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February 3, 2018

Sara Golish | Fine Artist

I came across the fine artist Sara Golish and her artwork while digging around online for inspiration.

Presently she works as a Freelance Artist based out of Toronto, who specializes in figurative drawing and painting.

I first saw a piece called Bulletproof which was a stunning portrait in shimmering gold of Sade.

The art work on her website is of varied styles but most are a positive representations of women of colour.

Influenced by Afro Futurism and the natural hair movement. Some have a feel science fiction, of goddesses, and mythology.

A couple of Sara’s charcoal & conté on paper drawings.

Sara Golish is an emerging visual artist, born in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

Since putting pencil to paper as a toddler, she knew her passion was to become an Artist.

Be sure to follow Sara’s work on her website and on Instagram

All artwork on this page are owned by the artist who created them © No copyright infringement is intended

January 26, 2018

Bill Ogden

A while back I purchased an album, of the vinyl persuasion, it was called Pretty Darlin’ by Eric Relph ‎– a lovely Private Press affair on the obscure Evy Pollen label.

When it arrived the music blew me away but so did the album sleeve.

A hand drawn illustration of a native girl emerging from cool waters, sparkling eyes and oozing dreamy tales of life living by the ocean, and there, in the bottom right hand corner, was the name Ogden.

…I was trying to show the feeling of being a surfer on the beach, living that free life and all of the stuff I did that wasn’t direct surf art, in that I did beach art: the seaweed, the seashells, the view, the waves, the sand, the rocks, the view looking up the coast…

explains Ogden.

I decided to find out more…

Bill Ogden, Godfather of surf realism, nouveau inspired style, was uber-influential and extremely imitated. His artwork dominated the surf community in the sixties and seventies creating ads for companies like Hobie Surfboards, and Jantzen Inc., his illustrations a ubiquitous feature in most surfing publications. Some of the more well-known pieces of this period include illustrations for Timothy Leary in the L.A. Free Press, a series of calendars for the The Sound Spectrum in Laguna Beach, and the art for the classic surf film The Forgotten Island of Santosha.

Ogden’s art continues to hold up many of the artist’s ideals; harmony, balance, hope. His style is a unique blend of fantasy and realism. He is still a big name in the surfing world and his artwork still adorns the like of Burton, Volcom, and Quiksilver.

There is also a book of Bill Ogden’s artwork. It’s called OGDEN: The Visionary Art of Bill Ogden.

Google it. This is what it looks like…

Please check out Bill’s website at billogdenartwork.com

Sara Golish | Fine Artist

Bill Ogden

explains Ogden.

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