artwork by Michael Burges

Born in Germany in the mid-fifties, Michael Burges paints two-dimensional landscapes where the horizontal and the vertical seem to meet and bleed onto each other. Not miles away from some paintings by another German painter, Gerhard Richter, Burges's works are sometimes reminiscent of a birdview snapshot of the swell on its way to the shore - except in a sea of motley colours.

Visit Michael Burges's website to discover other aspects of his output.

artwork by Eric Freeman

Some amazing artwork by Eric Freeman. Even though you could sometimes believe at first sight that they are more or less heavily treated photographs of neon bulbs, all of them are actually 'oil on canvas' pieces in which hues merge into each other beautifully.

artwork by Chloe Evans

Two nice series of pieces by Chloe Evans, a young British artist.

The first two are 'paint and resin on aluminium' pieces, the next three are photographs. Visit her website for more information and to view other pieces and media used by Chloe Evans.

artwork by Pat Rosenmeier

Born in Germany in 1981 but having spent most of her life in North America, Pat Rosenmeier gets inspiration from flowers, namely magnolias, and experiments with colours and contrast in order to offer different perspectives on a single subject. More information there.

artwork by Hush

In his most recent works - best experienced when viewed hanging from the ceiling of a gallery and reaching down to the floor, or spray-painted on a wall -, Hush offers his view on a clash between western and eastern cultures on the one side and between street art and more academic means of expression on the other side.

These inventive and colourful compositions, featuring far-eastern figures or manga characters ornate with graffiti-like scribblings and drawings, often have an intriguing cartoonish quality.

Visit Hush's website for additional information and to view more photographs of his creations in the context of a gallery.

artwork by Philipp Haager

Here are a few abstract works by German artist Philipp Haager (more information available there).

His dimly-lit paintings seem to reveal overcast skies and watery landscapes, at times ominous, at others glowing with hope.

Picture these on your wall in their actual sizes (some are over 2m long) and try not to be in awe…

artwork by Olivier Jallet

In 2000, Shambala Records out of Paris issued Liquid Sphere's first proper release, 'skull & bones'. For Boris Cabeza and Gregory - respectively one of the two label managers and the company's graphic designer - to work on the artwork, I sent them some photographs of a dozen or so paintings by my friend Olivier Jallet (OLV).

They used a few of them, but either printed in black and white, or so blurred - on purpose - that you couldn't make them out for what they were in the first place. Which doesn't mean that I don't like the artwork for 'skull & bones', but Olivier's fantastic paintings really deserve more than this poor representation.

Here is a sample of his colourful, lush and tempestuous output. These five pieces date back from the late 1990's.

artwork by Russell Mills

Russell Mills doesn't need an introduction to those familiar with the mid-nineties releases of Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails. I was surprised to learn recently that this British artist had also created the artwork for dozens of records by the likes of Japan, Brian Eno and Minimal Compact prior to those for NIN.
Here are a few of his more recent creations, more of which can be seen on his website :

artwork by Eric Blum

Eric Blum is an artist using mostly beeswax, but also resin - which is how I found out about him, while I was doing some research about epoxy resin, which is a material I use quite often to fix my surf boards, or other things.
Eric Blum creates ethereal "landscapes" - for lack of a more appropriate term - with an uncanny depth. Many more of his works can be seen there.