Norse mythology refers to the Scandinavian mythological framework that was upheld during and around the time of the Viking Age (c. 790- c. 1100 CE). Before the Norse (a.k.a. the Vikings) converted to Christianity during the Middle Ages, they had their own vibrant native pagan religion that was as harshly beautiful as the Nordic landscape to which it was intimately connected.
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Welcome to The Gallerist Blog, where contemporary art meets philosophy and mythology. The blog features the latest artist presentations and articles, exploring the beauty and complexity of these fascinating subjects.
Tomasz Alen Kopera was born in 1976 in Kożuchów, Poland. He attended the University of Technology in Wrocław, where he gained a degree in construction engineering. His artistic talent came to light in early childhood. Highly fascinated with human nature, the surrounding universe and all that is dark and mysterious, Kopera’s works demonstrate both a high degree in sensitivity as well as his desire to touch the subconscious by arousing a need to pause and contemplate in the spectator.
An elf (plural: elves) is a type of humanlike supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore. In medieval Germanic-speaking cultures, elves seem generally to have been thought of as beings with magical powers and supernatural beauty, ambivalent towards everyday people and capable of either helping or hindering them.
Fantasy artist from the United States. ”I was raised by Pygmy wolves deep in the rainforests of Ohio…but I’ll save that story for another time. The short version is, I’m a self-taught freelance artist working professionally since the early nineties. My major influences have been 19th century art, Golden Age Illustration, the Bros. Hildebrandt and even the fantasy films of my youth. For way too many years I worked as a stained glass designer but illustration was all I really wanted to do.
Paintings by Kinuko Y. Craft
Kinuko Y. Craft is one of the most widely respected and well known fantasy artists in the World […]
Roberto Ferri was born in Taranto, Italy in 1978. In 1996 he graduated from the “Lisippo” art high school in Taranto. He began studying painting on his own and, after moving in Rome in 1999, he embarked upon an in-depth analysis of antique painting, from the early sixteenth to the late nineteenth century.
Blakely was born in Canterbury (England) in 1968 and developed an interest in art from an early age. He studied illustration at Wimbledon School of Art and completed his degree at Kingston University shortly after which he became a professional illustrator.
Stanislav Plutenko was born in 1961 in Moscow. Stanislav Plutenko was fond of drawing and painting since childhood, but at the insistence of his parents he was educated as a turbine designer at the Moscow Automotive Institute , and later studied at the Moscow Institute of Fine Arts. Plekhanov , at the same time privately studying painting.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Chris Dellorco did not always have dreams of being an artist; he graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a degree in Developmental Economics. However, it was not long before Dellorco felt the pull of a more creative field and switched his career to illustrative work.