Skip to main content
Home

Haut Fashion

Main menu

  • Photography
  • Ads
  • Designer
  • Chic
    • Bags
    • Cosmetics
    • Jewelry
    • Shoes
    • Clothes
User Menu
  • Contact
Campari Tales
Andrej Pejic in L"Officiel Magazine
Pirelli Calendar 2008
Karlie Kloss by Tim Walker - W Magazine, 2012
Leibovitz - Lewis Carroll
Anouk portrait by Erwin Olaf, Vogue Netherlands, april 2013
Deborah Turbeville, Valentino Collection, 1977
Castello Cavalcanti by Wes Anderson

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. All things chic
  3. The new face of reality

The new face of reality

Gage Opdenbrouw, Dead Couple, Dia de Los Muertos
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 inspiration from real life, but after studying and sketching his subjects he focuses on something not entirely visible. Because nothing seems to be what you thought, the second time you give it a glimpse.

Gage Opdenbrouw, Dead Couple, Dia de Los MuertosGage Opdenbrouw, Dead Couple, Dia de Los Muertos

The artist, who considers that painting is all about mystery, mixes different aesthetics (romanticism, expressionism, realism) and genres: landscape, figure painting and abstract art in a compelling way, paying homage to Francisco Goya and to American painter Andrew Wyeth. Yet he manages to create his own dark, estranged, melancholic style considered a “personal meditation on universal themes of life and death, love and loss, friendship and family”.

Gage Opdenbrouw, The Bride, Dia de los muertosGage Opdenbrouw, The Bride, Dia de los muertos

Born and raised in San Jose, California, Gage Opdenbrouw works nowadays in San Francisco where he also teaches painting and drawing courses. In San Francisco he is represented by the Charles Campbell Gallery and he recently exhibited his works at Art Zone 461 (San Francisco), Bakersfield Art Museum and Tower Art Gallery (New York).

Image gallery:
Gage Opdenbrouw, Beginning of Summer
Gage Opdenbrouw, Beginning of Summer
Gage Opdenbrouw, Kitchen Window Red
Gage Opdenbrouw, Kitchen Window Red
Gage Opdenbrouw, Little Man, Out of a Walk
Gage Opdenbrouw, Little Man, Out of a Walk
Gage Opdenbrouw, Self Portrait as an Angry Young Man
Gage Opdenbrouw, Self Portrait as an Angry Young Man
Gage Opdenbrouw, Skuls and Marigolds, Old Photos and Flames, Dia de Los Muertos
Gage Opdenbrouw, Skuls and Marigolds, Old Photos and Flames, Dia de Los Muertos
Gage Opdenbrouw, Small Fires in the Distance
Gage Opdenbrouw, Small Fires in the Distance
Gage Opdenbrouw, Strangers no. 48
Gage Opdenbrouw, Strangers no. 48
Gage Opdenbrouw, Crisp Winter Day
Gage Opdenbrouw, Crisp Winter Day
Gage Opdenbrouw, Artist's Mother As A Child
Gage Opdenbrouw, Artist's Mother As A Child

Category

  • All things chic

Tags

  • style icon
  • Diesel Fragrance
  • patent leather
  • Harper's Bazaar
  • Snejana Onopka
  • Lanvin
  • Add new comment
By Haut Fashion , 23 April 2018

Exploring mind's fears and obsessions

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...

Tags

  • Diesel Fragrance
  • patent leather
By Haut Fashion, 24 May 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...

Tags

  • style icon
  • patent leather
By Haut Fashion, 21 May 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

...

Tags

  • style icon
  • Jane Fonda
By Haut Fashion, 10 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...

Tags

  • style icon
  • Jane Fonda
By Haut Fashion, 19 April 2018

Disturbing reality seen by Fred Einaudi

Fred Einaudi, The Mermaid

A happy woman carrying a devilish pan full of skulls, a little boy fishing a woman's corps out of the water, a girl analyzing a dead human fetus and many other troubling scenes are the subject of Fred Einaudi's dark paintings.

...

Tags

  • style icon
  • jersey dress
By Haut Fashion, 22 April 2018

Sisters, farms and supernatural forces

Andrea Kowch, Two Rural Sisters

Rural scenes, sad brides, strange sisters, crows, fire, superstitions and supernatural forces. These are what Andrea Kowch captures in her beautiful, mysterious paintings, shown all over in the United States and Canada....

Tags

  • style icon
  • jersey dress
By Haut Fashion, 2 May 2018

Cars, vivid colors and ghosts

Andreas M. Wiese, Damage  (Verhängnis)

What I love most about Andreas M. Wiese's paintings is that each of them has a captivating scenario at its core. Whether is about old cars, lost cities, troubling, ghostly characters, each artwork opens a strange and unique world to the...

Tags

  • style icon
  • academy awards
By Haut Fashion, 3 July 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...

Tags

  • style icon
  • Jane Fonda
By Haut Fashion, 12 July 2018

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...

Tags

  • jersey dress
  • Miss Sixty
By Haut Fashion, 16 April 2018

Girls with hearts on a sleeve

Nom Kinnear-King, Cafe Rose

Nom Kinnear-King is a young British painter focused on female imagery, as projections of her passion for literature, travelling, folklore. Some of her works are results of special encounters; others are inspired by theatre, circus, and...

Tags

  • style icon
  • jersey dress
By Haut Fashion, 26 March 2019

Astonishing mind games

Vladimir Kush, Breakfast on The Lake

Nothing is what it seems at first sight. If you look closely enough you will see reality distorted in a beautiful, stunning way. Vladimir Kush's paintings and sculptures fascinate me. This talented Russian artist plays with our perceptions...

Tags

  • style icon
  • academy awards
By Haut Fashion, 17 May 2018

True passion for fairytales

Mia Araujo, Persephone

Michelle "Mia" Araujo is only 24 years old and has already astonished critics with her acrylic on wood paintings. Born in Los Angeles, Mia graduated Otis College of Art & Design and...

Tags

  • embroidered shirts
  • Gemma Ward.
By Haut Fashion, 3 June 2018

Forceful feminine visions

Lori Earley, Ms V

I am very fond of surrealistic art, as a form of expressing pure, genuine emotions. That is probably why these otherworldly girls, painted by Lori Earley, gained my full interest. Born and raised in New York, Lori...

Tags

  • metallic necklace
  • vintage trend
By Haut Fashion, 17 October 2018

Tailored preppy chic

Tailored preppy chic

This is one of my favorite spring trends: “the preppy look”, meaning boyish, clean-cut, collegiate-inspired style.

There is something very sexy about a girl dressed in clothes meant for boys. A two piece suit with...

Tags

  • Snejana Onopka
  • Lavazza
By Haut Fashion, 4 March 2017

Boho, Brogues and Bold trousers

Street style Boho

Want to see what runway trends translated well into street fashion? First is the modern-boho look, well actually one aspect of this look: the fur gilet, which is now everywhere. But there are also other boho details like...

Tags

  • metallic accessories
  • Diesel Fragrance
By Haut Fashion, 10 November 2018
Haute Fashion

Friends

Velvet Cushion 

Latest news

Dolce&Gabbana ss09 womenswear

Dolce&Gabbana spring/summer ad campaign

Nom Kinnear-King, Cafe Rose

Girls with hearts on a sleeve

MCQ - Target spring 2009

A bit of Alexander's genius

Estera, Perfect Morning

Optimistic brushes of color

Lily Cole by Solve Sundsbo

White Dreams

Valentino - Stephanie Seymour

Valentino spring/summer 2009 ad campaign

Audrey Kawasaki, My Dishonest Heart

Melancholic vision of desire

W Suvi Koponen october2008

Vague Emotions

Giorgio Armani spring 2009 campaign

Giorgio Armani spring/summer 2009 ad campaign

Nastplas, Aria Desktopography, 2010

Nastplas: when pixels turn to dreams

Pagination

  • Previous page
  • 57
  • Next page

Popular news

Dior Homme spring/summer 2009 ad

Dior Homme spring/summer 2009 ad campaign

The Weissensee School of Art and Design

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Berlin Fall/Winter 2008

Vintage Pendant

Vintage Onyx Pendant

Aleandro pump

Aleandro pump

Colored tights

What do girls wear these days?

JojoFashion collection

JojoFashion collection: evening dresses for magical nights

Attention on Heels

Attention on Heels

Tommy Hilfiger Fall 2020 TOMMY ICONS collection

Tommy Hilfiger presents the "TOMMY ICONS" collection for autumn 2020

wool coat

Day Birger et Mikkelsen's wool-blend coat

Fashion trends

Fashion trends from the world's streets

Travel double-v little black dress

Travel double-v little black dress

Android Look

Spring fashion trends: Android Look

Pagination

  • Previous page
  • 57
  • Next page
Sarah doll by Ana Salvador
Stylish Tips for the Mother of the Bride or Groom
Speak Flower, Kako Ueda
Manuela Pavesi, Tank Magazine spring/summer 2012
Makes glass break
Kid Interiør x Julie Fiala
Performance for the Wrist: The New Mercedes-AMG Watch Collection
Naomi Campbell in Pucci’s Fall 2025 Campaign
RSS feed
#Contact #Privacy policy #Facebook