Surreal Japanese Painter Chie Yoshii

Chie Yoshii is a painter born in Japan currently living in California. She specializes in creating surrealistic oil paintings inspired by human psychology and mythological tales. “I am inspired by the analogy between mythological tales and the human psychology. In my paintings, layers of allegorical images create syncretic, dreamlike worlds. A profusion of symbols forces the representational images to be abstract as a whole, allowing the viewers to create their own personal interpretations.”

In 2000, she completed BFA at Massachusetts College of Art and studied for 6 years with realist painter Adrian Gottlieb from 2002-2008. She is an admirer of vibrant colors and details of Flemish painters such as Jan van Eyck and Caravaggio. She was also influenced by the captivating mythic world of Gustave Moreau. Her paintings feature celestial women figures accompanied by owl, birds, and butterflies in saturated colored images in the surrounding that are far from reality. The softness, texture and illuminous quality in her work is impeccable.

Her paintings have been exhibited in galleries all over the world including Dorothy Circus Gallery in Italy, Urban Nation in Germany, Thinkspace in Los Angeles, and William Baczek Fine Arts in Northampton, MA.

Good and Strange by Soft Sculpture Artist Julia Osminina

Julia Osminina is a soft sculpture maker behind Good and Strange. The artist makes characters entirely by hand using yarn, cotton, wool, faux leather and other embellishments. A general form is constructed out of wire on which then legs, arms, head, tail and fingers are attached. These unusual bird sculptures are one-of-a-kind, each one with ample of personality.

The birds are dressed in hand-stitched removable clothing and shoes. Julia has worked on number of pieces in collaboration and has made custom soft sculptures. They are perfect for anyone who likes to collect unique art pieces to decorate their house with. For available works visit her online store Good and Strange.

Ceramics from Fun to Elegant Designs by Sveta Kilyakova

Sveta Kilyakova is a ceramic artist from St. Petersburg, Russia. She makes all kinds of ceramics - plates, bowls, cups and vessels - that are suitable of everyday use. The ceramic collection is handmade by the artist herself and painted with nature inspired designs. The pieces are individually made and are left rough especially on the edges. Sveta's style is not limited, her ceramics feature a range of designs from fun to elegant. Her ceramics while on one hand can be in one solid color with a dash of color or a tiny motif on the other hand the pieces can surprise you with bright colors and golden accents.

You can view her creations from the past and the ones that are available for purchase on Instagram.