Inspiring.

An accidental landing on a London art magazine's website led me to the discovery of some amazing and talented artists. Following are some of my favorites:

K.K. Kozik
"K.K. Kozik paints a series of personal havens where people create private retreats out of already existing rooms or work with what they've got. A woman paints a bucolic scene on the outside wall of her downtown apartment, a fella creates a personal space out of a leafy bower in an urban backyard. Another woman's world is her wall of books, while a quiet city couple have a polar bear for company. A window seat is created by putting up a plank between two trees, a stump for a handy table and a young woman takes a moonbath on the roof of her building. Kozik nails the feeling every time."

Kelly Tunstall

"Kelly Tunstall’s paintings and illustrations of tall thin young women are almost like fashion design sketches. Tunstall’s heroines (based on friends, family, stylish women she sees walking down the street) are all beautiful, sexy and ladylike, to better show off their glamour dresses, ballet wear or lingerie. Yet some do sport quirks as well, maybe two heads here or a pair of antlers or bunny ears there, just to keep things interesting."

Beatriz Milhazes
"The canvases of Brazilian Beatriz Milhazes are almost psychedelic in nature, masses of swirls and spirals and layers of tendrils and flora. The movement in Milhazes’ work is sometimes reminiscent of Spirograph drawings all grown up. Her technique is of note: Milhazes applies her shapes on thin plastic sheets from which she then transfers the images onto a prepared background of canvas, creating a transparent effect where some elements may be totally obscured. Concentric circles and vivid stripes add to the carnival of colours that make for an explosive festival of painting."

Gorgeous. JDM