I don't know if it's spring fever or what, but today I feel compelled to take a break from our regularly scheduled programming and highlight a few chromatically addicted, non-figurative (GASP!) artists. Like Kandinsky, Mondrian, and Rothko before them, this crop of creators prove that the mystical experience can be beautifully translated into abstract fields of color:
Maya Hayuk "Forever's Going to Start Tonight" 2008
Maya Hayuk's paintings are as exuberant and vibrant as it gets. When I look at her work, I can feel my body's chemistry change. They should hang these in hospitals, I'm convinced.
Mark Warren Jacques "Two lovers making love under a strange moon" 2008
The work of Mark Warren Jacques feels ancient and super contemporary at once. I love the juxtaposition of his surgically exacting painting technique with his emotionally revelatory titles.
Andy Gilmore 2008
It was very difficult to choose which of Andy Gilmore's optical orgies to showcase here. Definitely be sure to click around his portfolio site and his blog, but be prepared to stagger around for the rest of the day colordrunk.
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