I seek out moments that occur in our present urban setting, where evolving abstract beauty, deconstruction and decay collide. In nature we see infinite patterns, intricate and perfect.
On the streets I see something similar emerging… my work is immersed in recreating the rhythm and found beauty on the walls and streets around East London, layered with papers, graffiti, and text.
What a beautiful day. ☀️
Spring was definitely in the air!
And to think, less than a few weeks ago we were in icy, artic conditions!
Here’s an icy artwork I started working on following the cold spell.
The abstract symmetry in nature’s sculpture provides an temple like backdrop.
Although I’m relieved for the sunnier weather, I’m grateful for the source of inspiration that nature provided me on my doorstep.
Hope you’ve had a chance to get out in the sunshine today 🙏🏻☀️
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#artistinspiration #circularart #butterflies #naturesbeauty #naturessymmetry #newart #icesculpture #natureinspiration
Task 3
@aimiestammers
#tellingyourbrandstory
Putting my customer in the picture.
How does my art meet their needs?
I love it when a client sees and connects with my art and wants to own it.
My work comes from my “heart and soul” someone buying my work is investing in my life experience, story, passions and my vision for nature’s beauty.
As an art collector myself, I have an understanding of the emotions in deciding and buying a piece of art. I can walk around my home and look at a painting and remember the point in my life that made me connect to that painting to buy.
Paintings evoke nostalgia, can mark a milestone in life and bring personality and expression to their home.
One great example was a couple who purchased my work in the Royal academy summer exhibition, 2012.
On asking them what made them choose it, they answered..
“ we remember seeing it up high in the Royal academy. It stood out to us among hundreds of artworks and we felt a connection” it wasn’t until they received the artwork, and they could see the details, they realised the connection was the costal village of Solva that her grandparents lived in and they knew of the fisherman connected to the painting.
@brand_photographybykate went on to buy a home in the village and her business has grown and she has re connected with the area. I love the ripples that spread from this story.
We kept in contact and have since become friends and meet and share the love and connection of #solva in Pembrokeshire. So ART has the power to connect and unify people from different places.
I have a website and I’m lucky to be represented by a great gallery @runwaygallery who have promoted my work through some of the great home magazines. And Instagram I feel is the best place to sell myself. I always am myself on this platform.
Ultimately I don’t really go out to sell my work, it sells itself if someone feels the connection this is an affirmation of what I do and what I truly LOVE ❤️
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#brandinginspiration #artgoals #artcollectors #ownart #artconnects #royalacademysummerexhibition #lobsterart #jonoslobster #Solva #Pembrokeshire #westwalescoast #pembrokeshirecoastalpath
Show your uniqueness
@aimeestammers
#tellingmybrandstory
My uniqueness is simply ‘’me” Evi
I have always been open to any opportunity that comes my way, my enthusiasm and energy plays a big part in my artistic journey.
Everything I have seen, absorbed and experienced have accumulated to this point to make my work unique to me.
My work transitioned from traditional watercolour and acrylic when I was an illustrator to digital illustration.
Digital illustration for publishing became favourable in the late 90’s and I had to down traditional tools and learn how to paint on screen.
This is the experience and journey I took to get to the point that I am now.
I combine digital technology with traditional, applying the same eye and skills to both mediums and bringing the best of both worlds together.
When I embarked on this journey, technology was slow, not as responsive, printing was expensive etc...
I’m fortunate to have been at the forefront of this technological change and my work has grown with this advancement. It’s great that digital painting is now accepted as a medium in art as this was not the case when I started.
I create small editions or one of a kind pieces using the highest quality fine art paper to print my art and hand finish each edition with layers of oil or acrylic glazes and varnish. I have done this from day one, wanting to keep a traditional hand in each piece and unique qualities to each addition.
My inspiration is nature, and has been from the start. My art is like a diary of my life. I can look back through my portfolio and see the journey I have travelled both physically and emotionally. From the days being by the sea, the loss of my father and more recently returning to London which is obvious in my recent work.
Love, sorry, joy, loss, nature, beauty, coast, London it’s all there.
That ultimately makes my art UNIQUE to “me” ☺️🦋
#brandstorytelling #londonartist #natureinspiration #urbanart #digitalart
Good morning.
Monday Feb 22nd.
Today marks 8 years to the day that we lost my dad and something feels very different today.
I know a lot of people have lost loved ones in this time especially and although, eventually, you learn to live with it, you never really stop missing and loving that person.
My dad was my no1 fan club. He supported my ideas of going to art school in a culture that didn’t understand this concept at all. I was the odd one in the BIG fat extended Greek family and I will always be grateful to him for giving me the chance to follow my heart and dreams. 🙏🏻🦋 and become my true self.
I know he couldn’t. He’d always dreamed of working with aeroplanes and he became a motor mechanic.
But he was proud that he could give the opportunities to his children, ultimately I led the way for all the family to go to art school.
@msetrue @christinazantonio @alexander_loves_you 💞💞💞 to our lovely, funny, crazy, dad, Maximos Antoniou.
Life is not the same without you, but know somehow, you are always near 🙏🏻🦋