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A family of artists · some of us have been creating for 70 yearsYour first six paintings are free · purchase an item and receive many moreOld Masters to the Moderns, 1470 to now · the face, the dog and the house kept
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An old master’s light, a modern style’s colour

Pick the century that owns the light and the drawing. Then pick the modern style that owns the colour and the mark. A plywood chair in a Delft kitchen, a neon diner under a Turner sky, a spaniel by candlelight in kaleidoscope colour: the period paints it straight, and the modern style keeps it strange.

This one is new, and we are still learning what it does best. Paint one and tell us.

Twelve to start 12 pairings

Odd on purpose

Each door puts its line, its period and its modern style in the studio. Change any of the three.

The studio

What are we painting?

The canvas

Style 132

The modern style 88

The period keeps the composition, the light and the drawing; the modern style keeps the palette, the mark and the surface.

Masterworks 78

Tap one to see it large. Paint after it and your painting takes its brushwork and its light, never its subject.

Palette

Where the palettes come from

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What shall we paint?The line above becomes the first.

The modern styles 88 on the shelf

Described, never named

Every modern style is the mark a movement left behind: its palette, its grain, its surface. No living painter is named, and none who died inside the last seventy years. Each tile was painted here in that style.

The decades10 styles

Painted here in the Synthwave Airbrush style
Synthwave Airbrush1980s
Painted here in the Platinum Print style
Platinum Print1900s
Painted here in the Pictorialist Haze style
Pictorialist Haze1910s
Painted here in the Mod Pop style
Mod Pop1960s
Painted here in the Rock Poster style
Rock Poster1970s
Painted here in the Disco Glam style
Disco Glam1970s
Painted here in the Grunge Zine style
Grunge Zine1990s
Painted here in the Y2K Gloss style
Y2K Gloss2000s
Painted here in the Ultra Real style
Ultra Real2020s
Painted here in the Vaporwave Plaza style
Vaporwave Plaza1990s

The print room11 styles

Painted here in the Risograph style
RisographNow
Painted here in the Cyanotype style
Cyanotype1840s
Painted here in the Field Guide style
Field Guide1850s
Painted here in the Matchbook style
Matchbook1950s
Painted here in the Tattoo Flash style
Tattoo Flash1940s
Painted here in the Chalk Pastel style
Chalk PastelNow
Painted here in the Op-Art Field style
Op-Art Field1960s
Painted here in the Pop Grid style
Pop Grid1960s
Painted here in the Screenprint Pop style
Screenprint Pop1960s
Painted here in the Halftone Pop style
Halftone Pop1960s
Painted here in the Diamond Dust style
Diamond Dust1980s

Street art5 styles

Painted here in the Stencil Mural style
Stencil MuralNow
Painted here in the Paste-Up style
Paste-UpNow
Painted here in the Spray Paint style
Spray Paint1980s
Painted here in the City Mural style
City MuralNow
Painted here in the Die-Cut Sticker style
Die-Cut StickerNow

Psychedelic7 styles

Painted here in the Neon Kaleidoscope style
Neon Kaleidoscope1960s
Painted here in the Cosmic Candyland style
Cosmic CandylandNow
Painted here in the Aurora Chrome style
Aurora ChromeNow
Painted here in the Tie-Dye Swirl style
Tie-Dye Swirl1970s
Painted here in the Light Bloom style
Light BloomNow
Painted here in the Balloon Cosmos style
Balloon CosmosNow
Painted here in the Nouveau Poster style
Nouveau Poster1960s

Playful4 styles

Painted here in the Golden Age Cel style
Golden Age Cel1930s
Painted here in the Boardwalk Charmer style
Boardwalk CharmerNow
Painted here in the Space Captain style
Space CaptainNow
Painted here in the Sundae Shop style
Sundae ShopNow

Drawn and painted16 styles

Painted here in the Watercolour style
WatercolourNow
Painted here in the Charcoal style
CharcoalNow
Painted here in the Quiet Oil style
Quiet OilNow
Painted here in the Bright Oil style
Bright OilNow
Painted here in the Hyper-Real Oil style
Hyper-Real OilNow
Painted here in the Sumi-e Ink Wash style
Sumi-e Ink WashNow
Painted here in the Folk Surrealist style
Folk Surrealist1940s
Painted here in the Cut-Paper Collage style
Cut-Paper Collage1950s
Painted here in the Pattern Field style
Pattern Field1880s
Painted here in the One Line style
One LineNow
Painted here in the Natural History Plate style
Natural History Plate1850s
Painted here in the Urban Sketchbook style
Urban SketchbookNow
Painted here in the Etched Plate style
Etched Plate1650s
Painted here in the Architect’s Drawing style
Architect’s Drawing1920s
Painted here in the Archive Print style
Archive Print1930s
Painted here in the Contour Map style
Contour MapNow

Deco and glass13 styles

Painted here in the Art Deco style
Art Deco1930s
Painted here in the Byzantine Mosaic style
Byzantine Mosaic1100s
Painted here in the Stained Glass style
Stained Glass1200s
Painted here in the Deco Fashion Plate style
Deco Fashion Plate1920s
Painted here in the Continuous Line style
Continuous Line1920s
Painted here in the Bauhaus style
Bauhaus1920s
Painted here in the Gold Leaf Panel style
Gold Leaf Panel1900s
Painted here in the Colour Discs style
Colour Discs1910s
Painted here in the Magnified Bloom style
Magnified Bloom1930s
Painted here in the Floral Wall style
Floral WallNow
Painted here in the Imperial Court style
Imperial Court1900s
Painted here in the Dynasty Scroll style
Dynasty Scroll1100s
Painted here in the Gilded Icon style
Gilded Icon1400s

Pop9 styles

Painted here in the Pop Silkscreen style
Pop Silkscreen1960s
Painted here in the Sparkle Silkscreen style
Sparkle Silkscreen1960s
Painted here in the Comic Burst style
Comic Burst1960s
Painted here in the Supergraphic style
Supergraphic1970s
Painted here in the Sticker Storm style
Sticker StormNow
Painted here in the Nine Tile Wall style
Nine Tile Wall1960s
Painted here in the Candy Carnival style
Candy CarnivalNow
Painted here in the Neon Statement style
Neon StatementNow
Painted here in the Inverted Pop style
Inverted Pop1960s

The movements9 styles

Painted here in the Orphist Discs style
Orphist Discs1910s
Painted here in the Orphist Greys style
Orphist Greys1910s
Painted here in the Cubist Facets style
Cubist Facets1910s
Painted here in the Constructivist Poster style
Constructivist Poster1920s
Painted here in the Neo-Expressionist style
Neo-Expressionist1980s
Painted here in the Biomorphic Surreal style
Biomorphic Surreal1930s
Painted here in the Surreal Desert style
Surreal Desert1930s
Painted here in the Umbrella Procession style
Umbrella Procession1950s
Painted here in the Botanical Abstraction style
Botanical Abstraction1920s

Tomorrow4 styles

Painted here in the Neon Noir style
Neon NoirNow
Painted here in the Solarpunk Garden style
Solarpunk Garden2070s
Painted here in the Stellar Dream style
Stellar DreamNow
Painted here in the Holographic Chrome style
Holographic ChromeNow

Prefer the front wall? The studio paints in any one style, old or modern, with no meld.