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December 2011
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May 2011
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Ian Jackson (Tiny Scum) - Melbourne, Australia
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April 2011
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Matt Prior - Wetherby, United Kingdom
March 2011
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REVISIT | Anna Popovich - London, England
Boyan - I featured Anna a little under a year ago and we saw a great response to the interview we did. I thought it would be interesting to revisit her and see how things had developed since we talked. The piece below gave me the idea to revisit some of the other artists we’ve featured to see how they’ve gotten on since - so look forward to more of these. Anna - First and foremost I...
February 2011
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Boyan S. Benev - Sofia, Bulgaria & London, UK
Staring at the sun, A lampost… & Barbed wire fence
Boyan - It was surely bound to happen.. at post 168 I thought I’d take some of my own medicine and submit a few photographs to the site. Hope you enjoy. These are from a hobby project of mine called ‘Beauty and the bloc’. The idea behind it is to try and show the beauty to be found in unlikely places. I now live in...
November 2010
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Ignacio Alperin Bruvera - Buenos Aires, Argentina
A Selection of Works
Ignacio was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He comes from a white collar middle class family with a varied background. At 11 years of age he had the opportunity to visit the Louvre, the Prado, the Vatican and Rome, and the major Museums of London, with all their historical and artistic treasures.That visit had a major influence on his life. Upon his return to Buenos...
October 2010
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Taj Melendez - Brooklyn, NY. United States
photographer: J. SHOTTI (www.jshotti.com)
Taj is currently 18 years old and has managed to garner international notoriety within just one year with his unique accessories. From Japan to Australia and back to the US, everyone wants a piece of the BY TAJ COLLECTION.
From celebrities and their stylists, Taj Melendez is turning heads. We are proud of him and wanted to share with you his work....
September 2010
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Ekaterina Petrova - Sofia, Bulgaria
A Selection from ‘The ground beneath my feet’
In her blog, The ground beneath my feet, Ekaterina Petrova combines her love for traveling and her interest in history, art and languages with her desire to become a better story-teller and photographer. Through taking photos of her feet standing on interesting surfaces in places and/or with people she wants to remember, and writing...
June 2010
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DrFranken (Fran Rodrìguez Learte) - Madrid, Spain
Krowd, The Runner & The Face
Fran Rodrìguez Learte, “drfranken” was born in La Coruna, Spain in 1979. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Salamanca in 1998. drfranken lives and works in Madrid, Spain. For many years he experimented with different techniques and mediums. Now he concentrates on digital art and his work as a computer programmer in...
May 2010
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INTERVIEW | Anna Popovich
Boyan - Using CrimsonKaie, I like to experiment with different perceptions of art. It’s no great leap to see fashion and clothing a an art form. As one of the closest, most personal things to us I find the drive and influence of the designers very interesting. So it’s a great pleasure to introduce Anna and her fantastic work. Be sure to see her full collection from the link...
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Karina Yarv - Saint Petersburg, Russia
I Miss You Lee McQueen, Anna & Nice To Meet You Mr. Fry
‘I can’t explain myself, I’m afraid, Sir, because I’m not myself you see’.
What wonderfully right words!
The best way to feel myself happy and calm after a hard day is to draw something, some new character for my own little world.
I love portraits. They are my passion. I Love to draw them and...
April 2010
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INTERVIEW | Vera Gotseva
Boyan - As we’ve been a little sparse recently, I wanted to go all out with a feature interview and we couldn’t have chosen a better person for it. Vera has a love and passion for her work which shows not only in her images but her words… below. Enjoy! Tell us a little about yourself? I was educated to be a philosopher and a critic; however I work as a journalist and...
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Daria Hlazatova - Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Ladies, Elecat & JellyWatch
I’m 24 and live in a small town in Ukraine. I’ve been drawing since I was little but never had art training. As a child I loved to draw to my favourite music like the Beatles or Mozart and I guess it later has grown into my love for illustrating. Now I find inspiration in books and theatre. I love travelling and I’ve had several...
February 2010
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Our New Editor: John Egan
Boyan - When I look back, Crimson Kaie has actually been around a lot less than it feels like it has! I take that to be a good thing because it has been a pleasure featuring the over 175 artists we have featured thus far. Now Crimson Kaie draws a regular audience from around the world and it’s great to see a place where emerging and unknown artists in all media can have a chance to show off...
Teri Dryden - Los Angeles, United States
Teri - “My love of experimenting with different types of media has led me to the wonderful world of collage. Through this uniquely versatile medium, I have been able to explore a more personal and intuitive process in which I can express myself more freely, openly and honestly. I start by painting a canvas black, then layer pieces of assorted textured paper in various neutral shades....
January 2010
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Brett Svetlik - Boston, United States
Fridge, Huckleberry Pie & Deer
After growing up on the Rocky Mountain Front in Colorado, Brett Svetlik relocated to Missoula to pursue his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at The University of Montana. Four years of academics and studio practice led him towards his BFA Degree, which he received in the spring of 2007. Svetlik is currently pursuing his Masters in Arts Administration at Boston...
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Peter Dowie - Dublin, Ireland
Peter’s work looks at the contradictions and complex pressures of using aggressive consumption as the engine for our society, concerning mainly arts place within this market driven society, where a market disconnected from ethical priorities wilfully exploits a naive but generally shared belief in visual truth. He is interested in exploring various paradigms of democracy based on the...
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Vince Fraser - London, United Kingdom
Vinyl, Icecapada & Afro
Vince is a freelance digital illustrator / designer based in London who has worked for various clients including British Airways, PC World, BBC and T-mobile.
Boyan - I’m attracted to the complexity and detail of this work. If you see his portfolio on the site, Vince has a great range and wide imagination. While the style has a great popular...
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Brendan O’Connell - Cornwall CT, United States
Snacks, Mercurial Flip Flops & Cheap and Cheerful
Brendan O’Connell is an artist who divides his time between writing and painting, between figuration and abstraction. He uses color to portray the struggle of opposing forces, for instance, of gravity and transcendence. He often uses bold contrasts in an effort to create an expression of balance.
For the past five years he...
December 2009
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Viktor Mazhlekov - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Orange Silence, The Cocoons, Intergalaxy Traffic Light
Viktor was June 1979 in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. He works in the area of colour painting, drawing and illustration. Since 1995 he has taken part in various regional and national exhibitions. He has realised 6 personal exhibitions - 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009 in Bulgaria and 2001 in Germany. The paintings of the artist have been...
November 2009
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Artist of the Week | Worm Carnevale | Join The...
Boyan - In these images Worm shows a great, provocative style bringing out a great deal of energy from such a quiet backdrop. It’s a fantastic series by a very talented photographer - good stuff. See more of his work: Worm Carnevale
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Reka Nyari - New York (NY), United States
A selection of images for the ‘Late Night Sessions’ series Reka is a former painter, now a Fashion photographer and artist in NYC. “Late Night Sessions” was an initially private self-portrait project, shot between the hours of 4-9am after wild nights in NYC nightlife, over a period of 2 years. Boyan - Here’s a great series by a direct & very talented artist as...
October 2009
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Dan Biggins - London, England
A selection of images Dan is a self-taught photographer based in London, England. Living in the capital allows him to focus on shooting architectural subjects, but he also enjoys all forms of photography including portraits, landscapes, night photography, macro and weddings which he’ll be concentrating on more during the coming year. Boyan - It has been a very long time since Crimson Kaie...
August 2009
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David Sossella - Treviso, Italy
A selection of images David was born in Venice (Italy) in 1976. He carried out his studies until he confered a degree on painting in the Academy of fine Arts in Venice. After that he began to work as illustrator, painter and graphic designer. From 1995 he took part, most of all as founder member, in different artistic groups like Fabrik, Relè flambè, Fudoshin, Gusto Robusto and Urban Code. In...
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Worm Carnevale - New York, United States
A selection of images from ‘Join The Party’
Worm is a creative photographer based in New York City.
Boyan - The mix of perspectives in these shots conveys some of the energy and variety of the setting. Choosing to shoot in black and white merges the characters in his shots with their surroundings and creates a great blended party atmosphere. See more of his work:...
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Ken Powers - Tacoma, (WA) United States
Chopstix, Chucks & Harmonica Pile Ken - I often allow my humor to bubble to the surface when I am creating a piece. If I find the concept amusing, I hope others will as well. I have been experimenting with the use of 18th century reproduction watercolor paint and find the granulating characteristics bring many of my works an almost three-dimensional quality. I have been watercolor...
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Artist of the Week | Marsha Elliott | Bottoms Up
Boyan - Marsha has such a great, gentle style. The paintings have a smooth flow and blend. There is nothing sensationalist in the work and I am drawn to that - I don’t believe it’s necessary. See more of her work: Marsha Elliott
All good things come to change
For some time I’ve been wondering how to develop Crimson Kaie. I like to see ideas progress and develop. If a concept stands still, regardless how good, it will eventually begin to stagnate. To avoid such stagnation it is important to develop before it becomes an issue. One avenue I have considered is for a print publication. Recently I have received interest and support in developing my...
July 2009
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83Grafik - United Kingdom
Word is born, Ed209 & Thunder Child 83Grafik is a illustrator who likes to pack a punch. THERE IS NO ORDER WITHOUT CHAOS!! I like to work mainly in vector based artwork because i feel i can communicate my style easier that way. I also like predators, such as the harpy eagle, cause it eats things and makes a mess everywhere.. Boyan - Nice biog! I think it is exactly that well-executed chaos...
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Mark Webster - North Highlands (CA), United States
Michael, Anamorphosis & Violin Player Mark - I wanted to convey the depth of motion of the human figure, landcape, or still life both active and at rest.The result became a form of scuptural abstract imagery of not only the subject itself, but rather the time and space that it occupies in a single moment, or several single moments reducing the form into less complicated shapes. After several...
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Rebecca Jones – Canberra, Australia
The Sea At Sunset, Playful Imagination, The Red Meeting Rebecca - I am a student studying Industrial Design at the University of Canberra, Australia. I am relatively new to the art of photography – self taught. I find everyday I am learning something new about it. I enjoy photographing landscape and macro and love using vibrant colours as part of my subjects.Boyan - I love the drama in these...
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Marsha Elliot - Covington, United States
Bottoms Up, Rural Laundromat & Walking by Faith Marsha - For an artist, creating is as essential as breathing. We exhale what’s inside using a visual means to communicate our thoughts, feelings & our interpretation of the world around us. What’s inside always comes out so I hope those who view my art will get to know me as a warm, quiet spirited person who loves the happy...
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Charles Plant - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
A selection of images Charles - “The Art of my Eye”… for years, friends and family have said I have an “eye” for a good picture. My “eye” looks for natural emotion, texture, contrasts and uses the beauty of Atlantic Canada as a background. It loves finding beauty in the “everyday”. For thirty years I have enjoyed taking images, but it has...
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Artist of the Week | Soon Tong | Bodypainting
Boyan - Soon was a clear choice for artist of the week this week. His work attracted the most traffic we have ever had: over 2500 visitors in one day. The execution of the shots is so complicated while the result looks effortless: capturing a unique moment in time in each one. See more of his work: Calibre Pics
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INTERVIEW | Marc Gouguenheim
Boyan - We featured Marc a couple of months ago as an artist of the day. Marc is an exceptional photographer and I thought his words would be interesting to aspiring young photographers the world over. Hope you enjoy this interview, thanks Marc. Give us a quick, 50 word introduction A 50 words intro that I can easily write without counting the words would be:I love to be in love - just like...
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Heather Paling - Nottinghamshire, England
A selection of images Heather - I am a completely self taught photographer from England. It’s been my passion for around 5 years but I only started to take it seriously about 2 years ago. I work with models, make up artists and stylists on creative shoots. My work has been featured in Practical Photography magazine.Boyan - Heather’s style is beautiful. The soft palettes compliment...
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James Thompson - Guayaquil, Ecuador
Self Portrait - Inner Conflict James - This video was shot on a rooftop in Ecuador as an experiment in achieving a modern film fight effect with no special effects, no sound equipment, no equipment of any kind beyond the camera itself (not even a tripod), only one person as cast and crew and one day to shoot and edit. I’m doing this with a view to possibly using miniDV for some longer...
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Dita De Soto - California, United States
I’m OK, Self-Portrait & The Only One Of Its Kind Dita - I am based out of southern California. Though I am a self-taught painter as of approximately four years ago, I obtained my BA with a concentration in art from CSU Channel Islands. I enjoy working on abstract canvases, such as mannequins. I find they add a great deal of intensity to my work. I am fascinated with the female...
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Soon Tong - Singapore
Images from the ‘bodypainting’ & ‘liquid’ series Soon - The 2nd 2 pixs are what got me fascinated with liquid photography. I also like to shoot human with liquids forms. Liquid is one of my favorite subject to shoot , experimenting with the surreal & capturing sublime images frozen in a fleeting moment.Boyan - Stunning. All of these images are stunning. You have...
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Raycho Stanev - Sofia, Bulgaria
S-Fonia(click black sq. above and start playing with the keyboard) Idea - Through a combination of lights and sounds I am trying to create a feeling which supersedes our understandings of sight and hearing - showing their connected unity. The idea is that the viewer immerses themselves in this world of sight and sound using the keyboard to compose a stereophonic artwork. Navigation - Every key...
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Artist of the Week | Microbot | Blue Moon
Blue Moon Boyan - This is an incredibly captivating piece by a very talented artist indeed. You really have to see the full sized version of this to appreciate it but it is fantastic. A great level of detail combined with super composition and an energetic feel. Great work David. See more of his work: MicroBot
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OPINION | A Century Gone
A Century Gone About 10 days ago we featured the 100th artist of the day on Crimson Kaie. Since starting the site in March there has been a great increase in interest and even though I haven’t had a great deal of time to promote the site – audience figures have been doubling every month. It’s interesting how a concept develops. Crimson Kaie was inspired by an email exchange I had with a young...
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RJ Blanchette - Switzerland
Keb’ Mo, Locomotive & The Trumpet I’m a long time pencil artist that has just recently taken the time to spend more time on my art. I’m originally from Leicester Massachusetts, which is about 60 miles from Boston. In 1990 I followed the love of my life to Switzerland where we live with our two boys. Although the genre of my work is realistic, imitating reality is not the...
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Michelle Terry - Sydney, Australia
Daydreamer, The Sleepy Tree & Devon I am originally from Shropshire in the Uk. I trained at art school for a year after college and completed a Foundation course in Art and Design, specifying in Fashion Illustration. I then decided to go it alone rather than going on to further study and have been traveling and re locating for the last three years whilst working on my portfolio. I moved to...
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Shadow Chen (Saltyshadow) - Ningbo, China
Bee, Vine (Collab. with Archan Nair) & Monster of the Year (Collab. with Xiaobaosg) Shadow Chen or Saltyshadow, is a Mixed Media Illustrator from Ningbo, China. She has majored in industral design, and is an Art & Design Postgraduate. But her love for art pushed her to explore more avenues as an illustrator and graphic designer. Her works are always seen in liquid forms, with a...
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MicroBot (David Fuhrer) - Bern, Switzerland
Red Apple, Blue Moon & Drug Free Zone David - I’m a self taught Artist grown up and living in Switzerland. My work is influenced by my childhood, wonderlands and life in general. Boyan - wow. This work is stunning. To really see them you have to look at them full size on his website but they are all fantastic: Full of intricate details and abstractions. I really love work like this...
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Laura Tomkiewicz - Burleigh Heads, Australia
Fingers, Two Genius’ & Tribulation Twenty five year old Laura was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Canada. She has completed Art Fundamentals at Ontario College of Art and Design, travelled around and now resides in Burleigh Heads, Australia. She is currently studying freelance cartooning and illustration, creating custom pieces and chasing opportunities to further a career in art. Boyan...
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Artist of the Week | Pixelda | Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne Boyan - Lindisfarne is so dramatic, so well composed I think Stephen very rightly deserves the ‘Artist of the Week’ crown! If only we had crowns. His work really is inspiring and so meticulously created. Great work. See more of his work: Stephen Byard