ART | ISABEL YELLIN

One's interest in art is deeply personal. You may be drawn to something that another is repelled by or vice versa. Love it or hate it, you don't really need a reason. Art just needs to make you feel something. The most important thing is to let yourself be lead by emotional. Maybe the meaning will come later, maybe it wont?

In this world we need to keep surrounding ourselves with art. In our Art series we will introduce you to some artists we have discovered and love.

Artist : Isabell Yellin

Born : New York City 1987

Currently Resides : London UK

Born and raised in New York, Yellin moved to London in 2013 to pursue an MFA in painting at the Royal College of Art.  Having just completed her second solo show at Vigo Gallery, her new works occupy a space between painting and sculpture. They are begging to be touched, fondled almost. Is it soft? Is it hard? You don't really know until you are up close. And you really need to get up close to see it for all its simple complexity. Much like us humans I suppose?

“They’re skin and bone, but they’re synthetic, the fake version of it. They’re body-like, but they’re also completely foreign. They’re square and rectangle like a painting should be, but they’re also sculptural. They contradict themselves. They’re uncomfortable.” - Isabell Yellin

 

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ART | Lisa Daria

Diagnosed with cancer at a young age, Lisa Daria started painting; one picture, once a day, every day. Five years later, she's still painting every day, inspired by the things she sees around her - flowers in vases, fruit in bowls, french press coffee makers, herbs in jam jars. These observational paintings delineate the way we live our lives and remind us to pause and take stock, even just for a moment, every day.

Lisa Daria's Painting a Day | Lisa Daria Kennedy

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ART | Alex Kanevsky

We are drawn to Alex Kanevsky's painting by the sheer emotion that seeps through with every single brush stroke. The colours are entrancing and transparently beautiful, with each subject exposed in solitary contemplation. 

The Russian born, Philadelphia based artist is currently exhibiting at Jcacciola Gallery in NYC

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ART | Carly Waito

It’s hard to believe that these ultra-realistic images are painted. Photographs couldn’t even capture the nuanced colour play and intricacies that artist Carly Waito is able to. Based in Toronto and armed with a paintbrush, Waito was a graduate of Ontario’s College of Art and Design and even co-founded the ceramic art and design studio Coe & Waito (along with Alissa Coe in 2005). 

Waito, as a painter, continues to pursue the inspiration she finds in nature, focusing primarily on geology, geometry and light, three elements that marry beautifully by way of the crystals and minerals she depicts. Through her stunningly detailed painting, Waito offers the individual qualities, character and beauty of each specimen she has studied. An artist who is sure of her abilities, possessive of a clear vision, and one who has exhibited around the world is sure to have our attention. And Waito, in particular, reminds us that if we look closely enough, with a curious mind, we will find the magic in even the tiniest of nature’s gifts. 

Images via Carly Waito

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