Featured Artist | Veronique Ivanović

Outsider Art Magazine

Veronique Ivanović | Atlanta, GA
@vivanovic2

Veronique Ivanović, K75 is a citizen of the world who started creating art at a young age. She was born and lived in Paris/France, London/Great Britain, then moved the United States.

She has been a professor/interpreter and volunteer of French language in New York City, and Atlanta, where she resides. Discovering and taking a deep appreciation for the surrealist movement, Veronique Ivanović K75 abstract art is inspired by geometric structures with experimentation of both subtle and bold integration of lines and colors.

Veronique Ivanović K75 has been working on found and recycled materials for a long time, favoring acrylics paint and collage.

For her, giving discarded things a second chance will help ameliorate the sustainability issues humanity has bequeathed itself. And, also allowing these otherwise discarded things another likelihood.

I was told by professional artists and, gallery owners that an artist should not be all over the place with her/his body of work, because she/he looses her/his audience.

It is very difficult for me to do just that, as I have a Ying/Yang personality type.

Because of difficult times in my life picking up a pencil, a brush, and my camera helped me translate feelings and emotions; captured things that I see and, one might not see, or be trying not to see!

I create, take pictures of what my instant awareness dictates me at that very moment, an intricate, mix of geometrical forms and unusual colors, a bug resting on a person, a graffiti in an abandoned building, or a person lost in her/his thought. This sometimes, drives me to work in series.

I am always fascinated by the dichotomy of the world! Hazy heat and reflections; lights being jealous of the shadows, strong colors against a cloudless sky, chaos and serenity. I like the architectural, the body of human nature, the landscapes that can be found in cities, people and nature alike. I have found myself attracted by multicultural and, multi societal consciousness.

My work, tender, eloquent, provocative and painful at times mirrors my “many lives” and my many foreign travels, as well as my view on cultural, social, and political issues.

Take the time to see me through.

I was told by professional artists and, gallery owners that an artist should not be all over the place with her/his body of work, because she/he looses her/his audience.

It is very difficult for me to do just that, as I have a Ying/Yang personality type.

Because of difficult times in my life picking up a pencil, a brush, and my camera helped me translate feelings and emotions; captured things that I see and, one might not see, or be trying not to see!

I create, take pictures of what my instant awareness dictates me at that very moment, an intricate, mix of geometrical forms and unusual colors, a bug resting on a person, a graffiti in an abandoned building, or a person lost in her/his thought. This sometimes, drives me to work in series.

I am always fascinated by the dichotomy of the world! Hazy heat and reflections, lights being jealous of shadows, strong colors against a cloudless sky, chaos and serenity.

I like the architectural, the body of human nature, the landscapes that can be found in cities, people and nature alike. I have found myself attracted by multicultural and, multi societal consciousness.

My work, tender, eloquent, provocative and painful at times mirrors my “many lives” and my many foreign travels, as well as my view on cultural, social, and political issues.

Take the time to see me through.

God's Twilight | Acrylics on wood | D 25"
God’s Twilight | Acrylics on wood | D 25″
Early Antique Mortuary Mask | Mixed media | H 12" W 24" D 2"
Early Antique Mortuary Mask | Mixed media | H 12″ W 24″ D 2″
Chaos | Acrylics and paper on plywood | H 53" W 35" D 1"
Chaos | Acrylics and paper on plywood | H 53″ W 35″ D 1″
Blue Lips | Collage and acrylics on metal | D 13"
Blue Lips | Collage and acrylics on metal | D 13″

 

Featured Artist | Maksim Mezhuritsky

 

Maksim Mezhuritsky | Or Akiva, Merkaz, Isreal

Love art. For me it is a way of communication.

My pictures are thoughts on different subjects, sometimes surreal. As a rule, my pictures are thoughts of the mind and emotions, sometimes only emotions.

 Contemporary Times . Mystery Travel . #28 | Pastel on paper | 30x20 cm

Contemporary Times . Mystery Travel . #28 | Pastel on paper | 30×20 cm
 Contemporary Times . Mystery Travel . #4 | Pastel on paper | 30x20 cm

Contemporary Times . Mystery Travel . #4 | Pastel on paper | 30×20 cm
 Contemporary Times . Mystery Travel . #5 | Pastel on paper | 30x20 cm

Contemporary Times . Mystery Travel . #5 | Pastel on paper | 30×20 cm
 Contemporary Times . Mystery Travel . #15 | Pastel on paper | 30x20 cm

Contemporary Times . Mystery Travel . #15 | Pastel on paper | 30×20 cm

Featured Artist | Robert Frankel

Featured Artist

Robert Frankel | Wilmette, IL
@robertfrankelart

I was always fascinated with the idea that colors can have an effect on our emotional, physical, and mental states. Examples of this can be found in the expressions, “seeing red” or “having the blues. I like to use bright bold colors set against each other in a geometric structure to create energy and motion.

I am a self-taught artist who has exhibited in a number of galleries which include SITE Gallery, 440 Gallery, Van Der Plas Gallery in New York City, La Galleria Pall Mall in London, and Chie Gallery in Milan. This Spring I will be exhibiting at the Saatchi-The Other Art Fair in Los Angeles, Limner Gallery in Hudson, New York, and Colorida Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal.

 Farbe ist Alles #1 | Medium | Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 x 1.5

Farbe ist Alles #1 | Medium | Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 x 1.5
 Farbe ist Alles #2 | Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 x 1.5

Farbe ist Alles #2 | Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 x 1.5
 Farbe ist Alles #3 | Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 x 1.5

Farbe ist Alles #3 | Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 x 1.5
 Farbe ist Alles #4 | Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 26 x 1.5

Farbe ist Alles #4 | Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 26 x 1.5

Featured Artist | George Spencer

I am a neoOutsider artist. I’m a Southerner who came to art late in life as the result of personal trauma. My work is infused with my belief in God whose hand guides me.

 

Featured Artist

George Spencer | Lebanon, NH
@GR8FUL123

I am a neoOutsider artist. I’m a Southerner who came to art late in life as the result of personal trauma. My work is infused with my belief in God whose hand guides me.

 A Television | Acrylic on wood | 24x24
A Television | Acrylic on wood | 24×24
 Consummation | Acrylic on wood | 24x48
Consummation | Acrylic on wood | 24×48
 Estella | Acrylic on canvas | 60x48
Estella | Acrylic on canvas | 60×48
 Easter | Acrylic on wood | 24x48
Easter | Acrylic on wood | 24×48

Featured Artist | Balthazar Kaplan

Born in 1965 in Paris. Self-taught artist. I live in Rennes (Brittany, France)

In 1986, I created with Bathelemy Schwartz the revue Dorénavant, one of the first avant-garde revue of comics theory: this revue (1986 – 1988) proposed a new definition of the comic strip as a simple juxtaposition of pictures. Also, were included with the comics some paintings of Klee, Kandinsky or Picasso. This statement was also a way to create a new connection between comics and paintings: what was at stake then, was not the graphics (like for Lichtenstein or Combas) but the division of the canvas. Thanks to this, the painting would find again its very old and deep temptation: the illusion of time, which can create a narrative or a musical dimension.

The French comics’ world reacted sometimes with curiosity but most of the time with rejection. The art world ignored it.

From 1988 to 2006, I gave up painting and drawing and rather liked to write novels and essays.

Balthazar Kaplan | Rennes, France
balthazarkaplan.com
@balthazarkaplan

Born in 1965 in Paris. Self-taught artist. I live in Rennes (Brittany, France)

In 1986, I created with Bathelemy Schwartz the revue Dorénavant, one of the first avant-garde revue of comics theory: this revue (1986 – 1988) proposed a new definition of the comic strip as a simple juxtaposition of pictures. Also, were included with the comics some paintings of Klee, Kandinsky or Picasso. This statement was also a way to create a new connection between comics and paintings: what was at stake then, was not the graphics (like for Lichtenstein or Combas) but the division of the canvas. Thanks to this, the painting would find again its very old and deep temptation: the illusion of time, which can create a narrative or a musical dimension.

The French comics’ world reacted sometimes with curiosity but most of the time with rejection. The art world ignored it.

From 1988 to 2006, I gave up painting and drawing and rather liked to write novels and essays.

From 2006, a new generation of comics’ authors discovered again the revue Dorénavant. Some books and articles have been published about it. The website Du9 put online the whole revue.

At the same period, I decided to get back to drawing and painting.

May-july 2018, first exhibition in The Lavoir, in Rennes (France).

Fall 2018 : Publication of two paintings in the Parisian revue “L’Echaudée” (number 8)

January 2019, exhibit in Angoulême, during the bande dessinée festival.

June 2019, exhibit in the Rennes art market.

October 2019, exhibit in the YIA (Young International Artfair) in Paris

Articles in English about Dorévanant :

– Ann Miller, Bart Beaty, The French Comics Theory Reader, Leuven University Press, 2014

– Domingos Isabelinho, Barthélémy Schwartz’s, Balthazar Kaplan’s and Others’ Dorénavant, The Cribsheet, 14 mars 2009.

– Ann Miller, Reading Bande Dessinée: Critical Approaches to French-language Comic Strip, Intellect, 2007

 Our Time | oil on canvas | 120 cm x 100 cm

Our Time | oil on canvas | 120 cm x 100 cm
 Night and day | oil on canvas | 73 cm x 100 cm

Night and Day | oil on canvas | 73 cm x 100 cm
 The carousel of the life | oil on canvas | 73 cm x 54 cm

The Carousel of the Life | oil on canvas | 73 cm x 54 cm
 nothing can't stop the desire | oil on canvas | 120 cm x 100 cm

Nothing Can’t Stop the Desire | oil on canvas | 120 cm x 100 cm

 

Featured Artist | Moussa Salman

I’m Dutch/Egyptian, retired, but I was a businessman, teacher, inventor and I love challenging tasks. I’m completely self-taught, I never studied art or took any courses. I would say that my personality was formed in an Eastern society and has also been changed and affected by a Western one. My art represents the pain my family and I went through due to my daughter’s chronic illness, and it is inspired by her. One of my first jobs in Amsterdam was working as a cleaner at the Van Gogh museum, I was very impressed by the art and it helped my art career.

Featured Artist

Moussa Salman | Amsterdam, Holland
@moussasalmanart

Bio:

I’m Dutch/Egyptian, retired, but I was a businessman, teacher, inventor and I love challenging tasks. I’m completely self-taught, I never studied art or took any courses. I would say that my personality was formed in an Eastern society and has also been changed and affected by a Western one. My art represents the pain my family and I went through due to my daughter’s chronic illness, and it is inspired by her. One of my first jobs in Amsterdam was working as a cleaner at the Van Gogh museum, I was very impressed by the art and it helped my art career.

Artist Statement:

In 1999, my daughter Amal was born with one of the most difficult diseases, Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). It’s a rare chronic disease where the skin is as weak and fragile as a butterfly’s wing. Blisters and open wounds are formed by the slightest touch. She is in constant pain, all the time. There is no cure for it and we’ve been struggling and fighting this disease every day ever since. My art was born a year later because of the enormous emotional and mental turmoil my wife, my kids and I went through dealing with this disease, as Amal has become the centre of our attention and life ever since. It was a constant struggle to keep going and reaching a safe shore. I had never drawn or painted before, but somehow on her first birthday, I started making these strange drawings. You’ll find that my paintings are very random, but controlled. In every painting, I try to express myself to show the viewer what I’ve created and what I mean. However, most people who have seen my paintings, also saw something different in them. You can see them from many different perspectives, but they all represent finding beauty within chaos and despair. Recently, after many years, I’ve been told that my art style is classified as “expressionism”.

 Magic Hair | Digital Art

Magic Hair | Digital Art
 Horse Power | Digital Art
Horse Power | Digital Art
Anne Frank's Spirit | Digital Art
Anne Frank’s Spirit | Digital Art
 Fisherman | Acrylic on Cotton Canvas | 120x100x4 cm

Fisherman | Acrylic on Cotton Canvas | 120x100x4 cm

 

Featured Artist | Billy the Kid

I am an outsider artist. I am self taught and use unusual materials in my work such as sheet rock and neon paint . My work is for me a spiritual path as I am now the artist called Billy the Kid Neon/Numen formerly just known simply as Billy the Kid Neon ( hehee). I became an artist when I was “Richard Dreyfussed” ( as in Close Encounters of the Third Kind) at Home Depot. I bought an 8′ x 4′ piece of sheet rock and with a neighbor’s help I set it on two saw horses and in a trance i did my first piece appropriately called “Future Numen.”. This solitary phase in my work culminated in my magnum opus “Yu Must Squeeze” – 7000 c.ft. installation .

Now I employ “fine” artists in my work and I think it is way better – not so rough and more accessible and now for sale and hopefully, placable. Thanks for your kind attention….LUV AND PEACE….BILLY

Featured Artist

Billy the Kid | Georgetown, TX
billythekidneon.com
@billythekidneon

I am an outsider artist. I am self taught and use unusual materials in my work such as sheet rock and neon paint . My work is for me a spiritual path as I am now the artist called Billy the Kid Neon/Numen formerly just known simply as Billy the Kid Neon ( hehee). I became an artist when I was “Richard Dreyfussed” ( as in Close Encounters of the Third Kind) at Home Depot. I bought an 8′ x 4′ piece of sheet rock and with a neighbor’s help I set it on two saw horses and in a trance i did my first piece appropriately called “Future Numen.”. This solitary phase in my work culminated in my magnum opus “Yu Must Squeeze” – 7000 c.ft. installation .

Now I employ “fine” artists in my work and I think it is way better – not so rough and more accessible and now for sale and hopefully, placable. Thanks for your kind attention….LUV AND PEACE….BILLY

Billy's Large Glass | Mixed media | 24.5" x 45"

Billy’s Large Glass | Mixed media | 24.5″ x 45″
 Pieta | Mixed media | 15.5" x 29" x 3"

Pieta | Mixed media | 15.5″ x 29″ x 3″
 Sex Wars | Mixed media | 23" x 72"

Sex Wars | Mixed media | 23″ x 72″
 The Adventures of Roy Rogers & Dale Evans & the Known God & the Unknown God & Abraxas in the Lost Canyon | Mixed media | 5' x 5' x 9'

The Adventures of Roy Rogers & Dale Evans & the Known God & the Unknown God & Abraxas in the Lost Canyon | Mixed media | 5′ x 5′ x 9′

 

Featured Artist – Stan Reed

Stan Reed is an Outsider multimedia artist, photographer and musician who works in the genres of DaDa and Surreal art of all types. He specializes in collages, both digital and analog. His music projects include Blue Sabbath Black Cheer and The Broken Penis Orchestra. He has also worked with Steven Stapletons Nurse With Wound and Richard Rupenus Mixed Band Philanthropist.

Featured Artist

Stan Reed – Seattle, WA
@stan_reed_art

Stan Reed is an Outsider multimedia artist, photographer and musician who works in the genres of DaDa and Surreal art of all types. He specializes in collages, both digital and analog. His music projects include Blue Sabbath Black Cheer and The Broken Penis Orchestra. He has also worked with Steven Stapletons Nurse With Wound and Richard Rupenus Mixed Band Philanthropist.

 Sorrow Medium Analog collage on hand woven pages Size 7" x 10"

Sorrow
Analog collage on hand woven pages
7″ x 10″
 Jaws Of Life Medium Analog collage on hand woven pages Size 7" x 10"

Jaws Of Life
Analog collage on hand woven pages
7″ x 10″
 At Arms Length Medium Analog collage on hand woven pages Size 7.5" x 10"

At Arms Length
Analog collage on hand woven pages
7.5″ x 10″

Featured Artist – Camilla Valkama

I am an entrepreneur, outsider-artist and freely thinking individual.

In my art I haven`t restricted my doing to anything specific. I act based on interest, intuition and inspiration. In my art you can see strongly my love for visual experiences, mystical world, diversity of life and unlimited joy.

Featured Artist

Camilla Valkama|Kemi, Finland
@artbycamillavalkama

I am an entrepreneur, outsider-artist and freely thinking individual. In my art I haven`t restricted my doing to anything specific. I act based on interest, intuition and inspiration. In my art you can see strongly my love for visual experiences, mystical world, diversity of life and unlimited joy.

 What is happening to me? Medium Photography

What is happening to me?
Photography
 Ruttolääkäri Medium Acrylic painting

Ruttolääkäri
Acrylic painting
 Möykky 1. Medium Acrylic painting

Möykky 1.
Acrylic painting
 Venäläinen munkki Medium Photography

Venäläinen munkki
Photography

Featured Artist – Jana Cariddi

Jana Marie Cariddi is an American artist based in Berlin. She received her BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2015, and lived and worked in New Orleans before moving to Berlin. Her work has been exhibited in North America, Germany, and Japan and is included in several private collections.

Featured Artist

Jana Cariddi – Berlin, Germany
@JanaMarieCariddi

Jana Marie Cariddi is an American artist based in Berlin. She received her BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2015, and lived and worked in New Orleans before moving to Berlin. Her work has been exhibited in North America, Germany, and Japan and is included in several private collections.

Jana’s work is heavily infused with debauchery and desire, vanity and voodoo. Playing with notions of archetypical femininity, Cariddi’s work is infused with the sexuality, danger and loneliness behind the glitter and glitz of New Orleans. Via painting, installation and wall painting, she creates an intersection where the rose-colored glasses of girl-hood and the sharp realities of woman-hood meet. Her work takes form in the imaginary worlds in between, devised to humorize, heal and counterbalance the mundane act of maturing, aging and identifying as female.

— Susie Kahlich, Artipoeus

 XXV Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 4 x 3.5 ft

XXV
Acrylic on Canvas
4 x 3.5 ft
 Vanity Medium Acrylic on Wood Panel Size 3 x 2 ft.

Vanity
Acrylic on Wood Panel
3 x 2 ft.
 Looking Out, Looking In Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 4 x 3 ft

Looking Out, Looking In
Acrylic on Canvas
4 x 3 ft
 Mood Cubes Medium Acrylic on Canvas Size 2 x 1 ft

Mood Cubes
Acrylic on Canvas
2 x 1 ft