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Romeo Michelotto

Romeo Michelotto’s paintings from Roka Gallery in Padova are playful and whimsical, a throwback to when he was a kid in Padova, and they fully represent his personality. Constantly changing his materials, Romeo’s works are large and perfect for expansive wall space. His pieces are constantly trying to tickle the interest and curiosity of the onlooker. Whether it’s a basketball court symbol or a cross, you can easily spot the ‘map’ of his Padovan roots in many of his works, a constant reminder that there is no place like home.

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Julie Loeckx art

Julie Loeckx art is another strong option, where you see colors jumping out at you, outlined by black lines that beg the question, do you paint within the lines or outside of them? Many of her subjects are powerful women from around the world, representing different shades. The Belgian artist’s paintings represent a kaleidoscopic universe brimming with zest for life and optimism, with a common thread of diversity. Her endless experiment of colors and lines converge to create a face, which makes her portraits eye-catching and whimsical. Much of her inspiration comes from bright patterns on textile or jewelry, another symbol of the global woman.​​

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Alon Baker

A fun artist that plays with both shapes and colors is Alon Baker, whose images come to life off the walls. Structuralism you may call it, but I like to call it the intersections of shapes, forms and colors to create a ‘magic eye’ picturesque method to dress up the walls and really make the living room pop. Located in the Jewish ghetto of Venice, you can find his quaint studio filled with splashes of bright hues. Baker’s inventive multidimensional cubes are perched on oblique surfaces with contrasting colors and a three-dimensional look. His artwork represents the idea of time and a change of perspective, where relationships are everything, many of which take place in the home.

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Rodrigo Mendez

Rodrigo Mendez art is ideal to fill expansive wall space as he creates large format oil paintings. Looking at the rise of technology through the lens of the human eye, his work aims to be a bridge between academic tradition and digital contemporaneity. He creates traditional easel oil painting on canvas with a twist. The piece featured in the home art gallery walls is called “Blush,” a “pixelated” painting of the nose and mouth of a woman. The piece is almost an abstract painting when close up, but the farther you get, the more it becomes a figurative piece, as the squares blend into a full image. Defragmenting the color stains into reticular chromatic units, he creates a figure that looks like a digital image on a computer screen, where looking at the traditional canvas is an experience closer to that of looking at an electronic device.

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Kojac Abstract Art

Kojac Abstract Art really opens up the wall space with a burst of light energy. Côte d’azure represents a region known for golden beaches and mesmerizing blue coastlines. With the strokes, one can feel the movement of wind and water. The gold will bring back the feeling of traveling to your favorite beach with the warmth and sun, while the contrasting blue is a reminder of the fresh and relaxing water. Insomnia was created in the darkness at 4am, which you can see from the tone of the painting. With an additional lighter blue layer of paint, retouches were enhanced using a pallet knife, blending them into the background. The composition of the color strokes grabs the attention, while the darker blueish background brings it out further. 

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Alessio-B

Alessio-B is a local Padovan art that takes his inspiration from the graffitied walls of the city, to the framed pieces in the home. Many of his works are inspirational children with global messages of hope, love and peace.

And for a more personal touch…

Positive Prints is a poster that lets you input the date you and your partner met, populating the alignment of the stars on that day. You can even customize the message and add your location for complete accuracy.

If you are tired of seeing the same design on your walls, you can switch it up with interchangeable wall art with Switch-Art. Now you can have the frame and a removable face to change your artwork as often as you feel inspired – hassle free.

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Jarrod Barker

Jarrod Barker is an artist that captivates the eye with whimsical, floating shapes and forms. His abstract and varied works encompass different styles and mediums. Barker’s current pieces are influenced by colors and motions experienced during wandering, sailing, dreaming, and meditation. This triptych harmoniously combines architectural, figurative, and landscape elements with action painting and gestural brushwork, evoking the spirit of mid-century modern American abstract paintings. Barker is a Yorkshire-born artist who moved to Canada, with scholarships from The Canadian Film Center and Banff Center for the Arts and Creativity. His multi-dimensional pieces are shaped by nature, technology, and imagination so viewers can become immersed in his newest works, inspired by his vintage floating sailboat studio, ABSTRAX in Port Dover, Ontario, where every stroke reveals a captivating story.

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Ashley Fetterman

Hailing from the US with a BA from Radford University, Ashley Fetterman specializes in tranquil oil paintings whose hues blend into one another like these forest green pieces. Using renaissance-inspired palettes, she captures peaceful abstract landscapes infused in special moments. She builds timeless shifts and enhanced layering textured gradients of color to capture depth in her work. Here we see some non-traditional ways to use her art, where you may not expect, suited for any space.

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Oscar Baccilieri

Oscar Baccilieri is an artist who experiments with painting, sculpture, and different unconventional recycled materials, including raw canvas, cashmere, beeswax, marble, absorbent paper, sandpaper, copper, and more. Inspired by childhood, he addresses issues related to truth, perception, imagination, as well as memory formation, with a playful and curious approach that leads to an ironic or provocative component. Observing reality and reconstructing meaning, Oscar plays with traditional and innovative artistic techniques, from collage to etching of copper to painting on used sandpaper stickers applied as a mosaic on canvas, as seen in the “Nano-Nano” series of the seven dwarves of Snow White. In the Nano-Nano series, the artist expresses the most notorious dictatorships in history with the Western liberal system, highlighting their contradictions precisely through the caricature of fairy tale protagonists. Walt Disney's Seven Dwarfs become both the personification of devious American-style capitalism and the gatekeepers of totalitarian regimes, revealing the double-faced well-polished symbol in each painting. Embellished with a background of Byzantine-derived gilded tiles, each character retains their distinctive features and classic cinematic iconography.

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Doctor Eye Design

Doctor Eye Design is a visionary artist known for his intricate, abstract compositions that explore themes of spirituality, higher knowledge, and the unseen realms. With a passion for art that ignited in his early years, Doctor Eye has been creating elaborate and thought-provoking pieces since 1997. His work is deeply influenced by street art and contemporary artists around the world. 

Specializing in mediums such as ink, acrylic, and UV-reactive paint, Doctor Eye’s creations are unique in their ability to transform under different lighting conditions, offering viewers a multi-dimensional experience. His commitment to originality and precision is evident in every piece, each meticulously crafted to be a one-of-a-kind work of art. Doctor Eye has collaborated with esteemed institutions such as the Getty Center’s Librocorium.

“Linear Perspective” is a stunning piece that challenges the viewer’s perception with its dynamic use of glow-in-the-dark and UV-reactive paints. Under regular light, it presents a compelling narrative of abstract forms and vibrant colors, while under black light, it transforms into a luminous, otherworldly experience. This piece exemplifies Doctor Eye Design’s mastery of light and color, offering a multi-sensory art experience. “Dream” is an evocative work that merges texture with intricate line designs, creating a tactile and visual journey for the viewer. The use of glow-in-the-dark and UV-reactive paints adds an element of surprise and transformation, as the piece shifts its appearance under different lighting conditions, infusing spiritual and surreal elements into his work.