Category: Art
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70 Year Old Seamlessly Integrates His Body with the Natural World
Long before selfies and photoshop, photographer Arno Rafael Minkkinen was capturing self-portraits of his nude body in natural surroundings. For the better part of past five decades, the now 70 year old artist has blurring the lines between where the world ends and his body begins. Arno does this by relying on a simple 9-second shutter release that allows…
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The Mesmerizing Art of Hand Making Pasta!
If you’re into your cooking as much as us, you’ll know there’s nothing more satisfying than sitting down to a home cooked meal that you’ve slaved over the stove for hours to prepare. There is definitely an art to cooking, as you are about to see from food artist Miyuki Adachi. Adachi is one of a shrinking number…
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Classic Painting Subjects Inserted Into Modern Day Life
In a different take on the ‘classic paintings remade’ series we’ve featured a couple of times recently, Ukrainian artist Alexey Kondakov unites the past and present by giving characters from classic paintings the chance to explore our modern world. Alexey uses Photoshop to insert vintage muses in stores, on buses, on stairwells, and in the midst of urban alleyways for his ongoing…
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Photographer Takes Amazing Portraits Of People Living on the Streets
We first happened across the stunning photography of Lee Jeffries when he tagged some of his photos to #artFido on Instagram. We were immiadetly in awe. Lee photographs homeless people to show the humanity that they possess. According to Jeffries: “When you see a Lee Jeffries image, it’s not a document of the life of a homeless…
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Workers Re-Create Famous Paintings Using Office Supplies
Following on from previous remakes of famous paintings we’ve featured (here and here), we couldn’t go passed bored office coworkers Chris Limbrick and Francesco Fragomeni whose remakes were completed using whatever they could find in their office! The project is called “Fools Do Art”, and they followed two simple rules – only use stuff found in the office, and any editing…
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Stunning Macro Photography of Native Bees and Other Insects
The USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Program develop identification tools and keys for native bee species. As part of this process, they compile accurate and detailed pictures of native bees and the plants and insects they interact with. On Flickr, the USGS BIML has uploaded a staggering collection of over 2,600 high-resolution photographs that are in the public…
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Crazy? Architect Creates Window That Turns Into a Balcony!
In one of the more interesting designs we’ve seen in a while, Argentinian architect Aldana Ferrer Garcia has created a concept for an extending window that allows apartment-dwellers to enjoy the sky from their oft-cramped quarters. The “More Sky” windows all swing or otherwise extend out from the wall to create cozy seated alcoves. According to…
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Artist Creates Spectacularly Painted Logs to Show Us Nature is in Trouble
These works are not just spectacularly painted, but they are painted with a distinct meaning in mind. Artist Alison Moritsugu paints these nature landscapes on tree trunks that mimic the art styles of 18th and 19th century to juxtapose the idyllic images of nature with tangible results of her destruction. Moritsugu’s art is supposed to remind people…
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artFido’s North American Artist Showcase is Back!
It’s here again! And this time we’ve partnered with Professional Artist, one of the worlds’ most respected artists magazines, to make it even bigger. The Showcase is open to artists from Canada, USA and Mexico. All you need to do to submit, is list a piece of art on artFido.com. That’s it. No need to…
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It’s a Halloween Donald Trumpkin!
Jeanette Paras of Dublin, Ohio, is known locally for her elaborate Halloween pumpkin decorations. In 2013, she used paint, wigs, felt, and a sprig of holly to create a Christmas-themed tableau starring Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty and singer Miley Cyrus. In 2012, a 334-pound squash became “Naughty Prince Harry.” But little has prepared Ohio—nay, the world— for this year’s hyper-topical…