Archive for December, 2010
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
Maria Surducan is a Children’s artist represented by Advocate Art.
When she was younger she went to visit a Salvador Dali exhibition, and spent the next year drawing Dali like images. So she is very inspired by the artistic expression of others. She also finds the work of Shaun Tan very inspirational, touching and profound with each read.
She describes her personal work as diverse, colourful and sometimes a bit playful and sometimes a bit dark. She believes that illustration in itself has the power to open unexpected doors and to go beyond the simple translation of the word into an image. This is what she hopes to achieve through her own illustration work, lending itself to different levels of understanding.
As well as illustrator, Maria is also a writer and is soon to have her first children’s book published in November.
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Murray Ince is a professional illustration artist represented by Advocate art – illustration agency.
Murray has been interested in Art ever since his first trip to the National gallery aged 10, saying that he was “awe struck by Constable’s ‘Haywain’ and has had a passion for landscapes ever since”.
Murray loves the English countryside and finds inspiration everywhere he looks. One of his favourite paintings is one of his most recent, a panoramic view of Dartmoor, looking towards Haytor with a broody, menacing sky, dappled light spotlighting the patchwork of fields and open moorland. He says that whilst looking at it “you can feel the wind blowing about your ears”. He is now painting a second in a series looking over the Widecombe Vale, this is Murrays favourite sort of scene to paint in oils whilst listening to some dramatic classical music like Tchaikovsky’s ‘Manfred’ Symphony or Rimsky Korsakov’s ‘Scheherezade’ truly magical, “a fantastic way to make a crust”!
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
Katherina Langer is an Artist and Illustrator represented by Advocate Art. After finishing her studies in Hamburg she began to illustrate children`s books while drawing numerous exclusive picture stories for the editorial department of ZEIT ONLINE, the online edition of the German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT. After years of being a graphic designer as well as a picture editor in which she held editorial responsibility for a constantly high level metaphorical language, Katherina created her own style of vector illustrations and photocollages.
The fast, dynamic and appearingly loose lines lovingly capture impressionist moments, letting the portrayed character emerge. Levels, which at first sight are unnoticed, subversively and profoundly permeate to the observer.
Katharina Langer works and lives in Berlin and Hamburg
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
Paul Finlay is a free-lance photographer represented by Advocate Art – illustration agency.
Paul’s photographs focus mainly on nature, such as the countryside, flowers and wildlife. In his spare time Paul enjoys the countryside and likes angling when he has time! Paul also enjoys music and movies and says his favourite film is the remake of Dawn of the Dead.
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Monday, December 20th, 2010
Sarah Horne is a British base freelance illustrator specializing in Children illustration, greeting card design and advertising.
Sarah was born in Stockport Cheshire in 1979 she grew up in Buxton, Derbyshire which had a big influence on her. She now lives in South East London working from Happiness at work studios in Wapping. Sarah’s Creative brother artistic grandmother and supportive parents were big childhood influences that lead her in to the world of art and design. Sarah studied at Falmouth College of Arts and Kingston University.
When asked about what drives her she said: A major driving force for me, is that I love the power of an image. The way it can communicate beyond the written word, bypassing our heads. The way images can stand alone, or simply enhance or add a new and fresh angle to text. Images for me, are incredibly exciting and I think, on a larger scale, very important to culture/society. On the other hand, a good cup of coffee will also keep me going… oh and maybe a borbon biscuit.
Sarah Illustration style combines dip pen and Indian ink with found texture and colour that is added digitally. Sarah has done work for Kew Gardens on there autum campaign called ‘Plant tastic play’ , Picture book Rhino ? what rhino pub and her book Hodder was recently read on Cbeebies lunchtime stories. She has also exhibited in Print House gallery in Dalston. Sarah is also a member of the Association of illustrators.
If you would like to see more of Sarah’s work please visit her online portfolio here.
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Friday, December 17th, 2010
Gary Stamp is a photographer represented by Advocate Art, Illustration Agency. Gary has completed several home courses with the Open University, as well as winning several small photography competitions at his local camera club in Dover.
Gary has always had a keen interest in photography and he is always inspired by the world outside, in particular nature and wildlife. Gary has two two favourite pieces of work: one is of Hastings Pier before the fire and the second is a Triptych of the various stages of a dandelion’s ‘life’ which was shortlisted to the final twenty in the triptych category of the Digital SLR Photographer of the Year 2010 competition, run by Digital SLR User magazine.
Post-processing images Gary likes to listen to 80s electro music, which helps him to absorb himself into the world of his photography and processing of images. For now, Gary is happy enough to photpgaph on his own doorstep but one day Gary would love to travel and take his camera around the world.
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Wednesday, December 15th, 2010
Katherine Kirkland is a freelance Illustrator who specialises in children’s and greeting card illustration. Katherine was born in California, USA where she grew up, moving to the UK when she was 11. From a child Katherine was obsessed by horses and liked to draw them constantly.
Katherine did a degree in 3D design at Middlesex University where she specialised in Metal work. Katherine then took up her pencil from the days of drawing horses and taught herself to be an illustrator. Here early influences where Norman Rockwell, Rembrandt and Holbein. Current influences are Emily Gravett and Rob Scotton. Katherine is driven by her passion for perfection she says she is always looking for that magical feeling that the image is working on all levels.
Katherine describes her work as very character based, creating personality from an animal or creating a new person on paper. Katherine works primarily in pencil and watercolour but she also uses pastel, coloured pencil and the computer to get the result she wants.
To see more of her work please take a look at her online portfolio here
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Saturday, December 11th, 2010
Diego Gisbert is a Fantasy Artist represented by Advocate Art, illustration agency. He has been inspired form the moment he was born, taking his love of drawing from the magic of the 80’s, with all those cartoons, comics and movies. This probably meant he started drawing before he could read and so the passion lives on.
Most of Diego’s personal work is completed in traditional media yet nearly all of his professional work is created digitally, as he loves to work for videogames, miniature companies, card games and many other fantasy/sci-fi projects.
Diego loves learning new things and follows the philosophy ‘ the more you lives the more you learn (and the better your painting gets!)’. He tries to say yes to all new experiences, especially those involving sport adventures and nature. He also loves cats. “Everything is better with a cat on your lap”.
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Friday, December 10th, 2010
Kay Burns is a free-lance greetings card artist represented by us at Advocate Art.
As a child Kay loved storybooks and the way that the illustrations really bought the ideas of magic and other worlds to life, so after gaining a 2:1 in graphic design at university Kay worked in advertising before moving on to product and greeting design.
Kay now works as a free-lance artist as it gives her the chance to explore different styles, with more room for personal expression. She works digitally but will be looking to dust off her paint brushes in the future. As for inspiration Kay takes something from everything and everyone.
For Kay the world of design is a fun place to be and she wants her work to reflect that sense of enjoyment.
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Ed Myer is a Manchester-born illustrator represented by Illustration agency Advocate art.
Ed is now living in London. After growing up in an artistic household, surrounded by other artists in the family, Ed studied ceramics at university but always continued drawing pictures.
As well as illustration, Ed likes travelling, playing computer ames and walking little ted (his Jack russell).
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Anita Romeo is an Italian based artist who specialises in illustration for Children’s publishing as well as greeting card design and advertising.
Anita was born in Varese, Italy where she grew up and still lives today, surrounded by lakes, mountains and nature. As a child she was influenced by her dad taking her painting outdoors, she also spent a lot of time drawing in schoolbooks, especially math’s ones.
Anita attended the High School of Art in her town and then went onto to get a degree in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Brera (Milano). Anita takes inspiration from Nordic design and 60’s cartoons, as well as being inspired by Klimt and Chagall.
Colour is the base of Anita’s artworks which she combines with her love for the precision of digital art. She likes to express happiness within her artworks. Anita firstly sketches with pencils on paper and then scans everything into Adobe Illustrator and redraws the artworks with her graphic tablet, sometimes finishing with some special effects in Photoshop.
If you would like to see more of Anita’s please visit her online portfolio here.
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Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Bojana Dimitrovski is a Serbian artist specializing in illustration for younger and older children’s publishing.
Bojana was born in Belgrade, Serbia where she grew up, during the 90’s she moved to Ottawa, Canada where she learnt how to use computer graphics, specialising in Vector illustration in 2001 moving back to her hometown.
Bojana has come from an artistic background; her great great grandfather was a fresco painter in the XIX Century who decorated Churches throughout Macedonia. Her Father is a painter and her mum’s major is in art history. She grew up surrounded by art books, canvases, brushes and easels that provided a great influence from a young age.
Her earliest training came from her dad she then enrolled at the high school of Design in Belgrade then going on to study at the Faculty of Applied Arts where she gained a Master of Fine Arts Degree.
Bojana spends a lot of time thinking and imagining then doing a rough thumbnail before taking moving straight to final whether it is watercolour or digital. She describes her work as realistic, precise, colorful and thought-through, at the same time stylized and idealised.
If you would like to see more of Bojana’s work please visit her online portfolio here:
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