BEAUTY: Painting--Alena Aenami

Just look at the colors Alena Aenami uses in her images of sunsets and evening skies. Astounding! What skill to be able to conjure up the light and intense glow of a red sun on the horizon.

Top to bottom: 7 p.m.; Any Minute Now; Away In Silence; Draw Breath; Dreamer; Endless; From This Moment; Horizon; Sketches 001; Sketches 003 Nightfall; Sketches 003; Walls; You

https://www.instagram.com/aenami.art

BEAUTY: Painting--Kristin Moore

A wonderful sense of expansiveness and freedom pervades the work of painter Kristin Moore. Her gorgeous candy-colored sunsets, illuminated clouds, and delightful night views of sparkling lights are breathtaking.

Top to bottom: Hollywoodland (Sunset); LA (Blue); LAX; Marfa (Blue Sunset); Palms (Beverly Hills); Sandy's; South I-35; Sunset (Marfa); Sunset (LA); Sunset Blvd. II; Texas Highway; Crescent Moon (Marfa); LA Cityscape (Purple); Over LA (Palms); Pann's; Pico Blvd.; Thunderbird Motel

https://www.kristinmooreart.com/

BEAUTY: Painting--Scott Naismith

Scottish painter Scott Naismith paints the clouds and shifting light of his home country in a rather spectacular way. His use of color and the way he renders light-filled clouds as fluffy but the earthly things below in blocky, quick strokes with a palette knife is just beautiful.

Top to bottom: Allegro; Arietta Sky; Cumulus Light 1; Cumulus Light 2; Fife Fields; Legato Shore; Optimism 3; Rum Light Study; Silver Lining; Wind 2

http://scottnaismith.com/

A storm's coming...

"There’s this big storm that’s all around us and we’re in the middle of it so it’s calm but I can feel it, like it’s everywhere."
--Florence Welch

I've been saying this and people don't believe me. But it's coming.

BEAUTY: Ceramics--Niharika Hukku

Just look at these gorgeous ceramic pieces by Australian artist and ceramicist Niharika Hukku. She works in watercolor and translates that medium to glazed pieces portraying clouds, the moon, landscapes, and birds, fish, and natural objects...

http://www.niharikahukku.com/