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Jonathan Viner, Watchdogs
Jonathan Viner, Watchdogs

 Jonathan Viner's "Harem" collection explores themes of intimacy and vulnerability, control and voyeurism with its captivating, realistic representations of sensual girls listening to headphones; which, reminding me of John Fowles' s novel The Collector, are altered from independent individuals to vivid artifacts.

Jonathan Viner, IrinaJonathan Viner, Irina

The women's relaxed postures, dazed, ecstatic face expressions, their nudity, everything suggests a deeper level of interpretation, including that of a stronger, superior will controlling their mind.

Jonathan Viner's oil paintings demand continuous contemplation and deciphering based on their harsh beauty, detailed composition and recurrent symbols. He creates a profound imagery of ambiguous atmosphere that are most referring to a dangerous state of mind, obsessions and the need of power and safety in a hostile world, constant themes in Viner's paintings.

Born in 1976 in New York, Jonathan Viner received his BFA in 1998, from the Rhode Island School of Design. He now lives and works in New York, inspired by Old Masters, contemporary American pop culture and, obviously, psychology.

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Jonathan Viner, Watchdogs
Jonathan Viner, Watchdogs
Jonathan Viner, Aftermath
Jonathan Viner, Aftermath
Jonathan Viner, Vantage Point
Jonathan Viner, Vantage Point
Jonathan Viner, Universal Remote
Jonathan Viner, Universal Remote
Jonathan Viner, The Virtues of Gathering
Jonathan Viner, The Virtues of Gathering
Jonathan Viner, The Twins Knot
Jonathan Viner, The Twins Knot
Jonathan Viner, Blood Line
Jonathan Viner, Blood Line
Jonathan Viner, Anchor Point
Jonathan Viner, Anchor Point
Jonathan Viner, Varushka
Jonathan Viner, Varushka

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By Haut Fashion , 24 May 2018

The new face of reality

Gage Opdenbrouw, Dead Couple, Dia de Los Muertos

Gage Opdenbrouw aims at painting "the exterior world in such a way as to evoke the mysterious richness & vastness of the interior world each of us carries within". Working especially with oil paints, this talented artist gets his...

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By Haut Fashion, 23 April 2018

Paintings, traveling and a seek for inspiration

Seth Armstrong, A view of Budapest from the trekkie deekie

I simply love the world that Seth Armstrong depicts through his paintings. He mixes realism with a touch of fictional; he knows how to be ironic without crossing the line, and funny without diminishing the message of his artworks. Plus, if...

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By Haut Fashion, 19 April 2018

The magical world of sheepies and misos

Miso, Teardrop 2

If you're wondering what is Miso's art all about, I will tell you that her imagination is fascinated and stirred by ecocatastrophe, biology and evolution. Her strange creatures, subjects of her paintings, graphite artworks, ink drawings...

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By Haut Fashion, 21 May 2018

Feminine icons and mythical symbolism

Kris Lewis, Baltic Sea

Kris Lewis grew up in a family that gathered seven brothers and one sister, and, although his father provided the artistic genes, it was his mother who actually influenced his work as a painter. She taught him about the importance of...

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By Haut Fashion, 12 July 2018

Benjamin Anderson's artistic "soup"

Benjamin Anderson, Plastic World

Benjamin Anderson's biggest passions are portraits. That's because this type of art work provokes him to find a representation that reflects the many different characteristics of an individual.

Benjamin Anderson, self-portrait

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By Haut Fashion, 10 April 2018

Painting limericks: Duy Huynh

Duy Huynh, Eternal Companions

For Duy Huynh (pronounced Yee Wun) drawing was his way of settling in a strange world as a youngster immigrant. Years passed and the Vietnamese-born artist kept his childhood passion as a means of living after graduating from UNC...

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By Haut Fashion, 27 August 2019

Magic world, magic paintings

Kelly Vivanco, Glow

Kelly Vivanco admits she enjoys painting without planning, just letting her imagination run free and see where it takes her. To people who ask what are her artworks about she encourages them to find their own meanings. The artist depicts a...

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By Haut Fashion, 16 April 2018

Fall Must Have: Cowl Neck Slouchy Hood

Cacharel, Ellen Tracy, Miss Sixty

One of the many of this fall's trends that I'd like to take on but probably will end up being just a wish is the cowl neck knit hood-scarf. Why? Because it's one of those things that only tall and thin women can pull it off. I'm rather small and that...

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By Haut Fashion, 30 October 2017

Sylvia Ji and her sad fairies

Sylvia Ji, Night Shade

Sylvia Ji constantly surprises us with her beautiful paintings. Focusing especially on feminine figures (perhaps her own alter-egos), Sylvia explores beauty, sensuality, social notions in provocative captivating artworks....

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By Haut Fashion, 12 August 2018

Passionate about painting and life itself

Melissa Moss, Too Happy

Melissa Moss has a very interesting tale. In the past she worked in publishing, but a full-time job in that field didn't exactly trill her. Every day she felt more depressed for having to go over and over again to that job she didn't feel...

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By Haut Fashion, 4 June 2018

Artistically illustrated movie posters

Artistically illustrated movie posters

Justin Reed is a 29 year old artist from Vermont who is deeply inspired by pop culture, particularly with motion pictures but also by musicians and TV shows. His works, mostly acrylic on canvas, reveal a unique mix of painting, caricature...

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By Haut Fashion, 12 May 2018

Heather Mattoon's fashionable cats

Alan, Heather Mattoon, Cats in Clothes

"We should be more like cats: soulful, stylish, and entirely unconcerned with others’ opinions" says artist Heather Mattoon, motivating her lovely Cats in Clothes series of paintings. Each portrait shows a...

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By Haut Fashion, 21 September 2018

Among dreams and monster tales

Dan May, Between you and Eye

Dan May's gentle, furry monsters have always maintained a level of humanity. And, surprisingly or not, May's recent collection, called "Into the wild" expands this humanity into a deeper emotional level. Living in...

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By Haut Fashion, 19 July 2018

Focus on Uncertain Times

Amy Casey, Keeping it Together

Amy Casey's paintings recreate, with acrylic on panel, on canvas or on paper, her nightmares concerning the end of the world. "Inspired by natural and unnatural disasters, personal fiascos and never-ending stream of bad news coming...

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By Haut Fashion, 21 April 2018

Melancholic vision of desire

Audrey Kawasaki, My Dishonest Heart

Audrey Kawasaki’s artworks are based on splendid contradictions. Her painted heroines and heroes are erotic and innocent, young but wise, disturbingly beautiful, intentionally ambiguous. Audrey’s style is influenced by...

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By Haut Fashion, 9 March 2019
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