Robert Bohan

I wasn't actually going to write about a particular artist this week. I just hadn't encountered one that motivated me to do that. While my blog tends to be a bit 'gushy' (why would I refer to an artist to slag them off though?) I'm still discriminatory in the sense that I pick people out and I don't just throw anyone up here. Essentially the art has to engage me emotionally some how.

So today I encountered Robert Bohan, from Dublin, on Twitter:

As you can see, Robert believes in the relationship between art and emotion. I had an immediate reaction to this portrait that he is displaying on his account:

I saw it and immediately thought 'wow'. I feel that it's incredibly distinct and stylish - it's both detailed and yet plain. It's minimal without feeling empty. So I immediately went through his photos like I was raiding his house or something. I was rewarded with these images - totally different - even more abstract, and bold and colourful.

Then we got this (left) which is entitled 'Grief'. It's like a foot and a hand, and two eye balls, and a hand tearing at the eye socket, and it's tangled up and rolled in a ball, and the whole thing is drawn off centre and up in one corner...

Wow.

And here we have to drmatic portraits of female figures - each beautiful in their own contrasting way. The figure in blue has a ghostly bereaved quality and seems to be caught in a swirling cold wind.

@RobertBohan is clearly a mature and very well established artist with over one hundred and sixty thousand followers on Twitter. 

You can check out his website here

I didn't actually approach Robert before I wrote this blog, I was just kind of moved to do it. Robert - I apologise, but thanks for your art, it's very special.