The Recent Experimentations of Paul Cristina

Combining oils, charcoal, and paper mounted on panel, Paul Cristina crafts riveting and disconcerting figurative portraits. Though he uses drawing as his foundational practice, the process of creating these works is one of both deconstruction and reconstruction. The above work is currently featured in a group show at Booth Gallery.

“In this recent body of work, Cristina was influenced by the idea of how we are often indoctrinated in various ways throughout our childhood, adolescence and into our adult life,” Beresford Studios said last year, of the work featured in the video below. “Some methods of indoctrination are more obvious and have become normalized or trivialized within daily routine, while others remain rather harmful and discreet.”

Find more of Cristina’s recent work on his site.

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drawing, Mixed Media, Paul Cristina

Charcoal, drawing, graphite, Hyper Realism, Samantha Wall

July 11, 2014

Portland-based Korean artist Samantha Wall draws perceptive representations of women who exhibit a range of emotions and attitude. Her experience with ‘multi-raciality’ between living in Korea and now the United States inspired her latest drawings, “Indivisible” but it has roots in her previous works. Her simple yet profound drawings are the result of her own experiences and feelings. Emotional desire creates moments of hyper awareness, a characteristic specific to human nature. Wall believes that how we position ourselves in the world directly relates to our bond with others. Read more after the jump.

Firelei Baez’s Stirring, New Meditations on Femininity

figurative, Firelei Baez, Mixed Media

December 15, 2017

Firelei Baez blends an array of techniques and materials to explore culture and femininity. Often using the figurative form as a base, she subverts the viewers’ expectations by implementing several textures, patterns, and materials. The artist says that her massive, meticulously crafted works on paper are "intrinsically indebted to a rigorous studio practice." Baez was last mentioned on HiFructose.com here.

Constantine Lianos’ Surreal Drawings and Paintings Illustrate Inner Conflicts

Constantine Lianos, drawing, painting

May 14, 2015

Though Athens, Greece-based artist Constantine Lianos creates mostly figurative work, he insists that it in no way is meant to be realistic. Instead, his dark, monochromatic drawings and paintings are created entirely from his imagination. "The painting process is for me the ultimate introspection process, where the rational and the emotional are inseparable, where the method meets the random," writes Lianos in his statement. Sometimes humorous and sometimes disturbing, each character in his work appears preoccupied with an internal struggle that Lianos illustrates in unexpected ways.

Hueman Offers New Paintings in ‘Veiled Intent’

Hueman, Mixed Media, painting

September 8, 2018

The mixed-media paintings of Hueman return with a new show at Mirus Gallery. "Veiled Intent" collects works crafted with acrylics, spray paint, and stretched fabric. The artist says that figures in this series are "merely shadows or ghosts." Hueman was featured in Hi-Fructose Vol. 43.

The Recent Experimentations of Paul Cristina

Samantha Wall Draws Portals to the Human Psyche

Firelei Baez’s Stirring, New Meditations on Femininity

Constantine Lianos’ Surreal Drawings and Paintings Illustrate Inner Conflicts

Hueman Offers New Paintings in ‘Veiled Intent’

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