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Sarah Mafféïs illuminates everyday moments through texture, tone and craft

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For Sarah, inspiration is like a stream that flows from her immediate surroundings. "I I am highly attuned to the atmosphere around me," she says, "so I find constant inspiration in my living environment and the changing seasons." Another recurrent theme in Sarah's artwork is the depiction of food and drink.

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Illustrator Katie Smith on drawing comforting characters that inspire creativity

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These fun and cartoon-like drawings allow her to experiment with bright colours, dynamic patterns and random themes. With so many inspiring artworks being created daily, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and as you will never find your voice." And rather than being intimidated by her inspirations, she feeds them into her work.

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Hanneke Rozemuller constructs dreamy, textural scenes as a way of making sense of the world

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One glance at Hanneke Rozemuller 's portfolio, and you'll stumble upon a sea-blue scene with cloud-like textures reminiscent of a dream, a floating figure appears surrounded by thought bubbles. The piece is textured and beautifully nonsensical for the way it merges motifs and objects into a rosy, hypnagogic drawing.

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CiCi Suen's beautiful, textured drawings explore the hidden universe of nature

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Picked out with striking line work and hazy shading, CiCi Suen's stunning nature illustrations purposefully occupy a rather dreamlike world with no story or set theme to anchor them. Considering herself lucky to have discovered her passion in life from an early age, she would go on to study at Camberwell College of Arts.

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Addressing topics of identity, Grant Gasser's new Riso art project is inspired by the topic of martyrdom

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Finished as a two-colour Risograph art book, plus a solo exhibition featuring seven screen-printed images, Grant sought to zoom out from a refined concept and explore a "common tone" throughout his work. And the theme of martyrdom is what he landed on. I would say that music is one of my greatest sources of inspiration," he tells us.

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Diverse Expressions: 5 Artwork Themes to Discover at The Other Art Fair Brooklyn This May

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Dawn Beckles, “Forever The Cream” (2023), acrylic, charcoal, gold leaf, spray paint, paper on canvas Get ready for an art event unlike any other. The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art returns to ZeroSpace in Brooklyn from May 16 to 19. His digital and mixed media works reflect Black history and culture.

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PJ Riley's first solo show is a portal to a world of emotional intensity

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Inspired by the vibrancy of Matisse and the spontaneity of Jackson Pollock, PJ Riley's paintings also reference the distortions of Picasso and the textured brush marks of van Gogh. Acting as a "portal into a world of emotional intensity and introspection", these paintings also brush up against themes of passion and contemplation.

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