Category: Painting
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Incredibly Realistic Rainy Day Paintings by Karen Woods
On a rainy afternoon, artist Karen Woods observes large raindrops as they transform windshields and window panes into beautiful formations. She then converts those meditative moments into mesmerizing oil paintings that capture the tranquility of a quiet, stormy day. In her paintings, Woods turns everyday urban scenes into impressive moments filled with captivating distortions. She…
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We Thought These People Looked Weird. A Closer Look Left Us Absolutely Speechless
OK well the title of this blog is a little misleading as we’ve known about Australian ex-pat Ron Mueck‘s works for some time and have been speechless every time we’ve had the opportunity to see them in “the flesh”. Ron continues to amaze with his sculptures. He used to be a model maker and puppeteer for…
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You’re Never Too Old… 97 Year Old Who Draws Using Microsoft Paint from Windows 95
Meet Hal Lasko, mostly known as Grandpa, a 97-year-old man who uses Microsoft Paint from Windows 95 to create artwork that has been described as “a collision of pointillism and 8-Bit art.” Lasko, who is legally blind, served in WWII drafting directional and weather maps for bombing raids and later worked as a typographer (back when…
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artFido’s North American Artist Showcase – artFido blog
artFido is less than two years old. Yet in that short amount of time, this little puppy has developed quite a bark, becoming one of the most visited art-related sites in the world. In fact, by total visits we now rank in the top 0.01% of all websites globally and in the United States we…
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Light Hearted Paintings by an Unknown Denmark Artist Called S.E.M
Following on from Banky’s recent “New York Residency” during October (read HERE), one would be forgiven for thinking that “to make it” in the art world, you need to have a huge support team with tens of thousands of dollars to splash around to get yourself noticed. It’s been a breath of fresh air, therefore,…
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Some Kids Graffiti-ed This Man’s Garage Door. His ‘Revenge’ is Simply Awesome!
Some wannabe graffers tagged all over redditor Elusive92‘s garage door hired local graffiti artist “Lake13” to come and create a work of art over the graffiti tags. When life gives you lemons terrible graffiti make lemonade awesome art! Hopefully the local graffiti writers respect this work of art and don’t come back to tag all over it…and if so, we’re sure…
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100 of the Best Street Art Photos for 2013
As 2013 comes to a close, we’ve scoured the world to find the best street art created over the last couple of years. With so many great works produced during this time it was a tough job, but we needed to stop somewhere! So here we have the best 100 street art works for 2012…
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Kids Let Their Father Color In Their Drawings With Spectacular Results!
A little while ago, we introduced you to illustrator Mica Hendricks and her 4-year-old daughter who collaborated on a wonderful series of drawings that pass back and forth between mother and daughter until reaching an always unexpected final form (read HERE). It was therefore an absolute delight when we discovered that redditor Tatsputin did a similar thing…
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Imaginative Eye Makeup Art by Tal Peleg
Most of us are familiar with makeup application as an everyday thing that women (and sometimes men) do to enhance their appearance. Professional Israeli makeup artist Tal Peleg, however, has elevated this everyday ritual into an art form. Her eye makeup designs go far beyond a simple touch-up – each is a miniature work…
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This Portrait of Morgan Freeman Was “Painted” on an iPad Using 285,000 Finger Strokes!
Remember iPad art? We previously wrote an article about David Kassan that tried it a little while ago to great effect (see HERE). Well British artist Kyle Lambert’s been practicing, and he’s gotten good. Like, photorealism good. The latest Lambert creation is this jaw-dropping portrait of Morgan Freeman. You almost feel like you can reach out and touch…