Alessandra Maria

"Butterfly no. 79" Drawing with Gold & White Gold Leaf by Alessandra Maria

2024

Working with a palette of graphite and gold leaf, Alessandra Maria masterfully weaves together elements of the earthly and ethereal. She is part sorceress, part alchemist, summoning ...

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KRZYSZTOF SKORCZEWSKI (born in 1947) He studied Graphic Design at the Academy of Fine Arts and in the Royal College of Art in Stockholm. He graduated in 1971. His works may be found ...

Butterfly with Mended Wing is a study of the human condition and the work we all do in our own lives to belong more fully to ourselves. The red stitch on the wing is symbolic of our ...

Sara Crisp embeds found organic objects such as starfish, butterfly wings and fossils into the wax surfaces of her paintings. They have often been compared to medieval reliquaries, fossilized amber, and naturalist’s journals. Although the placement of the component objects is carefully planned, she comes across these artifacts by chance. This duality between control and spontaneity is prominent in her work. The result is visually seductive and symbolically suggestive, balancing scientific objectivity and romantic subjectivity. Her work comes across as precise, even clinical, at times, their surfaces scored and traversed by carefully measured lines and geometric forms. Carefully fashioned, polygonal sections of mica, a transparent mineral, cover the center of each painting. In addition to celebrating the process involved in creating an object, Crisp’s art...

2022 Alcohol ink, Plastic black paper One of a kind piece of art This is the original painting The accent line is made with bronze ink. The grace and lightness of the butterfly are reflected in the refined lines, creating a feeling of a moment of eternal freedom and beauty. I would like to convey through beautiful butterflies that the world is fragile and needs to be protected. The work was done with alcohol ink with the addition of special alcohol. The spread of ink is controlled by air flow...