[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PopUp Painting’s ‘artist of the week’ is PopUp Painting team member Kieran Loftus. Kieran Loftus is a London based artist and illustrator. Kieran’s work focuses on imagery taken from nature and wildlife. The artist uses predominantly pencil and watercolours to create his figurative works. Kieran is a graduate from Chelsea College of Art. The artist is...
Category: Artist Spotlight
Artist Spotlight: Peter Doig
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PopUp Painting’s artist of the week is Peter Doig. Peter Doig is a Scottish painter, who is regarded as one of the most renowned living figurative painters. The artist was born in Edinburgh in 1959, however much of his childhood was spent in Canada and Trinidad. Doig creates figurative paintings that depict recognisable imagery such as buildings...
Artist Spotlight: Michael Craig-Martin
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PopUp Painting’s artist of the week is Michael Craig-Martin. Michael Craig-Martin is a painter and sculptor who was born in Dublin in 1941 and educated in the United States, where he studied at Yale University. During his time at Yale, the artist focused his work predominantly on sculpture, with Minimalism and artists such a Donald...
Artist Spotlight: Emily Snape
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PopUp Painting’s ‘artist of the week’ is PopUp Painting team member Emily Snape. Emily is an illustrator who makes children’s illustrations, illustrations for large companies, posters, story boards, cards, murals. Snape is graduate of Central St Martins and Bristol University and Kingston University. Emily creates work both digitally and traditionally and her practice spans across many...
Artist Spotlight: Horace Pippin
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]PopUp Painting’s ‘Artist of the Week’ is Horace Pippin. Horace Pippin was a self-taught African-American painter who worked in a naive style. The injustice of slavery and American segregation feature prominently in many of his works. The artist was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Goshen, New York. Pippin served in the 369th infantry in Europe during...
Artist Spotlight: Barbora Brezakova
[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css_animation=””]PopUp Painting’s artist of the week is PopUp Painting team member Barbora Brezakova. Barbora was born in Slovakia and is a graduate of Camberwell College of the Arts, UAL. Brezakova practice centres around painting and drawing. One of artists main concerns is the intensity of life experience and the investigation...
Artist Spotlight: Ibrahim el-Salahi
[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]PopUp Painting’s ‘artist of the week’ is Sudanese artist Ibrahim el-Salahi. Born in Sudan in the 30’s Ibrahim el-Salahi is considered a pioneer in Sudanese art and was a member of the “Khartoum School” (an international school in Sudan). He began studying art in the 50’s in Sudan and subsequently moved to London to...
Artist Spotlight: Lisa O’Donnell
[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css_animation=””]PopUp Painting’s ‘artist of the week’ is PopUp team member Lisa O’Donnell. Lisa O’Donnell is an Irish artist based in London. She studied her MA Fine Art at Central St.Martins and has a studio in North East London. O’Donnell’s practice predominantly takes the from of painting however she sometimes makes...
Artist Spotlight: Tom Veiga
Our Artist Of The Week this week is Tom Veiga! Tom Veiga is a Brazilian artist whose work centres arounds waves and curves, and features vibrant colours. He has been involved with art projects in 5 continents and across 25 countries. Tom describes his style on his website as “a very Brazilian style, bringing joy...