NEW ISSUE! | FROM | Outsider Art Magazine Issue Eight

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Artists in Issue Eight

Tom Megalis – Cover Artist

Alan Williamson

Dwayne Alistair Thomas

Perreaoult Daniels

Elstabo Art

Robert Gorchov

Moontain ∞

Jon Sarkin

Bryant Shields

Andrew Stewart

Fake Art

Catherine Ryan

Maroula Blades

Featured Artist | Susan Lizotte

Susan Lizotte

Los Angeles, CA
susanlizotte.com
@susanlizotte

The Spring Map paintings are inspired by the quarantine of Covid-19. Using old Renaissance maps to speak to the spread of disease felt fitting as a starting point for finding our place in a new unknown world. The geography of these old maps is strange and wonky which resonates with the current world situation. Martin Waldseemüller’s Mappa Mundi of 1507 inspired me. His map was the first map to name America (after Vespucci’s voyage). It is comprised of twelve pieces, which seems a perfect metaphor for how the globe has been shattered, nations shutting borders and residents under lockdowns, all separated.

The thought of the Great Plague of 1351 seemed so ancient and never even a possibility of happening to us given our great medical and social strides in the last six hundred or so years. Yet, unbelievably here we are, literally living through a historic pandemic surrounded by huge uncertainty and losses of life and of connection.
My paintings are paintings of life, of finding existential meaning in crisis. The geography is deliberately inaccurate as a means to portray disorientation and confusion. The colors are a nod to spring and regeneration, including flowers in states of decay and of blossom.
These paintings are my thoughts and dreams of our place in the stars and our time.

Susan Lizotte lives in Los Angeles and balances her studio practice with her family and pets, including a pet peacock.

Mare Incognitum | oil on canvas | 12 x 12
Mare Incognitum | oil on canvas | 12 x 12

 

Mappa Mundi Spring Map | oil on canvas | 54 x 96
Mappa Mundi Spring Map | oil on canvas | 54 x 96
Mappa Mundi Terra Incognita | oil on canvas | 30 x 30 x 2
Mappa Mundi Terra Incognita | oil on canvas | 30 x 30 x 2
Mappa Mundi Terra Incognita II | oil on wood panel | 16 x 16 x 2
Mappa Mundi Terra Incognita II | oil on wood panel | 16 x 16 x 2

Featured Artist | Marcela Conomos

Marcela Conomos

Hong Kong
https://www.instagram.com/artbymarcela/
@artbymarcela

Bio:

Marcela is a self-taught intuitive artist born in Sydney, Australia. She is currently based in Hong Kong.

Her earliest creative explorations were in dance, drama, singing and visual arts. In childhood and adolescence, she found an escape in art and a place where she could express herself without words.

After high school, she completed a Law Degree at the University of Technology Sydney, which saw her work in various jobs from legal to publishing related jobs.

She felt herself pulled back into the arts during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The turmoil brought about by the pandemic, led her to connect more deeply artistically and spiritually. Creating art felt therapeutic and her art quickly became deeply connected to her spiritual practice.

Marcela’s work is based on intuition, mindfulness and vibrational energies. Her works revolve around exploring the realms of the unknown and altered states of consciousness. Rainbows are often found in her works, as a symbol of the rainbow bridge.

Through predominately ink, watercolour and hand drawn digital art, her works represent her way of translating the unseen energies she experiences into something more tangible for others to see.

She hopes her art sparks discussions about other-worldly topics that transcend current human understanding.

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Artist Statement:

I try to capture the invisible and make it visible.

My work is based on intuition, mindfulness and vibrational energies.

My artworks are often created subconsciously from a prayerful meditative place, only once they are finished do I come to understand what they are expressing.

In part through automatic drawing and also through accessing my intuition, I challenge others to see beyond current human understanding by diagramming elements of the immaterial world and exploring altered states of consciousness. To have people look past the 5 senses, that is my goal and inspiration.

Felicity | Hand Drawn Digital Art | 16" x 20"
Felicity | Hand Drawn Digital Art | 16″ x 20″

By Your Side | Hand Drawn Digital Art | 16" x 20"
By Your Side | Hand Drawn Digital Art | 16″ x 20″

A Face In The Crowd | Hand Drawn Digital Art | 16" x 20"
A Face In The Crowd | Hand Drawn Digital Art | 16″ x 20″

Better Together | Hand Drawn Digital Art | 18" x 24"
Better Together | Hand Drawn Digital Art | 18″ x 24″

 

Featured Artist | Binna Kim

Binna Kim

Long Island City, NY
https://www.binnakimart.com
@binnnaart

In Binna Kim’s artwork, she aims to present a stimulating mixture of nature and a view from her vivid imagination.

Whether in colorful abstract works or visual interpretation of nature, the works demonstrate keen attention to the smallest detail in order to emphasize the depth of expression and emotive beauty of nature. This combination helps bring the audience to a different world, a stage for viewing scenery in an emotionally evocative way. While viewing the works, the artist’s visual expression and interpretation by the audience merge and go hand in hand to evoke a memory, a passion, or a feeling unique to each of us.

Emotions-19 Series focuses on positive emotions that we might have forgotten for a while due to Covid-19 pandemic, such as love, joy, comfort and gratitude.

Binna Kim is a self-taught artist with a few different yet special career backgrounds. She is based in New York as an artist, floral designer and window display designer. Binna’s childhood was spent on the southern tip of the Korean peninsula, against the backdrop of mountains and ocean that first inspired her art. Natural forms have remained a central theme in her work, and as her art career flourished she developed an interest in floral design and plant-based installations. Binna’s arrangements have graced vitrines at flagship locations of Beretta, Madison Avenue Gallery and Oxxford Clothes, and at renowned boutiques across New York City.

Apex No.1 - Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks, Pastels & Pens on paper | 16 x 16 inches
Apex No.1 – Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks, Pastels & Pens on paper | 16 x 16 inches

Apex No.2 - Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks, Pastels & Pens on paper | 16 x 16 inches
Apex No.2 – Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks, Pastels & Pens on paper | 16 x 16 inches

Metaphysical Joy No.1 - Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks & Pastels on paper | 24 x 18 inches
Metaphysical Joy No.1 – Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks & Pastels on paper | 24 x 18 inches

Tranquil Joy - Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks & Pastels on paper | 24 x 18 inches
Tranquil Joy – Emotions-19 Series | Acrylic inks & Pastels on paper | 24 x 18 inches