Ekphrastic

Bisa Butler is an award winning African American textile artist. She is known for her vibrantly stunning larger than life sized quilted portraits that captivate viewers around the world.    For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic …its where you can find all this stuff catalogued for your viewing pleasure.

Maria Prymachenko was a self-taught village folk artist from Ukraine. An inspiration for Picasso and Chagall, her works are now an international symbol of the call for peace. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic …its where you can find all this stuff catalogued for your viewing pleasure.

Today MC Escher is one of the world’s most famous graphic artists. Despite wide popular interest… in his day, Escher was dismissed by the art world, but venerated by mathematicians. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic …its where you can find all this stuff catalogued for your viewing pleasure.   Twitter @TheEkphrastic; Instagram SN: theekphrastic, and YouTube Search: ekphrastic podcast

Shirley Woodson has worked a lifetime to tell stories of the African American experience through her figurative paintings. Beyond that, she is also a tireless arts educator and advocate, whose career spans over 60 years and counting. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic …its where you can find all this stuff catalogued for your viewing pleasure.

Hans Holbien the Younger is considered one of the finest portraitists of the early Modern Period. He’s perhaps best known for painting the who's who during the height of English society at that time For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic …its where you can find all this stuff catalogued for your viewing pleasure.

Jammie Holmes is a self-taught painter, whose work tells the story of contemporary life for many black families in the Deep South; primarily focused in Louisiana.   For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic …its where you can find all this stuff catalogued for your viewing pleasure.

Peter Max - is a famed illustrator and graphic artist who specializes in Pop Art and Neo Expressionism, and is known for his (lets just say) generous use of vibrant colors. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic …its where you can find all this stuff catalogued for your viewing pleasure.

Alexander Calder redefined sculpture by introducing the element of movement, he is perhaps best known for his large, colorful sculptures, which incorporate elements of humor and chance into uniquely engineered structures. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic.

Artist Danny Ferrell is known for his sensitive paintings of people from within his LGBTQ+ community. But sensitive doesn’t mean weak. In fact, Danny’s paintings, abundant in a glowing pallet, assert in his subjects… defiance - saturated in color - brimming with life. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic.

Drawing influence from her Chinese background, Dominique Fung’s contemporary surrealistic paintings critique the long history of Orientalism in art and the objectification of Asian women. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic.

Known for his empowering fingertip paintings, Amoako Boafo is regarded as a notable young voice in art of the African Diaspora - through his new approaches to the shaping of Black forms, and their dispositions in a larger global context. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic.

Known for his fast and easy "wet-on-wet" painting technique, Bob Ross reached millions of art lovers with his popular television program 'The Joy of Painting.' For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic.

Georgia O’Keeffe is commonly recognized as the "Mother of American modernism” and is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic.

Calida Rawles… The Los Angeles–based artist has earned widespread recognition for her exacting, ethereal depictions of water, and after spending over two decades selling work directly out of her studio, she has broken into the international art scene. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic.

Albrecht Dürer, was a German painter, printmaker and theorist, and has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Renaissance in Northern Europe ever since. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic.

Futura New York’s original street art vanguard, and one of the most renowned figures of the contemporary art scene is an illustrator, photographer, sculptor as well as fashion and graphic designer.   For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic

Pablo Picaso was a painter, sculptor, etcher, lithographer, ceramist and designer- and is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic

Ernie Barnes was an American painter, actor, and football player best known for his depictions of figures in motion. In pop culture Barnes’ paintings appear on music album covers, television and movies, especially his iconic dance hall scene, The Sugar Shack. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic

DL Warfield, a critically acclaimed creative designer and artist, roundly respected and highly accomplished as a creative crusade for pop cultures royalty.   For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic

Frank Bowling, an artist known for his lush semi-abstract works that consider histories of colonialism in poetic ways… now known as Sir Franklin Bowling (don’t forget the Sir) - his work has redefined the course of abstract painting. For this and other artwork we discuss, please visit https://www.darwindarko.com/ekphrastic …its where you can find all this stuff catalogued for your viewing pleasure.