Contemporary Art Blog
Mike Egan spent years juggling college, mortuary school, and funeral directing while painting on the side. In 2005, he had a realization: what if he painted the way he used to make block prints? Bold, graphic, heavy linework. That single shift...
We sat down with San Francisco-based artist Sandra Yagi to discuss her journey from corporate finance to full-time artist, and how contemplating mortality transformed her work from traditional landscapes into richly symbolic paintings populated by...
Jel Ena grew up surrounded by art. Raised in Belgrade, Serbia by a painter father and painter mother, she came to the work not as a choice but as an inheritance, and eventually, an inevitability. After relocating to Los Angeles in the '90s, her...
Paul Jach has spent over two decades quietly doing what most artists only dream of: building something real while never losing the thread back to making. A New Jersey art teacher, gallery founder, community organizer, and now a sculptor whose work...
After years of chasing the wrong styles and subjects, Paine Proffitt finally gave himself permission to paint what he actually wanted. Nine years ago, he walked away from a futurism style he'd nearly perfected to embrace the whimsical, gothic, and...
As founder of PxP Contemporary, Alicia Puig has built her business around filling two critical gaps in the art market: giving emerging artists their first exhibition opportunity while offering collectors accessible entry points under $5,000....
Norwegian artist Susann Brox Nilsen turned rejection from art academy into determination, proving formal education isn't necessary for success. After cancer paused her practice in 2018, she reinvented herself—abandoning oils for mixed media and...
In a world that often feels too heavy, some artists choose to build their own—one filled with cryptids, vibrant colors, and the kind of wonder we forget to look for as adults. Lorena Eliasen is one of those artists. Born in Ecuador and living in...
Where Are You From? Currently residing in San Diego, California. I grew up in the Chicago suburbs. The difference in culture and environment is radically different. Moving out of the Midwest helped to open my eyes and fueled my creativity. I've...
What materials do you typically work with, and how do you choose them for each project? My go-to material for sculpting is foam clay; it's a lightweight clay which is so versatile. It feels like you can be really imaginative with it and create...
Where do you long to live (reality or fantasy)? I would love to live in the wild somewhere, in a forest, at the foot of a mountain, or by a river. I've always felt at home in the highlands of Scotland so maybe somewhere like that, with great...
Ten Yetman, a Winnipeg-born visual artist whose vibrant and surreal work explores cultural expressions of death and immortality. Influenced by her years in Mexico City and Japan, her paintings fuse bright, playful colors with eerie, dreamlike...
