Kathryn Parker Almanas

Photographer Kathryn Parker Almanas culls from a wide variety of sources, including Renaissance religious art, medical imagery, dissection, and food still lifes to create darkly alluring, macabre juxtapositions. When one image might feature a beautifully-lit, cherry-filled pastry, the next might be a revolting Renaissance-era wax cadaver model. Others blur the lines between the two, for example, a pastry, cut open with surgical precision, and oozing red filling. The exact meaning of these associations is enigmatic and a little unnerving. However, the photography is absolutely stunning and brings to mind dark oil paintings.

Julia Guther

Using an eclectic mix of cut paper, watercolor, pencil and computer-aided drawing tools Julia Guther has created a diverse and accomplished body of work. She uses simple shapes, clean lines and delicate colors to create distinctive images, regardless of the medium. Her style and creative process raise her imagery above the commercial nature of many of her projects.

Boo Ritson

I very rarely choose to feature artists whom I have found via a recent entry on another blog. Usually, I like to let them gestate in my bookmarks before choosing them at what I feel is the appropriate time. Boo Ritson is an exception to that rule. Ms. Ritson has taken a rather innovative approach to portrait photography, combining it with painting and performance art. Her subjects become the canvas, as she covers them in layers of thick paint, being sure to include details of shading and highlights. Her colors are bright, and her execution innovative. Not only are her subjects rendered nearly anonymous underneath coats of paint, but they are transformed into various kitschy archetypes. Huzzah for rule breaking!

See more of her work here:
Poppy Sebire Gallery
Saatchi Gallery