Nadja Gabriela Plein, Voiceless Joy, 2017
Nadja Gabriela Plein is a Swiss abstract painter currently working in London. Abstract art, unlike realism where the context is more obvious, is often ambiguous. It allows an artist to tell a story and allows a viewer to interpret that message, usually offering different perspectives than what the artist had in mind. (more…)
Abstract Artist Creates Colorful Abstract Works On Dibond Aluminum Composite
Figurative Artist Chooses Dibond Aluminum Composite As Her Substrate Of Choice
Contemporary figurative painter Shana Levenson from Albuquerque, NM finished her Masters of Fine Arts from the Academy of Art University in May of 2016. Levenson has been painting in a full-time capacity for the past five years, but has always had an interest and special acclivity for art. (more…)
Oil On Panel And The Rise Of Dibond As A Painting Substrate For Artists
The advantages of using Dibond for a base for oil or other traditional artist paints are that the material is more rigid than canvas and does not require gesso or other primers for use. You normally get very good adhesion from almost all paint systems if you first lightly scuff the surface first and wipe with alcohol. (more…)
Contemporary Artist Creates Abstract Tree Paintings On Dibond Aluminum Composite
‘Alarming’ … a detail from Untitled (Baum 44), 2015, by Albert Oehlen. Photograph: Stefan Rohner/Courtesy Gagosian Gallery
Recently, Sean O'Hagan at The Guardian interviewed Albert Oehlen about his Gagosian Gallery exhibition in Mayfair. O'Hagan’s interview explores the artist’s skeletal tree paintings, but also is an examination of the artist himself. Oehlen’s interpretations of trees, being abstract and minimalistic in nature, are painted on the artists’ substrate of choice, Dibond aluminum composite. (more…)