Banksy

One of our favourite artists is Banksy. Some of you may be familiar with the graffiti artist who’s works are as sought after as the man himself.

The maverick street artist has kept the public guessing over his identity for many years, despite his artworks selling to the likes of Brad Pitt and David Beckham. Much plagiarised, his work has drawn critical and public approval and banksy-esk style artists are all around. Thought to be Robert Banks from Bristol is about as much as anyone really knows, although many claimed photographs have emerged. With his anti-capitalist and anarchist views and images, Banksy has the incredible effect of making us smile and then making us think, think hard and consider the image.
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David Jon Kassan

In an earlier post we brought you the iPad painting talents of David Jon Kassan. Now it’s time to see his true talents.

David is an American artist from Brooklyn and his works are some of the best art we have witnessed for many years. Look at the image again, as the first time you may have thought this was a photograph, well it is not.

David’s works have the ability to paint stories, all be it stories which you create. His work has a habit of feeling like it has got to the very bottom of the subject’s soul and found what he needs.

Immersing himself into his subject seems to allow him to allow us all to relate to the work, feel as if we know what the person is thinking, incredible.

A recent quote from David says

“Drawing is more than a medium, it is a concept”.

To see some more of this artist’s work log onto davidkassan.com

The Art Of iPad Painting

As some of you know we live and breath all things Apple and this is something that just blows us away! The future of art we don’t think but just enjoy a creative at work with a modern twist.

David Jon Kassan is an American artist from Brooklyn who’s work is something that we admire greatly. It is art at it’s best, in our opinion. David has the ability to make you take a second look, for you to imagine you are looking at a photograph, but what he does best is get deep into the souls of the subjects. Each and every piece tells you a story. Granted it is a story that you, yourself write, but I believe there lies the beauty in what he creates.

We will bring you some more information on this exciting artist in upcoming posts.

For the moment just enjoy a video that demonstrates that with a little help from technology we can all be artists. Or at least try. Enjoy.

A Scottish Banquet

We recently had the pleasure of spending a relaxing couple of days break at Cameron House on Loch Lomond, yes we are sometimes good to ourselves. Refurbished in 2008, we sat at dinner and were amazed by the mural gracing The Cameron Grill.

A Scottish Banquet scene was commissioned in 2008 and the detail is incredible. A closer look, we felt something seemed unusual. Our highly knowledgeable waiter told us to take a closer look. All the male subjects within the mural are in traditional Scottish dress, with the females all wearing modern clothing, something to reflect the hotel’s history and now modern approach to hospitality. Produced by the highly talented mural artist Gary Myatt, the piece is a perfect reflection of a truly perfect place.

We will bring you more details of this exciting artist in future posts, but in the meantime you can view more of his work by visiting garymyatt.com

Odds On Favourite To Be Unique

The image you see above has been created by an artist dubbed the bookmaker’s Botticelli. Ade Foord started to doodle on Bookmaker slips at his local betting shop while he waited on the next race. This immense talent was noticed firstly by staff at the Tote Bookmakers in Essex which Ade was a regular. Most of the works depict his view of a music album, a book or a movie and each uses up about 35 bookies pens.
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