Illustrator Nancy Liang says she “explores whimsy and magic” in her art, a passion that’s clear in these wonderful GIFs.

“Using my interest in dioramas, my illustrations take shape through textures and colors from papers, found objects and other miscellaneous materials,” she says.

See more on her website, here.

Or her Tumblr, here.

Henry Hao is a painter and watercolour illustrator focused on the everyday moments of life, captured along with Toronto’s urban culture and charm.

Hao, based in Toronto, is a former fashion designer who graduated from the Donghua University College of Fashion and Art Design and furthered his studies at the Copenhagen SAGA International Design Center. 

Hao is exhibiting at this year’s Artist Project (April 11-14) in Toronto, here.

Henry Hao’s Instagram, here.

His page from the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, here.

Image at top of post: Boy in Red, here.

These sketches/illustrations by Berlin-based artist Kate Voronina are such a distinctive take on Paris. She’s been featured before (see the post from 2019) and her work is always inspiring. (Above Passerelle Debilly)

See much more of Paris (and her other topics) on Kate Voronina’s sites. 

Her Instagram, here

Her Behance, here.

Her website, here.

It was hard to resist Nick Dahlen’s fluid and colorful paintings when he first came to wide attention five years ago. His classically influenced, highly designed works are even more appealing now, upstyled by an artist who’s rapidly grown into his own fierce talent.

Dahlen’s chess game painting, and the smaller pieces near it, are part of an exhibition just ended in Los Angeles at The Landing gallery. The images above are from his solo show in Taipei earlier this year. This is major recognition for an illustrator-designer and one-time-tagger who less than a decade ago was showing work strung up with duct tape on outdoor walls (see the earlier Art Junkie post, here).

Also, his prints are instant sellouts. He pulled this six color screenprint – called Juicy Bite – by hand for an edition of 20 and there are plenty of others on his Big Cartel site here.

His artistic influences – Kandinsky, Picasso, Le Corbusier and others – continue to guide him, Dahlen says, without any sacrifice to his own creativity. He continues to provide illustrations for the advertising industry and other clients while he works on his art.

Nick Dahlen’s Instagram here.