02Jul / 2012

Jon Foster’s Thrill-Seekers

Jon Foster is a well-known Rhode Island illustrator, who is responsible for the creation of many science fiction and fantasy book covers, as well as comic book covers and graphic stories. His art has graced the cover and pages of DC and Dark Horse. Jon’s work features the emotions of thrill-seekers, in the moment when good and evil collide and adventure soars.

After completing his studies in illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design in 1989, Jon went on to practice his technique of oil paintings on canvas. Before a project is complete, Foster scans his paintings into a computer to add digital effects. Lush and rich, Jon’s paintings of magical and fantastic worlds have established him as a comic artist icon. To enjoy more of his art, visit Jon’s website and Behance page.

“From content, to composition, down to the application of the paint, Jon makes you feel what is going on in his worlds…and his worlds are never one dimensional. The delightful paintings often have a underpinning of sadness, the sad paintings are often subverted with a dash of humor, the horrifying images are somehow beautiful…and the loving paintings often have just a bit of rust — and some dings and scratches — that makes the characters all the more loveable for their flaws.” – Irene Gallo, Creative Director for Tor.com and Tor Books

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06Mar / 2012

Anna Schuleit’s Blooming Art

In 2003, Anna Schuleit installed 25,000 potted flowers in the Massachusetts Mental Health Center to commemorate its life, history, and people over the 91 years of its operation. Ambient sounds of the Center were recorded while it was still in operation and played over the PA. The muffled sounds of the hospital mixed with the silent flowing flowers created a beautiful, haunting monument. After the exhibit, the flowers didn’t go to waste! Schuleit and her volunteers delivered them by truck to people in more than 40 facilities throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including psychiatric facilities, clubhouses, and homeless shelters.

“Bloom is a reflection on the healing symbolism of flowers being given to the sick when they are bedridden and confined to hospital settings, with the astounding, persistent exception of long-term psychiatric patients, who receive few, if any flowers during their hospital stays. Walking through the hallways of an institution, still to this day, one cannot find any flowers in the rooms. Bloom is created in the spirit of offering and transition.” – Anna Schuleit

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07Feb / 2012

Do-Ho Suh’s Moving Installations

Artist Do-Ho Suh’s powerful installations explore the identity of the individual and strength in numbers. Born in Seoul, Korea Suh moved to the United States to attend Yale University and the Rhode Island School of Design. Whether addressing the dynamic of personal space versus public space, or exploring the fine line between strength in numbers and homogeneity, Suh’s sculptures continually question the identity of the individual in today’s global society. To see more of Do-Ho Suh’s breathtaking installations, please visit the Lehmann Maupin: here.