Good evening Beartaria Creatives! We are back up this week with some amazing traditional and digital art. Thank you for bearing with us while we updated our email security. If you tried to send a submission and received a kick-back, please send it again as our system is back in action. We hope you enjoy it!
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Please send all Artists of the Week submissions directly to arts@beartariatimes.com. Include a short bio, piece title, piece description, and social links.
Below are October 19th, 2020 Artists of the week!
Daniel Ramos | KatanaBear
An independent Artist based in Chicago (born and raised). Been a member of the Bear community for a few years now, its’ awesome. Drawing is something I’ve always enjoyed doing. Whether it was just doodling in class or at home, it’s just a fun time for as long as I can remember. I’ve always loved animals and nature as well as music, which is a common theme in my art. I’m beginning to take drawing more seriously and am striving to improve and develop my overall style and to help share the beauty of God’s gift to us through art. Nobody is having more fun!
John Bradley
John’s Social Galactic | John’s Poster Archive
I had an art project from 2001-2010 wherein I produced close to 500 “historic racing posters / program covers” for a PC game called Grand Prix Legends, which simulated the 1967 F1 season.
The earliest ones were just cleaned-up scans of ‘real’ pieces from back in the day, but I quickly started doing my own designs using the tropes of the day (a lot of 2- and 3- color prints), and then went off the deep end with designs that had nothing to do with the reality of ‘60s design. (e.g. for “historic festivals” ostensibly taking place in the current day)
Most of the 500 were done at the low in-game resolution (281×431), or at a not-very high 3x size (843×1293), which is good enough for looking at on-screen. But around 100 of them were drawn at a 12x size (3372×5172), good enough for 20×30 posters – I have a bunch of them displayed in my house, and a full set of same in my portfolio.
They’re free and un-watermarked for anybody who wants them.
All the work was done in Photoshop, Illustrator, or Metacreation’s Painter 9, or some combination thereof, depending on the art style in question.
Dylan Smith | King Richard Bear
Daisy-Anne Dickson
Daisy’s Instagram | Daisy’s Facebook | www.theWOKEstudio.com
I am an artist living and working outside of Atlanta, GA. I have been drawing and painting ever since I can remember, as a small child. Creating and art is a way to rest and recharge my soul and I find enormous solace in it. I did go on to study art at Oglethorpe University and earned a Bachelor of Arts in 2004. Later, I would go on to earn a Bachelor of a Science in Nursing. I am currently working as both a freelance artist and a registered nurse in emergency services and surgery. I find time to create art and accept commissions in my “off” time. I am also a wife and mother of two. Finding a way to care for myself, so that I may better care for others, has become especially important to me this past year—and art has given me that.
My work could be best described as narrative and often combines both my love of art and science. My preferred media is acrylic paint, ink and paper collage on canvas or wood panels. I also enjoy printmaking and often implement concepts of printmaking, such as repetition. The use of vibrant colors and botanicals, especially roses, has become a recurring theme in my recent work.
I am submitting my painting “A to Z and Back Again, with Rose Colored Glasses”. This painting is about removing our ego from a painful circumstance, where we feel we might have already failed or about to give up. It’s about letting go of the past hurt and pain, to allow ourselves the chance to start over with a better outcome. Ultimately, it is rooted in the lesson of forgiveness.
Title: “A to Z And Back Again, with Rose Colored Glasses”
Size: 18” x 24”
Media: Acrylic, ink and gold on canvas
Jacob Whalen
Jacob’s Instagram | Jacob’s Behance | www.Jacobwhalen.com
I have been involved in this community since BB’s video on the Notre Dame Cathedral last April. I am an independent Catholic artist and songwriter. I feel like this is a world where I tend to have more to say or share, especially in the public square.
Thank you to all the creatives who submitted their portfolios this week!
We look forward to seeing everyone’s visual creativity! Continue to create and seek the Good, the Beautiful, and the True. Onward to Beartaria!
You can find out more about the Artists of the Week here.
Sincerely,
MC-Bear
