Hamish Blakely

Artist Hamish Blakely counts Caravaggio, Degas, and Velázquez as a few of the painters he is inspired by. And for anyone who has studied art, you can see similarities between these old painters and the work of Blakely. But he doesn't copy his inspirers. He takes a bit here and there, mix it on his palette, and creates his very own style on the canvas. He says that "Each bare canvas brings enough self doubt and nerves to keep me on my toes every time. I splodge the paint and hope that I win the battle as sometimes the brushes and paint have their own peculiar ideas about how things should look.". Well, I think his "splodges" turn out wonderfully in the end. Here is some of his work. For more, please visit his web site here!

Venus Disrobes

Autumn Glow

The Rehearsal

Duel

The Swan

Encore

Into The Night

Three Graces

Old Fashioned Girls

Debutante

Soliloquy

A Face In The Crowd

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Jean-Gabriel Domergue

If you like pinup art you might have heard of the man who himself claimed to be "the inventor of the pin-up". This man's name was Jean-Gabriel Domergue (March 4, 1889 - November 16, 1962). Domergue was a French painter specializing in portraits of Parisian women, and although most people think about the 1940s and 50s when it comes to pinups, I can really see how he could name himself as the inventor of this genre. The women in his paintings are often portrayed more or less nude, a bit provocative, but never pornographic, and always beautiful. I really like his art, so I hope you will too - cause here comes a Domergue pic spam:

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Olivia De Berardinis

When people talk about pin-up art, they usually talk about the old pictures made in the 40s and 50s, by noted pin-up artists such as Gil Elvgren and Alberto Vargas. There are however, artists that still work to keep the pin-up girl alive. One of them is Olivia De Berardinis. As this genre has been, and still is, dominated by male artists, it's nice to see that at least a few women aren't afraid of painting these sassy half naked dream girls. I mean - even though the pin-up was originally created for the eyes of men, today women usually loves looking at them just as much!

Olivia has been working in this genre since the mid-1970s, and is really good at what she's doing! If she ever said she wanted to paint me, I would throw my clothes off right there and then! Even if we happened to be in the local grocery store! Haha! Here is a small collection of her artwork!

Dita-Pink

Jungle Red

Here's Looking At Me

Devil In High Heels

Sweet Nothings

Jester On Black

Dreamweaver

Two Of A Kind

Burning Bush

Witchcraft

To see more of Olivia's artwork, please visit her website here!

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John William Godward

John William Godward (August 9, 1861 - December 13, 1922) was an English painter from the late Pre-Raphaelite/Neo-Classicist era. His work often feature women in Classical dress, semi-nude, or completely nude. Godward studied architecture and dress to be able to meticulously render everything in his paintings in a realistic way. His style wasn't liked at all by new artists like Picasso, and when Godard committed suicide at the age of 61, it is said that he on his suicide note wrote; "the world was not big enough", for both him and Picasso...

I love his paintings though! The vibrant colors, the soft shapes, and the way the fabric flows over these beautiful women's bodies. They all look so relaxed and dreamy...

The Tease

Athenais

The Delphic Oracle

Sweet Nothings

Girl In Yellow Drapery

The Toilette

Autumn

In The Tepidarium

Idleness

Endymion

To see Godward's compete works go here!