Tag: wood sculpture

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Paul Stone

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 Paul Stone specializes in traditional still life compositions, often with a contemporary twist.

Painting in oils, in the style of classical realism, Stone employs an accomplished use of light and shade to create a sense of texture and atmosphere in his work. 

After graduating in professional fine art practice in 2008, Stone made the decision to become a full time oil painter, and has since established a reputation in still life excellence, winning numerous national awards and building a growing base of appreciative collectors.

Having grown up on the coast of Suffolk, the artist initially studied design at Lowestoft College, then spent many years in various professions, including teaching children with special needs, before discovering his love of art history, and his devotion to still life painting.

His focus is on showing the beauty of natural design in organic objects, with simple, elegant compositions, enhanced by dramatic lighting and studied detail.

The result is works showcasing traditional oil painting techniques, with a contemporary feel and presentation.

 More of Paul Stone’s wonderful paintings can be found at https://paulstoneart.com/

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Paul Kaptein

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Paul Kaptein is an Australian  artist who specializes in sculpture and drawing.Kaptein graduated with an Advanced Diploma of Art and Design from the Claremont School of Art and a Bachelor of Fine Art from Curtin University.Kaptein works with large blocks of laminated wood to reveal warped and distorted human figures, some pierced with a smattering of holes linked with drawn lines like star constellations.Dramatic contours and warped curves interrupt the traditional human forms, making the sculptures seem as if they been intercepted by a digital software glitch.Depending on the vantage point of the viewer, the figures can change from figurative to abstract, with some angles revealing an almost completely typically human body, while others uncover a striking warped effect.

Most of the Kaptein’s hand carved wooden pieces are in the middle of two modes of being – a stable, static appearance and some kind of mysterious state characterized by flexibility and fluctuation.His hand-carved busts and figurative sculptures are additionally punctuated by gaps formed from the laminating process, creating the impression of digital glitches or images skewed by poor reception.

More of Paul Kaptein’s amazing sculptures can be found at https://www.paulkaptein.com/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Christian Verginer

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Christian Verginer  is a wood sculptor born in Bressanone, Italy.Verginer is considered one of the most valid and original expressionists in contemporary sculpture carvings.His training began by attending the sculpture department of the art school of Ortisei, and then continued at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara.The subject chosen by the artist is the human figure, or rather, the human figure in its relations with other forms of life — animals nature, trees, or various objects of the world.The material used is linden wood, which is left smooth and covered in details by unexpectedly applied acrylic paint.Verginer remains loyal to the skill and precision of wood carving, while introducing modern, and personal subject matter.He subtly combines children’s gazes, expressions, and movements into artworks that not only evoke people’s nostalgia for their own childhood but also awaken their long-forgotten innocence and desire to live in harmony with nature.More of Christian Verginer‘s amazing sculptures can be found at https://verginer.org/ and  https://thursd.com/articles/christian-verginer-master-of-artistic-wooden-sculptures.

 

 

 

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Xavier Puente Vilardell

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Brussels-based sculptor Xavier Puente Vilardell turns blocks of wood into twisting, curled objects that look more like scrolls of paper or pieces of fabric than lumber.Many of these eye-catching sculptural forms resemble architectural structures and other natural forms shaped by wind, rain, and the sea’s turbulent waves.Vilardell’s series of wood pine sculptures are meticulously carved with unique, elegant features.The artist uses pinewood, a malleable material that enables him to make precise and curved structural forms.To create his sculptures, Vilardell uses traditional cutting tools and crafts each piece by hand.His skill and patience enable him to turn the blocks of wood into sculpted forms that twist in every direction, almost appearing to defy gravity.Vilardell says, “Working with wood requires a deep respect for the living being that is necessary to understand its inner nature and characteristics that give a certain personality.”More of Xavier Puente Vilardell‘s skillful sculptures can be found at https://www.xavipuente.com/.