So a little bit late on this one, but the Featured Artist for August is now ready. Continuing the past few features of an interview and gallery, Jason Edmiston was kind of enough to answer some questions, and share some art. I would like to thank last month’s double feature artist, Joe Scarano. So head on over and check out the featured artists are for his work, and of course his interview in the archives.

Jason Edmiston Double Feature

Nimit Malavia has just opened an online shop and can be found on his homepage. This new shop is filled with 8 prints, most of which are on Hahnemuhle fine art rag paper, and limited to editions of 50. The store will soon feature, limited editions prints, screen prints, original artwork and much more.

Check it out: Nimit Malavia Store

Allison Torneros (featured) has just launched her newly designed website, and has filled the store with some new prints. The new website is clean, and very easy to maneuver around in. There are three new prints in the shop, “Lotus Blossom” which is 11″ x 14″ on fine art paper, “Reflecting on Peculiar Events” at 16″ x 22″, and finally “Nema Enters Slumberland” at 9″ x 24″.

Check out the site here: Allisontorneros.com

After hearing the news of Ryan August passing this last Saturday, Drew Millward stayed up all night an created an original painting to be auctioned off. The money will go to help Ryan’s family. It’s an amazing looking painting, and goes toward a great cause. The painting is 16.5″ × 23.4″ with a mix of brush pens and paint. The bidding has started over at Gigposters.com and will go till around Monday or Tuesday.
And remember, you can always donate some money via paypal here: ryanaugustdonation[at]gmail.com.

Bid on the painting here: Drew Millward Auction

Michael Shapcott has been super busy lately, and with this poor economy thats a good thing. He found some time to show some of the latest drawings he has created over on his new snazzy website. Michael’s pencil work has always been a part of his paintings, but being able to see just drawings with no added color is very cool. He is deciding on whether or not to turn these into paintings, I hope he does.

Check out his site here: Michael Shapcott Blog

Joshua Clay has said he was always anti-digital, and has stuck to using traditional mediums for his work. He recently entered a contest to make a propaganda poster for the new Starcraft 2 game, and turned his pencil sketch into a digital piece. If this truly is his first digital work, I can’t wait to see what it will look like when he really gets into the medium. To see the full digitally colored poster, and to even vote for the piece and show Joshua how much his work rules, head on over to his site.

Joshuaclayart.com

Glenn Barr will have a solo show entitled “Small Epic” at Roq La Rue this Friday, July 9th. Along with this new series of works, Glenn has also redesigned his homepage. His previous site was flash based, and while it looked snazzy it was not as clean and easy to use as this new design. The graphics of the page look as though they were plucked right out of Glenn’s sketchbook, and the store now gives you the ability to zoom in on the prints and see all the details. Head on over and check out Glenn’s new website, and keep your eye open for the gallery post his new works.

Glenn Barr Homepage

One of the the things I know many artists were excited about when the Ipad was announced, was the ability to use the device as a sketching/painting device. It would be nice and easy to just bring that thing around and quickly put down some ideas. David Kassan has a video that shows how powerful this tool can really be. Using a new app called “Brushes”, Kassan paints a 3 hour portrait and shows that in the right hands the Ipad can help artists create beautiful works of art, and play games and check your e-mail. Take a look at the video below. Makes me want to get an Ipad now, and be able to paint as well as Kassan can.

Gene Guynn has been releasing some images from a new series of paintings he has been working on. This series is entitled “Girl with Stars in her Hair”, and each one is 4″ x 6″, graphite with watercolor. The pieces are all for an upcoming show in Hong Kong that focuses on 4″ x 6″ works of art. I really love the look of these mixed media paintings, and hope that after this show Gene continues in this direction for a bit.

Check out the full series here: Gene Guynn Deviantart

John Larriva (previously featured) has added some new work to his homepage and etsy site. Along with new oil paintings, he has also released some sculptures. I have been a fan of his work since the moment I saw “Lithium Lynn.” Each of his paintings are filled with color, and the way he handles the paint is outstanding.

JohnLarriva.com
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