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]]>Using mainly gouache and colored pencils, Genualdo tends to stick to the same color stories, promoting a sense of breeziness and romanticism.
“I like to paint with similar hues and balance them with a contrasting tone to harmonize the picture,” she explained her color choices in an interview with Jackson’s Art.
“I try and think in terms of how colors can be a further vehicle to express the feelings of the characters in the picture, and also the importance the spaces that are not colored possess,” the artist went on.
Born in Italy, Genualdo admits that drawing has been a constant aspect of her life. A self-taught practice, she would go on study graphic design in Italy, before moving to London to further her creative exploration.
“When I moved to London I realized I didn’t want to work on a computer, I wanted to reconnect with making with my hands, express myself through illustration, so I applied for an illustration MA at the Camberwell College of Arts,” she recalls.
Having graduated from the Camberwell College of Arts in 2012 with an MA in Illustration, she is now based in East London, where she shares an apartment with her dog Kira (often featured on her Instagram page).
Her work is a breath of fresh air you’d want to add to your feed.
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]]>Sarah Rupp’s women portraits aren’t meant to be pleasing. Intentionally distorted, they underline the constant tension between beauty and strangeness, traditional beauty and untraditional beauty.
The images themselves are created as a sort of mish-mash—a mix of collage art and painting—with a special interest in the female gaze. “I am always drawn to faces, and I am most captivated by the gaze,” explained Rupp in an interview with Art of Choice. “I try to depict a strong female gaze very often in my work.”
According to Rupp, there is a lot of mystery and vulnerability in the eyes, and more specifically—the gaze. “It creates a dialogue between the viewer and subject, even a connection, and that’s important to me,” she notes. It also stands to highlight the importance of both physical and psychological aspects of her portraits, drawing the viewer closer to her subjects.
“I’ve depicted the female figure since I started painting, even before school,” recalled Rupp. “I’ve never had the desire to paint anything else.” Scroll down to see some of her work.
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]]>Zulf creates unique portraits with charcoal and pastel that show women who are emerging from the dark into the light. The subjects of her artworks seem as though they are almost hiding in the shadows with just certain parts of their bodies illuminated by the source of light.
This kind of style and setting gives Zulf’s paintings a mysterious vibe and forces the viewer to pay closer attention to the artwork and try to piece together the rest of the scene.
Despite the minimalistic tone of his works, Zulf still manages to show their craft with smooth lines and well-balanced features.
Check out more of Zulf’s works below.
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