Tag: artist
-
Painting From The Year 1559 Contains Over 100 Proverbs We Still Use Today
More than 450 years ago, Dutch master painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted The Dutch Proverbs, an oil on wood painting that visually represents over 100 Dutch proverbs. Many of these proverbs still exist today such as ‘when the cat’s away, the mice will play’, or ‘banging your head against a brick wall’. The work…
-
Photographer Captures Synchronistic Images in Soviet Era Swimming Pools
If you’re a Wes Anderson fan, then photographer Maria Svarbova’s latest series titled In the Swimming Pool will be right up your alley. Maria is fascinated by the sterile, geometric aesthetic of old swimming pools, especially those built during the Socialist Era in her native country of Slovakia. Each scene she photographs is highly controlled,…
-
Italian Artist Creates Life-Like Figures From Hand Carved Wood
Peter Demetz has a gift for breathing life into wood, a material that seems hard and lifeless to most of us. His wooden sculptures of people are flawlessly life-like. The Italian artist’s mastery of human anatomy makes his sculptures look like paintings or sketches, and his wonderful compositions and sense of perspective help perpetuate this…
-
Street Artist Transforms Ordinary Public Places Into Clever and Funny Installations
Miguel Marquez Outside is the Tumblr blog of Michael Pederson, a street artist from Sydney, Australia. For one series, the artist has placed thoughtful text on trash, including a discarded couch that reads, “No more quiet empty rooms,” and a television with “The things I’ve seen…” Another piece involves a (non-working) light switch, accompanied by…
-
Malaysian Artist Uses Genius Photography Trick When Taking Photographs With Superheroes
Malaysian artist Wire Hon creates fun scenes with superhero figureines from the Marvel and DC Comics franchises using only his smartphone and the magic of forced perspective. According to his Instagram – “everybody needs a hobby…” and this is Hon’s idea of fun. The screenplay involves the whole family – his wife and children are…
-
Artist Turns Her Boring Toilet Into A Magical Place
Artist Roza Khamitova recently completed her latest series Shovava, which involved creating countless numbers of drawings and paintings. There were so many of them, they were barely fitting under her bed. So she decided to put them to use by transforming her toilet. Deciding not to overthink it, she simply glued bits and pieces all…
-
Artist Uses Modern Translucent Materials to “Fix” Broken Wooden Furniture
Visual artist Tatiane Freitas repairs broken wooden furniture by replacing the missing pieces with translucent acrylic as part of her ongoing series titled My Old New Chair. Her designs restore functionality to the chairs while acknowledging the history of each piece and looking pretty darn amazing. Scroll down and let us know what you think!…
-
Artist Creates Stunning “Wearable Storybook” Dress Inspired by a French Town
Bringing a fairy tale world to life proves to be an extremely difficult task for most of us, but there are some people out there who have the power to merge the worlds of fantasy and reality thanks to their artistic talents and exceptional skills. French creator Sylvie Facon, whose gowns are most certainly designed…
-
Mystery Colorado Street Artist Creates The Funniest Signs Ever, And The Puns Are Priceless
There’s some guy who’s got a way with puns in Indian Hills Community, Colorado. The mystery pun-ster, who goes by the pseudonym “Vince”, originally decided to put puns and jokes up a couple of times a week. “I also try to create unique holiday puns/saying, and current events that I feel are important. It is…
-
Amazing Real-Life Locations of Famous Paintings That You Can Actually Visit
Have you ever wanted to track down the location where your favorite painting was actually created? Wanted to sip a martini in the same spot van Gogh painted his masterpiece or walk along the bridge that inspired Monet’s ‘Water Lillies’ series? With the help of this blog, now you can! See below to explore some…