Jennifer Balkan

Art Appreciation

Jennifer Balkan is an artist I enjoy following. Since the last time I blogged about this artist, her work has been featured in many more several publications, her work has been shown across the country, and she has received many awards and accolades.

Read her interview in Poets/Artists HERE and check out her amazing figurative paintings HERE.

Self as St. Catherine via savvypainter

Moths Fly to the Light I via austinchronicle.com

Painter via poetsandartists

Source: 

https://jenniferbalkan.com/
https://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2008-05-23/627349/
https://www.saatchiart.com/jbalkan
http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2009/09/jennifer-balkan-little-bit-about-me.html
https://savvypainter.com/podcast/jennifer-balkan/
http://texasportraitnetwork.blogspot.com/2017/02/spotlight-on-jennifer-balkan-2017-texas.html
https://www.poetsandartists.com/magazine/2017/1/26/artist-of-the-week-jennifer-balkan
https://vimeo.com/36515566

Jennifer Balkan

Art Appreciation

Recently, I came across an article about Jennifer Balkan, a local Austin artist, in Tribeza magazine. After reading the article, I google searched her and her work, and not only became fascinated with her artwork but also her educational background before she became a full time artist.

Balkan studied behavior neuroscience at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania and received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Texas at Austin. As described by Tribeza author, Raechel Kelley, Balkan "integrate[s] psychological and sociological concepts in her pieces."

You can see more of her narrative oil paintings on her website HERE.

Lucky 1 (2010) via womenpaintingwomen

When I grow up (2010) via blackvanilla2012



Mes reflexions d'un autre monde (2012) via terrystricklandart

O Fortuna (2006) via generousart

Sources: http://jenniferbalkan.net/; http://www.tribeza.com/magazine_content/jennifer-balkan; http://artstormer.com/2011/08/19/master-of-disguise-paintings-by-jennifer-balkan/; http://terrystricklandart.blogspot.com/; http://vimeo.com/29856047; http://www.southwestart.com/articles-interviews/emerging-artists/jennifer_balkan
 

Alberto Mielgo

Art Appreciation

A few months ago, I came across a youtube video of a young artist working on a painting of former porn actress, Belladonna. Naturally, this caught my curiosity, and I wanted to learn more about the artist.

Spanish-born, Alberto Mielgo is recognized not only for intimate portraits and nudes, but he is also known for his contributions in comics and animation, such as Tron Uprising, which received an Annie Award in 2013.

You can see more of his paintings HERE. Also, check out pinkman.tv for his animated works.



Gon via hifructose



Belladonna via klimtbalan



Untitled via klimtbalan

Similar Artists:
Jennifer Balkan

Sources: http://www.albertomielgo.com/; http://albertomielgo.blogspot.com/; http://hifructose.com/2010/12/01/alberto-mielgo-the-inspired-life/;
http://motionographer.com/2010/02/24/modern-rebel-alberto-mielgo-pinkman.tv/;
http://klimtbalan.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/alberto-mielgo/;
http://conceptcentral.blogspot.com/2010/04/artist-profile-alberto-mielgo-aka.html