{"id":227535,"date":"2025-05-06T22:01:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/art\/the-road-to-2022\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T22:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T22:01:27","slug":"the-road-to-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=227535","title":{"rendered":"The Road to 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-8402338573366706212\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhzA689q5VI_lCs4jIddIQPbmYjqX-EaquEhx0U09kM7BGqsUtm_s91dV2I1IlS3htOvL4LJv-CVvYCQWfFZLAjx3d_IY2VA-YMVDBTjEQBMKnUMP9DcUkR_V7fBkstQR_FfUoB0AjdM9c\/s1080\/the+road+to+2022.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"highway with mountain background\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"566\" data-original-width=\"1080\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhzA689q5VI_lCs4jIddIQPbmYjqX-EaquEhx0U09kM7BGqsUtm_s91dV2I1IlS3htOvL4LJv-CVvYCQWfFZLAjx3d_IY2VA-YMVDBTjEQBMKnUMP9DcUkR_V7fBkstQR_FfUoB0AjdM9c\/w640-h336\/the+road+to+2022.jpg\" title=\"The Road to 2022 Hot Art Trends\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The Hottest Art Trends of 2022<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Every year about this time, I<br \/>\nwrite a new article predicting the next year&#8217;s art trends and colour schemes and<br \/>\nthis year is no different! With my usual level of over the top research and<br \/>\nmany, many hours of running through the numbers, flicking between Google, Bing<br \/>\nand countless other search engines and consuming almost a lifetime\u2019s supply of<br \/>\nart in the process, the predictions this year are the most solid yet!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"more\"\/><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">With Christmas around the<br \/>\ncorner, it\u2019s time to start thinking ahead to 2022 and the art trends that any<br \/>\nself-respecting thriving artist should consider working on. We very often talk<br \/>\nabout the side-hustle on these pages and even if you have a regular style, some<br \/>\nof these trends might just give you a new sense of inspiration and to be<br \/>\ntotally honest, next years trends look like they\u2019re going to be fun to work on<br \/>\ntoo.<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhkRzOeQcvsGuJUC_j32vnIh_487icZj8gDB1Q4ZQ-V02odjRtSrz2CMKmMUSQhwFBGOjctAuv1i1H2swVX_QUR4T4W-j5pAPLQV8bMLG6ruadUGBHJvvjTgat7iCFrrCywniZE8j2FQjU\/s2048\/highland+nights.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"highland landscape aurora\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1515\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhkRzOeQcvsGuJUC_j32vnIh_487icZj8gDB1Q4ZQ-V02odjRtSrz2CMKmMUSQhwFBGOjctAuv1i1H2swVX_QUR4T4W-j5pAPLQV8bMLG6ruadUGBHJvvjTgat7iCFrrCywniZE8j2FQjU\/w640-h474\/highland+nights.jpg\" title=\"Highland Nights by Mark Taylor\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Highland Nights by Mark Taylor &#8211; Available in my Pixels and Fine Art America Stores now!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><b><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Figuratively Speaking\u2026<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">First on the list shouldn\u2019t<br \/>\nreally be a surprise, although look back a few years and figurative art gave<br \/>\nway to non-representational abstract and to an extent, for a while, it looked as<br \/>\nthough figurative works were under threat of becoming less relevant outside of<br \/>\nthe museum. The dry spell was short-lived and figurative works have become<br \/>\nincreasingly popular year on year. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Even during the times when<br \/>\nnon-representational art was becoming increasingly popular, figurative works<br \/>\nnever really went away with new Hockney\u2019s coming on the market and just as<br \/>\npopular as ever. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">2022 will though, feel like<br \/>\nsomewhat of a resurgence for figurative work with a number of exhibitions<br \/>\nalready pencilled in (pandemic permitting), with a number already started and<br \/>\nrunning into 2022. There\u2019s a major double David Hockney exhibition at the Bozar<br \/>\nCentre for Fine Arts in Brussels, running through to the 23<sup>rd<\/sup><br \/>\nJanuary, and displays of work by Jenny Saville at Florence\u2019s Museo Novencento,<br \/>\nand Tate Modern\u2019s large scale show of recent work by Lubaina Himid runs right<br \/>\nthe way through to July. <\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgtohSySBTskaxcK4vdnrOpUFhTqHKPsH7j7MaGtZSRJ49QkVGSu95WF4_Nmnbu5XdHv0hGAlOmlFkrMYHyVqMed2yCGQAj66cslZ83DdY6nWB_sqHB7ikB_N43D2j7w3s44P_p8tO5zSQ\/s1080\/glassmorphism.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rain on glass\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1080\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgtohSySBTskaxcK4vdnrOpUFhTqHKPsH7j7MaGtZSRJ49QkVGSu95WF4_Nmnbu5XdHv0hGAlOmlFkrMYHyVqMed2yCGQAj66cslZ83DdY6nWB_sqHB7ikB_N43D2j7w3s44P_p8tO5zSQ\/w640-h640\/glassmorphism.jpg\" title=\"Glassmorphism\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Glassmorphism &#8211; a recurring trend?<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Glassmorphism, and yes, that\u2019s<br \/>\nan actual thing in user interface speak, is transitioning from screen to canvas<br \/>\nand it\u2019s becoming ever popular in digital artworks where layer transparencies<br \/>\nare easier to accomplish than using traditional mediums. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">If you\u2019re wondering what<br \/>\nGlassmorphism is, it\u2019s essentially the effect of glass panes in a similar<br \/>\nfashion to how modern operating systems look with a slightly blurred background<br \/>\nimage behind the foreground image. Whilst not impossible to recreate with<br \/>\ntraditional mediums, it is made much simpler using tools such as Photoshop or<br \/>\nProcreate with the built-in Gaussian blur and transparency tools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">It is a stylish way of<br \/>\nbringing the background of work into the foreground without it taking over<br \/>\nand the effect can be strikingly clean, although when used in user interfaces,<br \/>\nthe misuse of Glassmorphism can create confusion and the work can end up<br \/>\nbecoming what\u2019s known technically as being, a bit of a mess.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Illustrations that have been<br \/>\nhand-drawn, especially when used for product marketing will become even more<br \/>\npopular during 2022. Hand drawn works can convey an immediate feeling of<br \/>\nfamiliarity and warmth, and they have become massively popular with products<br \/>\nsuch as beer cans, particularly with the small micro-breweries that have been<br \/>\npopping up to produce IPA beers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">There\u2019s also a certain<br \/>\naesthetic and quality to hand drawn elements that are not always easy to<br \/>\nproduce using digital formats. Particularly popular and appearing in many<br \/>\nsearches online are works that give the appearance of being etched, or utilising<br \/>\nlines to produce the shaded areas and they also have a great fit with another<br \/>\ntrend that has begun to emerge through Google\u2019s search trends, and that is in<br \/>\nthe use of monotone and black and white images.<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgF8nnN4Fu7NzM54HcfSdP8LmQQBIHV_y9YwQK-NkA_9M6dFV-zCVk_4vXJpYTr_xLb1rjmM6C1VmYMUSA0RzVuLmqTzVsfFMQB3BF3dbodxswAtYR8oRx7ejv57NqzNCSPOUp3PMdrP6M\/s2048\/eighties+social+media.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"80s technology artwork\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgF8nnN4Fu7NzM54HcfSdP8LmQQBIHV_y9YwQK-NkA_9M6dFV-zCVk_4vXJpYTr_xLb1rjmM6C1VmYMUSA0RzVuLmqTzVsfFMQB3BF3dbodxswAtYR8oRx7ejv57NqzNCSPOUp3PMdrP6M\/w640-h640\/eighties+social+media.jpg\" title=\"Eighties Social Media\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Eighties Social Media<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">For those of you who have been<br \/>\npaying attention to the writing on these walls over the past few articles,<br \/>\nyou\u2019ll have noticed a heavy influence of creating retro and retro inspired<br \/>\nworks to evoke those nostalgic feelings that more and more of us are getting as<br \/>\nwe drift between episodes of the pandemic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Whilst nostalgia for the past<br \/>\nwill be different for everyone depending on a myriad of factors like your age,<br \/>\nwhere you grew up, and the type of childhood you had, there is no doubt that<br \/>\nthe pandemic has made us all reflect in some way and think back to simpler<br \/>\ntimes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">For me, I grew up in the<br \/>\nseventies and have fond memories of my childhood though it wasn\u2019t until the<br \/>\neighties that I became much more independent and old enough to remember what I<br \/>\ndid and what I enjoyed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">The eighties was a very<br \/>\nformative decade for me, not least because that\u2019s when I really began my art<br \/>\ncareer with a landscape work and the creation of graphic images using very<br \/>\nbasic home computers of the time. It was also the decade Michael Jackson hooked<br \/>\nme with his Bad album, I was able to drink alcohol legally by the end of the<br \/>\ndecade, and I had somehow managed to solve the Rubik\u2019s Cube in less than a day<br \/>\nand have never solved it since.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">I have never stopped creating<br \/>\n80s inspired artworks, creating hundreds, if not thousands of designs since I started<br \/>\nout that somehow still continue to find some relevance with collectors and<br \/>\nstill manage to sell today, but it seems that the art world is ready to grow up<br \/>\nand move into the nineties, or it will be in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Nostalgia loving demographics<br \/>\nwho grew up in the nineties have been reaching out for a while to ask when I<br \/>\nwill be creating 90s inspired works, and an extensive search on Google Trends<br \/>\nseems to indicate that this is happening more broadly. There\u2019s a new retro<br \/>\ndemographic that we see every decade or so and this time it\u2019s the 90s that will<br \/>\nbe providing the visuals. \u00a0There are also<br \/>\nnods to the year 2000 appearing in many online art markets, influences of that<br \/>\ncrazy time when we all thought that our Nokia\u2019s would die at the stroke of<br \/>\nmidnight, a New Year\u2019s Eve spent anticipating the end of the world in between<br \/>\nbottles of alcopop, it\u2019s palm trees with a not-so-subtle hint of Miami, so let\u2019s<br \/>\nparty like it\u2019s 1999!<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgx2RkHMZSK3_X69OSgYA_fKDDgwGXpKL2Y3wuWkkK24a9DQtkjU0ZX5jVm55ZjhhVZwnD_BiXK4SojJHDyfQwT18CiEveaKycpOxyQe1yvo44_GmIYPoSjhUxXHnpOHazXLuG_5UKeMLk\/s2048\/hot+flamingo.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"hot flamingo art\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgx2RkHMZSK3_X69OSgYA_fKDDgwGXpKL2Y3wuWkkK24a9DQtkjU0ZX5jVm55ZjhhVZwnD_BiXK4SojJHDyfQwT18CiEveaKycpOxyQe1yvo44_GmIYPoSjhUxXHnpOHazXLuG_5UKeMLk\/w640-h640\/hot+flamingo.jpg\" title=\"Hot Flamingo by Mark Taylor\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Hot Flamingo by Mark Taylor &#8211; Available in my stores now!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">A genre of Japanese art that flourished<br \/>\nduring the 17<sup>th<\/sup> to 19<sup>th<\/sup> centuries, Ukiyo-e is once again<br \/>\nproviding design inspiration for artists in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century.<br \/>\nWhereas traditional Ukiyo-e works were more likely to feature prominent kabuki<br \/>\nactors and sumo wrestlers, the method was used to depict a myriad of subjects. Often<br \/>\ncreated using woodblocks, the modern twist is somewhat less traditional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">The modern take is more of a<br \/>\ncombination of flat vector art and traditional woodblock, to produce flat,<br \/>\nsimple images that will often make use of negative space on a page. The subject<br \/>\nmatter is still wide and varied but the trends of the moment are more likely to<br \/>\ninspire works depicting travel and nature and simple figurative subjects.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">The result is a clean image<br \/>\nwith crisp lines, as simple as it is complicated to get to grips with as an<br \/>\nartist, but if the artist masters the process of creating this style, the<br \/>\neffects that can be produced can look stunning and unique. I wasn\u2019t too sure<br \/>\nwhy Google trends were pointing to this style until I began to wonder if the<br \/>\npast few years of living under the cloud of a pandemic meant that people were<br \/>\nsearching for simpler, yet bolder statement pieces. <\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgbZP-VPWjZRHVRJETxiVixjuEFl7wU8vMl9qnzKMkxRH7J1TSh6ANNAG6WkuYP7ax3zMvlF4yM2juZnslHvnxq9-lTXC91qf0Xzaw4fnj02NI4h_53BS_xHxYXRm7YC84ax6l3LrpRAtE\/s2048\/sunset+valley.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sunset valley artwork\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgbZP-VPWjZRHVRJETxiVixjuEFl7wU8vMl9qnzKMkxRH7J1TSh6ANNAG6WkuYP7ax3zMvlF4yM2juZnslHvnxq9-lTXC91qf0Xzaw4fnj02NI4h_53BS_xHxYXRm7YC84ax6l3LrpRAtE\/w640-h640\/sunset+valley.jpg\" title=\"Sunset Valley by Mark Taylor\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Sunset Valley by Mark Taylor &#8211; A flat art style with added foreground and background depth! &#8211; Now available in my Pixels and Fine Art America stores!\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><b><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">The Re-emergence of Brutalism\u2026<br \/>\nsort of\u2026<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Maybe we\u2019re all a little bored<br \/>\nof the same old, same old by now, and by that I mean, have you noticed how<br \/>\neverything and anything these days has a tendency to look the same? Whether it&#8217;s<br \/>\ntransport or user interfaces, there\u2019s an instant familiarity to everything that<br \/>\nwe pick up, yet it hadn\u2019t used to be like this. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Open up an application on your<br \/>\nsmartphone and you are likely to be greeted with the stock standard button<br \/>\ntoggles in the settings, all displayed on a completely black background in<br \/>\nsomething they call night mode. User interfaces tend to stick to specific<br \/>\ndesign standards and if there is one thing about design standards that I have<br \/>\nlearned throughout my creative career, it\u2019s that they eventually change when we get<br \/>\nbored with them. Standards are generally only the standard whilst they&#8217;re the standard!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Sometimes these dark modes are<br \/>\nwrapped up in the guise of being an accessibility feature, mostly though, these<br \/>\ndark interfaces are wrapped up in a feature called, &#8220;we think people will think<br \/>\nthis looks cool&#8221;. The reality of accessibility though is that black and white<br \/>\ninterfaces might work for some accessibility needs, they don\u2019t work for all. Sorry to burst your UI bubble, but accessibility should run way deeper than a dark mode.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">That maybe explains why there<br \/>\nis a growing trend towards anti-design, where the artist rips up the rulebook<br \/>\nand creates new rules. Hey, what a novel idea, imagine creating something that<br \/>\ncould even become its own art movement. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiBujGFLnJSJXTeJtZp5KXxQXrf43kyGF9vY0DHb2p6Ocpdn3ap4DtLIfF3fcmJRNCyTVRbNGQ7F0jhfLqIB5dEaGBh29znLv4jUGv1jbyh_-EFv3v18iFrmAYM5dnKPhTTMHACG51k9ig\/s2048\/rebirth.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rebirth planetary artwork by Mark Taylor\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1515\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiBujGFLnJSJXTeJtZp5KXxQXrf43kyGF9vY0DHb2p6Ocpdn3ap4DtLIfF3fcmJRNCyTVRbNGQ7F0jhfLqIB5dEaGBh29znLv4jUGv1jbyh_-EFv3v18iFrmAYM5dnKPhTTMHACG51k9ig\/w640-h474\/rebirth.jpg\" title=\"Rebirth by Mark Taylor\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Rebirth by Mark Taylor &#8211; planetary anti-design! Of course, it&#8217;s available now from my stores!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Anti-design shares more<br \/>\nsimilarities with brutalism than anything else, and yes, its alleged ugliness<br \/>\nis its beauty. Yet it also says so much, it makes a statement that we\u2019re done<br \/>\nwith conventional tastes. It challenges us, and it throws the traditional rulebook<br \/>\nright out of the window. In short, it\u2019s a trend that maybe better conveys where<br \/>\nthe world is right now, it\u2019s the new kid on the block who definitely doesn\u2019t<br \/>\nfollow the rules that someone else made up. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">While we\u2019re on the subject of<br \/>\nlet\u2019s break the rules, we\u2019re also done with minimalism. Sure, we all cleaned out<br \/>\nthe cupboards under the instruction of Maria Kondo, but with art, it\u2019s also<br \/>\nabout getting that hoarding habit back. It\u2019s the Tiger King to Maria, and it\u2019s<br \/>\nbold, bright, and beautiful. Intricate Maximalism isn\u2019t all about just filling the<br \/>\ncanvas, it is about making the use of the space that you have and creating<br \/>\ncolour, objects, shapes, and patterns, that once again stem from the inner<br \/>\nartist&#8217;s artist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Clashing tastes, primary<br \/>\ncolours, big, bold, always something new for the viewer to discover, statement<br \/>\npieces that have staying power and no shame. It is the perfect opportunity for an<br \/>\nartist to bring out their inner weirdness. <\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjSRrFwOcHY_5T_F_6WDCCJco13np1d8mhpYGbUwIDpJKBhftILGyo_B38_wiTUsxTum47UDVrFtDBu3MaCpRgYbuxoH8_Xwy-BUSFKHNKj1prp_WcdztFQub5KeQDnqhVn6DRCQQnWwq4\/s2048\/data+corruption.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"data corruption artwork\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1515\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjSRrFwOcHY_5T_F_6WDCCJco13np1d8mhpYGbUwIDpJKBhftILGyo_B38_wiTUsxTum47UDVrFtDBu3MaCpRgYbuxoH8_Xwy-BUSFKHNKj1prp_WcdztFQub5KeQDnqhVn6DRCQQnWwq4\/w640-h474\/data+corruption.jpg\" title=\"Data Corruption Artwork by Mark Taylor\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Data Corruption by Mark Taylor &#8211; big, bold, brutal, and deep, at least for those who grew up during the birth of big data.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">This time last year we were<br \/>\nall looking for paintings that reminded us of the great outdoors, a year later,<br \/>\nwe\u2019re all ready to just make a break for it and run. This style is another one<br \/>\nthat essentially rips up the rulebook, unexpected colours that just work, whimsical<br \/>\nsettings straight out of an artist&#8217;s inner artist, of course, I\u2019m talking about<br \/>\nescapism. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">There\u2019s almost a crossover<br \/>\nwith psychedelia inspired works and anti-deign, except this looks cleaner, if<br \/>\nnot just as strange. Why would you paint a cat sitting on the window ledge<br \/>\nlooking out at the astronaut in space while a tiger roams the jungle, all flowing<br \/>\nas one from the same canvas? Because you can and it looks great. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">This is a style that I have<br \/>\ntinkered with for many years, hence in some of my landscapes you might find oversized<br \/>\nflowers as a nod to the escapism genre, life is full of Easter eggs when you look<br \/>\nclosely at some of my work, but this is a style where an artist can be an artist<br \/>\nwith imagination and not feel weird that someone might not get it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Here\u2019s the thing. They don\u2019t<br \/>\nhave to get it, escapism can be you, your innermost thoughts and feelings, it\u2019s<br \/>\nsupposed to make you wonder, no, you don\u2019t have to get it at all, you just have<br \/>\nto enjoy it. I really think this is the artist&#8217;s art. Anywho, it\u2019s on the rise<br \/>\nand it\u2019s rising fast in the online trends. Hey, it\u2019s like I always say, if you<br \/>\ncan\u2019t paint a landscape or a nude and make a million, just go ahead and be<br \/>\nweird, the world needs way more weird. Oh, and that really is the best piece of<br \/>\nartistic advice in the history of ever, free of charge and only here!<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEivFgOE6sycJfQd8GhmI7aPorXdIKOg23udYlMTbXyfxpJy0lUkEt6U-jDRRVmu6fMsWdCH4rvJ3TM8nzGhIiAHuCVcf6Vdooh-jAxQN-4uXF3J40fgwqVsMHqy1Dsh147pl8G2NTbiDcA\/s2048\/fall+wall.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fall Wall artwork by Mark Taylor, flowers, dry stone wall\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEivFgOE6sycJfQd8GhmI7aPorXdIKOg23udYlMTbXyfxpJy0lUkEt6U-jDRRVmu6fMsWdCH4rvJ3TM8nzGhIiAHuCVcf6Vdooh-jAxQN-4uXF3J40fgwqVsMHqy1Dsh147pl8G2NTbiDcA\/w640-h640\/fall+wall.JPG\" title=\"Fall Wall by Mark Taylor\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Fall Wall by Mark Taylor &#8211; notice the oversize flowers!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><b><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Pop Art is back again\u2026<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">I mentioned pop art last time<br \/>\naround and it\u2019s not going anywhere anytime soon. Bright, bold design, heavy<br \/>\ntext, grainy textures, and a trend more recently being influenced by the insane<br \/>\namount of comic book tie-ins that have been coming out of Hollywood of late. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">I think to some extent, there\u2019s<br \/>\na real shift towards bright colours, statement pieces that elevate a space and<br \/>\na mood, and if you take a look through all of the online art markets and in<br \/>\nparticular spaces like Etsy, what you will find are a multitude of works with a<br \/>\ncomic\/pop-art vibe that isn\u2019t necessarily based on official comics or<br \/>\ncharacters, but off-brand influences that trigger a nostalgic response, and there\u2019s<br \/>\nthat nostalgia thing popping up again!<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhMCFo0HX-xGNfDfcQodqhTyTXfFbzHfz3KMZvWRR5l587IB-X3yjiB4oakzdiD6svdQu5lupgAapmCMjXk0bQUx9IvABezxWsZH554lh0QqA2mAQDkYTEY5aMRjrlZU4qvhMeltENaPxY\/s2048\/eighties+pop+music+culture.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"eighties pop music technology art\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2048\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhMCFo0HX-xGNfDfcQodqhTyTXfFbzHfz3KMZvWRR5l587IB-X3yjiB4oakzdiD6svdQu5lupgAapmCMjXk0bQUx9IvABezxWsZH554lh0QqA2mAQDkYTEY5aMRjrlZU4qvhMeltENaPxY\/w640-h640\/eighties+pop+music+culture.jpg\" title=\"Eighties Pop Music by Mark Taylor\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Eighties Pop Music by Mark Taylor &#8211; I was creating digital pop-art way before Warhol!<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><b><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">The Third Dimension\u2026<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">I was on the fence about including<br \/>\n3D, it\u2019s always a popular genre for digital artists but the subject matter in<br \/>\nthe images created can often have a tendency to look the same at times. I jumped<br \/>\noff the fence when I beta tested the latest version of the iPad art app, Procreate,<br \/>\nwith its shiny new 3D painting engine that takes 3D objects and allows you to<br \/>\npaint them, in 3D.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">One thing I have always<br \/>\nnoticed with Procreate is that they tend to add features to the app that<br \/>\nreflect the direction digital art is travelling. What convinced me, even more, was the trend data that had been emerging over the past few months including<br \/>\nsearches for more tactile mixed media works. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><b><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">The Staples\u2026<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">There will always be a place<br \/>\nfor the staples of the art world, landscapes and nudes are always immensely popular,<br \/>\nas too are abstracts, and there is a clear slide towards abstract minimalism of<br \/>\nlate. The interesting one for me is around art that has a more tactile feel, so<br \/>\nassemblage art will continue to be popular, perhaps even more so as there does<br \/>\nseem to be more of a shift towards the quality and uniqueness that hand made<br \/>\narts and crafts can bring. Hopefully, the move towards supporting more and more<br \/>\nsmall businesses and independent creatives will continue too. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">As for the rest of the art<br \/>\nworld, you know, the high-value part of the market that the majority of<br \/>\nworking artists don\u2019t have any touchpoint with, will continue to thrive, especially<br \/>\nas shows and exhibitions that had been cancelled throughout the pandemic have<br \/>\nplans to tentatively reopen in 2022. That said, new variants of Covid could jeopardise<br \/>\nthose plans for some. I think we might be seeing a move towards owning works of<br \/>\nfamiliar names at maybe more realistic prices than we\u2019ve seen in the recent<br \/>\npast, and by realistic, that\u2019s kind of a subjective word at this level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">There seems to be a growing<br \/>\ntrend of websites harvesting other people\u2019s content and displaying it on their<br \/>\nwebsites, so if you\u2019re not reading this at <a href=\"https:\/\/beechhousemedia.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/beechhousemedia.co.uk<\/a> \u00a0you will have been inadvertently directed to<br \/>\nreading a stolen copy of my work, so I can only apologise if some unscrupulous website<br \/>\nis making you either sign up, pay to read it, or serving ad after ad, but if<br \/>\nyou come to the original source I can promise you that there are no ads, no<br \/>\nneed to sign up, no charge, and you will be supporting a truly independent<br \/>\ncreative directly!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><b><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Until Next Time!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">That\u2019s all for this week but I<br \/>\nwill be back soon with more news including news of some of the projects I have<br \/>\nbeen working on recently that have meant that my presence here has been a<br \/>\nlittle less regular of late! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">And I would also like to say a<br \/>\nhuge thank you to those of you who have been supporting my work here by<br \/>\npurchasing prints of my work. This site is completely funded through my own<br \/>\npocket, completely independent and I rely on a percentage of my print sales<br \/>\nthrough Fine Art America and Pixels to help with the growing costs! Even the<br \/>\npurchase of a gift card or sticker will provide funding that can go back into<br \/>\ncreating more content for this site! <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Until next time, stay happy,<br \/>\nstay healthy, and stay creative!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">Mark x<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><b><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">About Mark\u2026<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large; line-height: 200%;\">I am an artist and blogger and<br \/>\nlive in Staffordshire, England. My days are filled with art, dog walking and Teams<br \/>\nMeetings, while still being stuck somewhere in the eighties. You can purchase<br \/>\nmy art through my Fine Art America store or my Pixels site here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/10-mark-taylor.pixels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/10-mark-taylor.pixels.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0and<br \/>\nyou can purchase my new works, special and limited editions directly. You can<br \/>\nalso view my portfolio website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beechhousemedia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/beechhousemedia.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span face=\"&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif\" style=\"line-height: 200%;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: large;\">If you are on Facebook, you<br \/>\ncan give me a follow right here, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/beechhousemedia\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/beechhousemedia<\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\nYou can also follow me on Twitter @beechhouseart and on Pinterest at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/beechhousemedia\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/pinterest.com\/beechhousemedia<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hottest Art Trends of 2022 Every year about this time, I write a new article predicting the next year&#8217;s art trends and colour schemes and this year is no different! 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