Showing posts with label Norman Rockwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norman Rockwell. Show all posts

Monday, 27 April 2015

Our Chosen Instrument - #14 - Luke Brabants

Luke Brabants is an artist 
based in the South East of England 
in the depths of East Sussex. 
His rural roots are often reflected
in his art work.


Luke includes Benji Davies as well as the work of graffiti artists including 
Smug1, Etam Cru, Dank, and his friends including
 Morgan Davy and Atom as his inspirations. 
He also finds inspiration from Norman Rockwell. 


His styles often change as do his inspirations
but he thinks that his work at the moment reflects his
mural and street art background. 
He has been painting professionally for 12 years
and although finances have constrained his career, 
he wouldn't change it for the world. 
He feels that he is getting a greater reputation 
as time goes by and with clients such as Hilton, RedBull and Samsung. 
One would agree with that. 


Luke is currently working on some personal projects including
the writing and illustrating of his first picture book, 


He also runs an outdoor art centre for people
to try their hand at spray painting
as well as other outdoor art. 
Have a look here.

He can be contacted through his website, Facebook and Twitter.

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Books, Bookshops and Creatives - edited and updated

Today (the 5th of March 2015), although you may be reading this on another day, 

So a quick question to our collection of creatives
and other creatives, 
"What book(s) has(have)
helped you as a creative?"

Simon Newbury's choice of two books











Daniel states that this is "more of a philosophical treatise (and not so much an inspiration for my artwork as such) but nonetheless an inspiration in other ventures; the absurd nature and the futility of human existence.

Bartosz Jekiel looks to the work of
Eldridgevicius, Giger, McKean, Muth, Pratt, Starowieyski, Williams
but it's more of the actual experience that helps.

Eduardo Alvarado shares Bartosz's thoughts on using books for creativity, the actual experience helps. But if pushed, Eduardo chooses
The Catalogue of the Complete Drawings of Gustav Klimt in three volumes by Alice Strobe


Egon Schiele-Dallo schizzo by Christian M. Nebehay





Peter Elliott chooses the Giles Annuals from the 40's to the 90's, 
each picture was a panorama of cartoon elegance with great caricatures
of people, politics and society


the go-to book in case you get artist's block.



A few friends are easing books into the wild, be they electronic
or stores where books sleep:

Igor Goldkind has created and given form to a collection of art, music and poetry 
entitled Is She Available? The ebook becomes available on March the 17th.


In the meantime, have a listen to My Heart Is...and...I Am The Darkness

Wendy Farrow uses her collection of images of the Parisian architecture 
to create Par Ici


Another friend is working on opening
if you can help him out, it would be great. 

More shall come as the answers come forward...
enjoy a book...
read a book...