The main subject for Yaroslava Liseeva’s works is the Nature with its forces and energy. We live in the world where everything is inconstant and changing, moving and interconnecting. The life is very complicated and simple at the same time. There is always chaos and order.
Gary Nicolls is a technical artist with a camera rather than a photographer. He sees the image in his mind then sets about taking all the images to create what he has visualised. This takes Nicolls all over the world to get elements for each composition. Deliberately, Nicolls art tells a story, whether it is a 6 image series or a 450 page trilogy. He is inspired by the way Caravaggio and Vermeer were able to focus the viewer on the subject of their art by the use of light. This realisation completely changed the way he worked. Dali made Nicholls realise that if you can imagine it, you can create it, you just need to learn how.
British artist Claire Milner was famously commissioned to create the Blue Marilyn portrait for Rihanna, but her personal body of work is made up of paintings inspired by her time spent in Africa and focusing on social and environmental issues. Mother and Child, alongside five additional works were acquired by CamFed, an organization helping fight poverty in Africa by educating and empowering girls. Milner’s artworks are held in a number of private collections, including Rihanna’s Blue Marilyn. The portrait has appeared on The Official Website of The Estate of Marilyn Monroe, and has been showcased by Swarovski. It was included in a special edition of Vogue Paris which was guest edited by Rihanna who featured the work in a profile of her favourite things. Milner’s portrait of Amy Winehouse appeared in an exhibition curated by the Amy Winehouse Foundation to mark what would have been the late singer’s 30th birthday.
Joel Biddle is a photographic artist working in Kent in the United Kingdom, recently graduated in photography at the Arts University of Bournemouth. His work is an exploration of the contrast between the still and the fluid, the harsh texture of geological structures, and the glassy smooth of the surface of the sea. His work follows the research for a calming sense of tranquillity and a sense of quietness that reflects the locations in his works. These fractures of time transport the viewer to an unknown, with an absence of context being important. A sense of isolation is established, but it isn’t bleak isolation, it’s more of a break from the chaos, a choice rather than something forced.
As a British-born artist living in Gloucestershire Adele Riley is surrounded by some of the most natural and inspiring surroundings in the UK, well-placed to benefit from a huge variety of light, texture, and drama – perfect for inspiration.
