The Illuminators of Christopher Ulrich

Christopher Ulrich is a painter of surreal, iconographic images. He is influenced by the richness of ancient mythology, the mystery of alchemy, and the vastness of cosmic reality. He is one of the most influential artists of his generation of pop-surrealists, respected as much by other painters as by patrons and the general public. He has been a great mentor to young artists, continuing a great tradition he began with artist Burne Hogarth nearly two decades ago. Christopher has already begun working on the final chapter of his Christ Chronocrater Cycle. The Reckoning will debut on December 7th, 2012 at La Luz de Jesus Gallery. - Via LaLuzDeJesus

LINK: A wall of Christopher’s Illuminator series   

LINK: To Christopher’s Website & Portfolio

This was originally published on the homepage of Eclectix, 

in the Iconic issue, Feb. 2012

For the Iconic online exhibit, click here.

Nihil’s Saints Series

Nihil is a French photographer and digital artist with a huge portfolio of fantastic imagery. Pictured here are just a few from his beautiful Saints series. If I could speak French I would tell you more, but alas...

LINK: To Nihil’s website & portfolio

This was originally published on the homepage of Eclectix, 

in the Iconic issue, Feb. 2012

For the Iconic online exhibit, click here. 

Altarations: Wendy Gadzuk

Wendy Lee Gadzuk is a mixed media, assemblage artist living in East Oakland.  Her work has evolved from a background in jewelry and metal-smithing, costume design, and a love for Gothic architecture, flea markets, and rock'n roll. Above,  is a beautiful altar from her - This I Know To Be True.

LINK: To Wendy’s FB page, for more of her “altars”

This was originally published on the homepage of Eclectix, 

in the Iconic issue, Feb. 2012

For the Iconic online exhibit, click here. 

The Animal Saints of Michelle Waters

If you follow Eclectix then you are familiar with Michelle’s critters- embodiments of the our animal kingdom, cross-dressing as popes, nuns and saints. An active animal lover, her subjects portray emotional projections - angry disdain for human abuse or calm & hypnotic spirituality. Sometimes they regard us with sad mistrust and distaste. 

“My "religious animals" paintings are a reaction to the ubiquitous fundamentalist religion in America as well as the idea propounded by most organized religions that animals have no souls. Some of my animal characters have founded their own religion, complete with nuns, popes and televangelists.” 

LINK: Michelle’s Website & Portfolio

LINK: To the Eclectix interview with Michelle Waters

This was originally published on the homepage of Eclectix, 

in the Iconic issue, Feb. 2012

For the Iconic online exhibit, click here. 

Josephine Taylor's Marvelous Monsterfaces

We visited the Catherine Clark Gallery in SF to see Josephine Taylor's outstanding solo show, which is up thru February 11th, 2012. Try to see this show, it is a rewarding, different and riveting body of work.  Due to the lighting,  the photos yellow tones are really all white whites. Many of these pieces are very large, huge pieces of velvet paper, pinned to the wall. We have posted some details to help grasp the scale of the work.

Her style is familiar yet completely original- reminding one of old Asian art and figurative watercolors. They have a modern day angst, some with erotic imagery and some with dementia-inspired, grotesque actions. Topsy-turvy figures swirl into each other and mutated portraits gaze sadly. The inked lines are very fine and the shading super subtle,  feeling softly beautiful despite the subject matter. 

There are also 4 very strong collage/sculptures of faces, with sliced and diced features to make them 3D. (below)

 All in all very inspiring works, juxtapositions which really move the viewer, depicting the monster within. A must see.

The Art of Pale Horse: Decks, Christos & Popes

Floridian Chris Parks is the owner of Pale Horse Graphic Design and is a darn fine artist. His style is very graphic, lots of brilliant colors, bold black lines with a heavy metal punch. A visual stew of biker art, Hispanic murals, cartoons and vibrant street art.  

"The Last Fiesta’ is my 12-skateboard deck shout-out to Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘The Last Supper’ with Jesus Christos and his 12 Luchador apostles getting down one last time.” 

He has some really beautifully designed tee shirts for sale as well. Quality, dynamic & well designed imagery!

LINK: The Last Fiesta skatedeck series

LINK: Pope art - The Mushroom Cult

This was originally published on the homepage of  Eclectix, 

in the Iconic issue, Jan. 2012

For the Iconic online exhibit, click here. 

New Interview With Artist David Ball

Eclectix just finished up a new interview with the mixed-media master, San Francisco artist - David Ball.

For the interview and a gallery of his works click here.

For his upcoming opening, Harum-Scarum at 111 Minna Gallery, click here. 

For the Eclectix homepage and art events click here.

The Spirits of Tatomir Pitariu

Tatomir was born in Romania and currently resides in Los Angeles. His heavy metal spirits borrow from Transylvanian rituals & traditions, Greek mythology, paganism, the elements and folklore. On Tantomir's website, there are fascinating texts & tidbits about each piece - explaining the subject, background and evolution of each image. Very inspiring and full of spiritual gusto.

 

This was originally published on the homepage of  Eclectix, 

in the Iconic issue, Jan. 2012

For the Iconic online exhibit, click here.