Daniel Martin seeks to challenge our perception of beauty with his work. Bound in the moment, and to the human condition, Martin’s work asks why we call something beautiful and another thing ugly. What is the seed of that and why does it affect us? Check out his interview to read and see more:
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Paintings by Mike Dargas
Mike Dargas is a hyper-realistic portrait painter who lives and works out of Cologne, Germany.
EK Interview: Drømsjel
Pierre Schmidt uses art as a means to relieve the weight of over analysis and express the belief in self determinism. That we should all have and exert our right to express ourselves. Freedom for all through art! Melt your face off with a peek into the world of Drømsjel.
EK Interview: Joe Hengst
Dive into the world of Joe Hengst, a colorful realm of fantasy. Inspired by nature and imagination, his work is a trip and then some. I wish I could stare at them in person. Check out his interview:
EK Interview: Casey Cripe
Casey Cripe makes art that describes and challenges the boundaries of the world around us. From the atomic level to the galactic, he methodically describes the world and how it is ordered and functions. His work illustrates the universe, ornate and beautiful, in both finite and infinite dimensions. Check out his interview:
EK Interview: Pedro Covo
The work of Pedro Covo is full of color. With big strokes he paints beautiful pieces. Check out his interview:
EK Interview: Timothy Hyun-Soo Lee
Timothy Hyun-Soo Lee‘s work is honest, revealing, and raw, and his interview is nothing less. His willingness to admit to having an anxiety disorder deserves merit alone, but the method through which he explores and discusses every spectrum of his mind, whether dark or light, is art that makes one pause and think. Check it…
EK Interview: Edie Nadelhaft
Edie Nadelhaft‘s work may show the surface of things, but her content goes far deeper. Painting from a place that encapsulates the entire spectrum of emotion, Edie’s work depicts how finite humans are, and how infinite the sea, a force beyond our control and lacking regard to our feelings, is.
EK Interview: UNA Studios
Andrew Archer and Kelly Thompson are the creative minds behind UNA Studios. Their work is dripping with triptastic, eye popping color and just makes you want to pop a handful of whatever is closest to see the world through their eyes. Check out their interview:
EK Interview: Drew Young
Drew Young has been grinding out dark, dramatic, enticing art for a while. His newest series is no different, stuffed with substance, for anyone willing to take the trip with, Drew’s work forces one to pause and take a few steps down the rabbit hole. He offers guidance on where the path might go, check…
EK Interview: Nigel Van Wieck
Nigel Van Wieck is a painter whose portrayals of America feel as though they’re from another time, even if the content is modern. From an era of romanticism and dreaminess, almost free of time if not for the trappings of culture that carry specific definition. His interview is refreshingly self-aware and his discussion of what…
EK Interview: Tom Gallant
Tom Gallant is well versed in pushing the limit. His previous discussions of sexuality and human form are deep, meaningful, and challenging. His newest series is no exception, addressing cultural mores and how they are passed down through time. Check out his thoughts:
EK Interview: Peter Martensen
Peter Martensen‘s paintings are dark, haunting, and ethereal. They describe a world halfway between dream and nightmare, they are evocative and poignant. Check out his interview to hear the man himself:
EK Interview: Hannah Yata
The work of Hannah Yata is a psychedelic statement of purpose for any willing to take the time and trip with her. Through her work she discusses the female identity, refusing to be confined by socialized prescriptions of vanity and over-sexualized tokenization, as well as the connection that humanity once had to the earth which…
EK Podcast #1: Brett Amory
Surprise! EK has a motherf*cking podcast! Yes that’s right we are going to be doing in-depth interviews with the world’s greatest artists! First up: Brett Amory, an old friend of Empty Kingdom. We talk about the evolution of his career, his process, and the meaning behind his work. He currently has a solo show up…