Category Archive: ART

Fintan Whelan: Raw Silk & Oil on Canvas

Temptation is not simply an emotion. “Temptation” is the name of a piece of art.

It is 95 centimeters long and 120 centimeters in height. It's a painting with a fibrous quality – chaotic yet controlled swishes of rust orange and jade green hues clash, overlap, fade, and burst in colorful unison. And just beneath its titillating title, the description of the piece reads:

“Mixed Media, raw silk & oil on canvas.” 

“Temptation” is one of many paintings created by abstract, German-based artist Fintan Whelan.

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Barbara Chase-Riboud: A Lifetime of Success

With a lifetime of achievements under her belt, artist, sculptor, writer, and fashion connoisseur Barbara Chase-Riboud started her impactful and passionate career at the age of fifteen years old, selling her first novel titled “Reba" in 1955 to the Museum of Modern Art. At the age of 83, Chase-Riboud’s work is celebrated as she is named one of the very few Black Americans awarded France’s highest order of merit, the Légion d’honneur. This is an award Chase-Riboud dreamed about since she was young and dreaming of a life within the art world. 

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Atlanta Tattoo Convention: POV of a Ink Virgin Photographer

Throughout the history of humankind, people have been marking their skin with ink tattoos, and for thousands of years, these pieces of art on human canvases have served many different purposes. At the Atlanta tattoo festival, I learned that tattoos are a beautiful means of community and connection. As someone without tattoos, I dove “skin first” into an unknown territory.

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