Category: Art
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Intricate Animals Made from Scrap Metal and Old Auto Parts
When Edouard Martinet was 10, one of his teachers introduced his pupils to insects. Subliminally, the fascination sunk in to the young French boy. Fast-forward 40 years, and Martinet has become the art world’s virtuoso insectophile, transforming bits and pieces of cast-off junk culled from flea markets and car boot sales into exquisitely executed insect, fish and animal…
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A Native American Superhero is Born… Almost!
Nicolas “Nico” Selma is an amazing, Argentinean illustrator living and working in the United States. His work can be seen in video games, feature films, graphic novels and comic books all over the world. He’s best known for penning the new Tomb Raider (and the beautifully deadly Lara Croft) for Dark Horse Comics. However it’s…
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Perfectionists Unite! Artist Cuts Raw Food Into 98 Cubes
If you’re like us, you like certain things to look ‘just right’. A bit of OCD mixed with a touch of perfectionism, perhaps? So when we came across Dutch artists Lernert and Sander’s most recent project where they cut raw food into 98 perfect 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm cubes, we were in OCD heaven! The…
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Artist Covers Beautiful Beach Stones in Tiny Dots of Paint
Elspeth McLean is an Australian award-winning artist whose passion for colour and detail has evolved into a unique style of painting she describes as “Dotillism”. In what she calls Mandala Stones, McLean collects beautiful beach stones and uses them as her canvas to create intensely colourful and intricate artworks entirely out of dots. Elspeth only uses acrylic…
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Artist Turns Discarded Keys and Coins Into Works of Art
Michael, aka Moerkey, is an artist from Horsham, Victoria, Australia. The talented craftsman creates unique handmade balls, bowls and sculptures from discarded keys and coins; as well as reclaimed copper pipe and wire. In the series below, Michael bends and solders individual keys and coins into beautiful objects. For custom and wholesale inquiries, you can reach…
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The Amazing Gravity-Defying Worlds of Cinta Vidal
In her latest series of paintings, Barcelona-based artist and illustrator Cinta Vidal Agulló defies gravity and architectural conventions to create encapsulated scenes of intersecting perspectives. Painted with acrylic on wood panels, Vidal refers to the paintings as “un-gravity constructions” and says that each piece examines how a person’s internal perspective of life may not match up with…
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ROA’s New Mixed-Media Cabinets Reveal the Hidden Anatomy of Animals
Belgian artist ROA just opened his first solo show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in NYC titled Metazoa. The new series of mixed media works feature the artist’s familiar black and white depictions of animals painted on various cabinet-like furniture pieces that can be opened or shifted to reveal anatomical details. ROA often chooses to depict animals native to where he…
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Stunning Photos Of Starry Skies That Will Make You Look Up
There’s a reason why Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night is one of the most famous adored paintings in the world… we all just love a starry night! So in celebration of our universal love for a beautiful starry night’s sky, here is a collection of amazing starry night amazingness… Amazing! Let us know your favorites…
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Mother Captures Heartwarming Photos of Her Son and Their Three Adopted Dogs
Three years ago, Agnieszka Gulczyńska started photography as a way to capture the graceful movement of horses. When she became pregnant with her first child, Igor, she found that couldn’t ride anymore, so instead, she ran after horses with her camera. Now two years old, Igor is Agnieszka’s favorite model to shoot along with her…
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Newborns Who Are Following In Their Parents’ Nerdy Footsteps
We can all pretend that a newborn’s first photoshoot is supposed to be all about the baby, or we can give in to our secret desire to dress babies as characters from our favorite fantasy and sci-fi movies, books and TV shows. It’s hard to tell who’s having more fun with these pop-culture newborn baby…