Sharon Butler

See more of Sharon Butler's work here. There are lots of sketchbook images as well as many years of her work to look at. I hope all is well and peaceful in your world today wherever you are.

Jenny Sages

I'm pretty sure it's obvious to any of you who read this blog regularly why I like Jenny Sages. She is an Australian artist inspired by Aboriginal art. She works in encaustic on canvas, and for her portraits she spreads the wax over the canvas with her hands. Here is a self-portrait she did after the death of her husband, which explores her grief. This work won the 2012 Archibald People's Choice Prize.

There is a YouTube video of Jenny Sages talking about this work here. I love what she says about needing to show her work to "close the loop" in her experience of making art. I've never found a way to articulate that feeling. You can see more of her work here, at the King Street Gallery website.

Leif Low-Beer

I don't know anything about this artist, found through Pinterest. The drawing is what grabs my attention. And the composition of figural elements stacked on top of each other. The color use seems very resolved and refined. And translating drawing into sculpture, or vice versa seems to have been a revelation. Here is a website. Here is a blog.