Avenue between 3rd Street and University Drive in Downtown Tempe

The Tempe Festival of the Arts consistently ranks among the Top 200 art festivals in the nation by Sunshine Artist Magazine and has received the prestigious Pinnacle Award from the International Festival and Events Association. 

As many as 400 artist booths line Mill Avenue and the surrounding streets presenting unique, and hand-made artwork that offers visitors a distinctive shopping experience. While the Tempe Festival of the Arts focuses on visual art and the artists who create it, there also is a wide variety of other activity for guests to enjoy. Live entertainment provides fun for festival-goers. Performances throughout the venue keep audiences in high spirits throughout the day. In addition to the Festival Stage, street performers, food and beverage vendors, sponsor exhibits, and entertainment booths are set up for the amusement of Festival visitors. Visit the Arizona Wine Festival for tastings and sales by the glass, bottle, or case. And, enjoy The Art of Beer featuring local microbrewery sampling and sales.

In addition to arts and entertainment, the Tempe Festival of the Arts offers support to the Tempe community. A portion of the proceeds raised at the Festival benefits local Tempe charities whose volunteers provide on-site staffing during the event.

- Excerpted from the Tempe Festival of the Arts website

Event Highlights:

400 Artist Booths

Arizona Wine Festival

The Art of Beer

Live Musical Performances

Food Vendors

Kid's Corner

For more information about this event, visit their official website, HERE.

or download a printable event program, HERE.

Featured Artist of the Day: Tuzhidao

Tuzhidao

Taipei, Taiwan

Drawing, Fashion, Illustration 

"I'm a Freelance Illustrator My area of expertise is watercolor,especially drawing woman's eyes.

I have always believed that fashion and art are integrated.

To be honest, I become anxious easily. Just like my works, I define a successful piece as being created in the limbo between anxiety and tranquility. If one were able to cease this indecisive swaying of the heart, a firm stability would be found. This feeling of stability may sometimes feel like a thorn in my side, but is also an integral part of me,

 Such is my definition of beauty."

- Bio From the Gartyu Fashion Illustration Website. 

All words and images featured on this page are the creation and property of the artist, Tuzhidao.

For more information on this artist, please visit their profile on the Behance Website, HERE.

Featured Artist of the Day: Quist Tsang

Quist Tsang

Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

Fashion, Graphic Design, Photography

"Quist Tsang began her career as a professional photographer in 2007.  Best known for her usage of vivid color combinations and high contrast,  Quist has photographed for many of Asia’s biggest marketing companies  and art houses in the last 5 years. In 2008, she published her first book “LADY LUMINANCE” with Asia One  Books. It was through  film photography that Quist had created her own style blending striking  colors with high contrast and saturation. Quist’s talent does not stop with photography, as she has directed, designed, and produced products with a local brand Zhenation."

- Bio from her official website. 

 

All words and images featured in this post are the creation and property of the artist, Quist Tsang.

For more information on this artist, please visit her official website, HERE.

Featured Artist of the Day: Lorenzo Vitturi

Lorenzo Vitturi

London, United Kingdom

Photography, Art Direction, Fine Arts

"Lorenzo Vitturi (Venice, 1980) lives and works between London, Milan and Venice. After graduating in photography and design at IED in Rome (2004) he has been on a two years residency at Fabrica, the Benetton centre for research in communication (2005-2007). Formerly a cinema set painter, Vitturi has brought this experience into his photography practice, which revolves around site-specific interventions in accurately researched locations. He uses photography to set the scenes of thoughts and ideas through the manipulation of space, following his projects from creative ideation to realization."

- From the artist's profile on the Behance Website

BMW

Anthropocene

Palladium Theatre

BMW

Neon Intervention 

All words and images featured in this post are the creation and property of the artist, Lorenzo Vitturi.

Fore more on this artist, please visit his official website, HERE.

Featured Artist of the Day: Hush

HUSH

Street Artist

"HUSH's origins as a street artist translate to his contemporary work. Inspired by the portrayal of the female form, the artist builds up and deconstructs layers of paint and images as he works. The result is an enigmatic synthesis of anime, pop-infused imagery and graffiti exposing the conflict between power and decay, innocence and sexuality and the fusion of Eastern and Western culture.

In 2011, HUSH launched the successful installation program and exhibition space, onethirty3, in Newcastle, UK."

- From his profile on the White Walls website

 

All words and images featured on this page are the creation and property of the artist, HUSH.

For more information on HUSH, please visit his profile on the White Walls website, HERE.