The Daily Muse: Alain Jouniaux (The AJ), Painter and Digital Artist

Alain Jouniaux (The AJ) is a painter and digital artist, who lives in Montelimar, France.

The Daily Muse: Michel Keck, Mixed Media Artist

Internally driven, and emotionally charged, Michel Keck’s original abstract art and mixed media paintings have been described as “dark yet uplifting simultaneously”. Keck works in a wide variety of mediums. When viewing Keck’s portfolio for the first time one is under the belief that the works presented are the creations of several talented artists. The diverse collections however are the efforts of just one. Explosive abstract art paintings, contemporary mixed media collage art, recycled art, spiritual paintings and her intricate and obsessive circle drawings are just some of the styles you will uncover when you delve into the world of The Raw Artist.

The Daily Muse: Dorote Zaukaite, Dollmaker

Dorote Zaukaite studied art at Kaunas collegium Art faculty. After 7+ years of working as a graphic and interior designer, she became a full time independent artist specializing in art dolls. Dorote’s art is collected all over the world and has reached collectors in the USA, Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, Russia, Japan, Australia and other countries.

The Daily Muse: Peter Clark, Collage Artist

Peter Clark is a collagist of genius. Over the past decade he has built up an international reputation with his extraordinary creations – images full of wit, truth, beauty and, even, pathos, fashioned from a wonderful array of found vintage-papers and other collected materials. He has exhibited in London, Milan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Melbourne, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto.

The Daily Muse: Dick Allowatt, Collage Artist

Elusive Muse could gaze at Dick Allowatt’s stunning collages for hours. There are so many interesting and unique elements to admire and question; all meticulously placed to achieve an amazing composition that really captures the viewer.

The Daily Muse: Barbara Moustafa, Mixed Media, Photographer and Photo Manipulation Artist

Barbara Moustafa aka Rustymermaid is a mixed media, photographer, photomaniplator and painter from Canada. Her favorite is creating mixed media artwork, sometimes using pieces created in Photoshop, printed on to fabric and using them along with venetian plaster, acrylics and ephemera.

The Daily Muse: Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo, Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Filmmaker

Alvaro Tapia Hidalgo was born in a Viñadel Mar, Chile. In 2000 he began working in graphic design and filmmaking. He has directed two short films, Corte Carnicero and Cabezon Delator, and has also created a series of Works in experimental video, animation and motiongraphics. Alvaro founded a design agency in Valparaiso, Chile (2005), worked as Art Director for a marketing agency in Madrid (2007), and is currently working in illustration. Alvaro is mainly interested in film icons, especially classic characters from horror films. He also likes to create his own interpretations of artist’s portraits from many disciplines such as writing and music. From medical and scientific imagery from the 40’s & 50’s to today’s urban culture, Alvaro believes that any stimuli can be a source of inspiration for his work.

The Daily Muse: Andrew Salgado, Painter

ANDREW SALGADO (b. 1982, Regina, Canada) has created a buzz for himself with bold, generally large scale figurative paintings that have situated him as one to watch in both the UK and North America; even listed by Saatchi as “one to invest in today” (Sept 2013) and lauded by esteemed critic Edward Lucie Smith as a “dazzlingly skillful advocate” for painting. Salgado is one of 100 artists to be featured in the forthcoming publication 100 Painters of Tomorrow, authored by Kurt Beers and published by Thames & Hudson, (2014), and he is recipient of the Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Award (2013).

The Daily Muse: Patrick M. Duggan, Visual Artist and Illustrator

Patrick M. Duggan is a visual artist, musician, pagan and left hand path occultist. He travels by bicycle. He lives and works on the North Shore of eastern Long Island. He graduated in 2013 from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in Illustration. He had his first solo gallery show in June/Julie of this year in Port Jefferson, NY titled “doggone demondog’ which featured 54 new works.

The Daily Muse: Susan Collard, Book Artist & Architect

Susan Collard is an architect and book artist in Portland, Oregon. Her one-person firm, In-House Architecture, focuses on residential remodeling and additions. Projects range from additions that dramatically transform a house to interior remodels that carefully rethink a single room. In all of them, she strives to combine vision and pragmatism, creating spaces that respect both the house’s potential and the family’s needs.

The Daily Muse: Patti Agapi, Mixed Media Artist

An ever-evolving & self-representing Canadian mixed media and collage artist, Patti Agapi has exhibited and sold her work since 2007. ‘Mediums’ include acrylic and enamel paints, collage elements – various found and vintage papers, pencil, metal leaf, plaster, metal and fabric. The core themes of her work revolve around perception and personal reflection, and the mysteriously ethereal elements of reality.

The Daily Muse: Jacki Long, Collage and Mixed Media Artist

Jacki Long is a mother, grandmother, teacher, speaker, demonstrator, martial artist, observer, journalizer, photographer, music lover and clearly an amazing artist.

The Daily Muse: Valentina Brostean, Illustrator and Graphic Artist

Born in the former Yugoslavia, graphic designer Valentina Brostean has more than 10 years experience in the graphic design and has worked with major galleries around the world. Specializing she in editorial illustrations for magazines Her style consists of a variety of different approaches, such as collage illustration, photo manipulation, manual drawing and painting.

The Daily Muse: Andrea Dezsö, Visual Artist and Writer

Andrea Dezsö, a visual artist and writer creates deeply personal narratives across a broad range of media including drawing, artist’s books, cut paper, embroidery, sculpture, installation, animation and large-scale murals.

The Daily Muse: Romanian Illustrator Aitch

Inspired by her travels, naturalist illustrations, Naive art, legends and folklore from all over the world, Romanian illustrator Aitch creates colorful watercolor art on paper, characters out of wood, painted murals and intricate patterns and illustrations for clients all over the world.