Art Kaleidoscope

Russian artist Alexey Golovin
Born June 26, 1977 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Alexey Golovin grew up in the artistic family – his father Konstantin Golovin is an artist. Having graduated from the Crimean Art College (1997), Alexey Golovin entered the St. Petersburg Art Institute named after Ilya Repin (1998). Noteworthy, by the Decision of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts May 29, 2000 the talented student received his first award. In particular, the medal “For academic success.” Meanwhile, In 2006 he graduated from the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute, Department of monumental painting. He studied in the workshop of Academician of Arts, Professor A. A. Mylnikov. Alexey Golovin is a Member of the Union of Artists of Russia.
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Birds on found paper by Paula Swisher
According to belief, talented people are talented in everything. And Paula Swisher, American artist, professor at the University of Kutstauna, Pennsylvania just proves this.
In fact, she combines two worlds – the creative and the technical. The hand-drawn mark, grid-based design, and infographics are all things that keep her excited. Her colorful pencil and gouache drawings of beautiful birds on found paper – technical drawings, diagrams, old book pages, mails are impressive. According to Paula Swisher herself, she creates “visual metaphors”. Swisher teaches Web Design in the Art Department at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Paula holds an M.F.A. in Painting from Clemson University and a B.A. in Art from Houghton College.
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Graphic designer and Illustrator Suthipa Kamyam is from Bangkok (Thailand). In 2006 she graduated from Faculty of Fine and Applied Art of Chulalongkorn University with BA in Creative Art (Honor). Two years later she had her MFA in Design (Individual Specialization) after graduating from HDK-School of Design and Craft, in Goteborg, Sweden. Kamyam worked in Goteborg and Bangkok as a Graphic Designer and Illustrator. Since 2011 she has been a freelance Illustrator. Her ​​portfolio consists of monochrome works executed in graphite. It’s hard to imagine how much endurance, patience and love needed to create such a work of excellence and technique quality. Maximum detailing, competent interpretation of textures and line-up on a sheet give excellent results, appreciated by customers and prospects, and professional artists.
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Illustrations by Amy Dover
Beautiful British artist and illustrator, Amy Dover is from County Durham, North East England. She creates beautiful pencil drawings reflecting the dark side of human nature. And this hidden world originates in the folk tales, mythology, and fables of her childhood. Illustrations by Amy Dover touch the eternal themes of death and life, loss, failure, greed, humiliation, and deceit. Characters of cannibalistic crows, beasts, humiliated bears, and the innocence and loss of a dead sparrow. She makes us think, and this matters.
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