Phantasmaphile tipped me off to a great Rubenimichi show entitled Sol Negro.
I love the geometric shapes mingling with wildlife and EYES. Many eyes.
Have radishes ever stared at you before?
This would work as a three dimensional installation.
Some of the black and white works are fantastic, too.
A number of websites now offer hand blown glass sculptures that incorporate cremains.
Memory Glass creates orbs that resemble fancy paperweights (not to diminish the concept), using ashes in one of a kind designs. I love how this one looks like DNA.
Depending on the keepsake you wish to order, a number of options must be selected for each piece.
*For Memory Glass Orbs & Hearts, our handmade wooden stands with LED light clusters are available to light up the pieces from the bottom.
*Memory Glass Pendants include a Black Leather Cord at no additional cost, but you are welcome to choose a Sterling Silver, or 14k Yellow or White Gold chain to hang your pendant.
*Memory Glass Touchstones include a black 3d Suspension Box to display your touchstone proudly.
The Edge Art Gallery goes a step further and not only makes orbs, like this psychedelic swirl…
…but functional objects!
What do you think of memorial glass?
Gabriel Schama makes incredible large scale laser cut pieces (click photos to enlarge). The depth and texture are mesmerizing!
Each layer is cut and mounted, one by one, allowing the shapes and forms to evolve in ways even the artist himself doesn’t plan (aside from the initial cutout shape). Isn’t it wonderful that they grow like organisms?
It’s like geometric shapes that have melted and broken free from the confines of their own rigid lines!
I love his three dimensional mandalas!
See a time lapse video of some hand cut work:
Short post today due to bad virus…
Julia Vysotskaya draws luscious images at the intersection of nature and fantasy art.
Stag & Serpent is the work of illustrator, designer and printmaker Glyn Smith.
From the artist bio:
Whilst his illustration is often associated with underground metal bands, (for whom he has created many album covers, posters and merchandise) his work is chiefly informed by interests in the fields of folklore, myth and magick.
His artwork has been featured in several books on illustration as well as in various art, music and esoteric journals. In recent years he has exhibited and sold prints in the UK, Ireland, Europe and the United States.
From what I’ve seen, this blog has some incredibly creative, talented, bright, out-of-the-box readers…
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Seung-Hwan Oh is a South Korean experimental photographer and microbiologist. In the series Impermanence, he creates thought provoking abstract portraits at the intersection of art and organic decay. They are ethereal, electric, psychedelic, and in some ways almost spiritual…but always intriguing.
In the artist’s own words:
This project is about the superimposition of a moment in microbial growth upon a moment in the life of a person through the projection of one spatial-temporal reality onto another.
This captures the evanescence of film photography, the transiency of life, and the continual entangled creative and destructive processes; a millisecond of an expression, an instance of an autonomous geometric evisceration of film, an exploitation of chemical materiality, a vestige composed of millions of pixels, and a complete obliteration into intangible atoms that dissipate into something else.
The process involves the cultivation of chemical consuming microbes on a visual environment created through portraits and a physical environment composed of developed film immersed in water. As the microbes consume the emulsion over the course of months, the silver halides destabilize, obfuscating the legibility of foreground, background, and scale.
This creates an aesthetic of entangled creation and destruction that inevitably is ephemeral, and results in complete disintegration of the film so that it can only be delicately digitized before it is consumed.
Los Angeles based pop surrealism painter Mia Araujo conjures beautiful scenes rich in symbolism, mythology, alchemy and dreams.
She says:
I have long been fascinated by the multi-faceted complexity that makes each person unique. I believe that all individuals contain an entire universe within them, which is invisible to the naked eye.
My work concentrates on giving shape to the unseen forces within my subjects– their thoughts, memories, emotions, and complex histories. These qualities fit together to form a vast, rich inner-landscape of identity and mythology for my characters.
Alexey Kashpersky creates hyper-realistic 3D cadaver images using ZBrush, and the detail is extraordinary.
Alexey has an impressive background. Earning a Master of Visual and Decorative and Applied Arts while in the Ukraine, he went on to create a large volume of 3D work for the television and print industries. Later on he settled down to specialize in scientific visualization.
How incredible is the texture he achieves?
Adam S. Doyle has a unique style that colors outside the lines, inside the lines. His gorgeous brush strokes add a whole other dimension to his creatures.
From the artist statement:
My work always begins with a love for the magic of creation– the blank surface transformed into a living thing or another world. This act has been with mankind forever and yet never ceases to be awe-inspiring. I always want my marks to be visible, to keep this sense of wonder present. I’m committed to making images that speak truth to power, that provide space to breathe, and that use simple forms to reveal and make accessible the heart of stories.
Does anyone know who the artist is for this piece? I love it, but can’t seem to find more info.
These painted gourds from Light and Shadow Studio look marvelously three dimensional!
Wouldn’t it be nice to have little laughing moons peeking at visitors in your house?
Explore the website for some really great holiday folk art, too.
As some of you know, I’ve spent the past many years house/hospital bound due to illness. However, there exists within me a fiery spirit, dedicated the the journey of becoming healthy and whole. I find Alex Grey’s Journey of the Wounded Healer triptych rather comforting.
The beginning…
This is exactly where I am right now:
But later, I hope…
The triptych is huge in person. Has anyone seen it?
Bozka (Polish artist Bozena Rydlewska) is a gifted botanical illustrator with a series of pop up nature scenes.
Can you imagine opening a folded piece of paper and seeing THIS spring to life before your eyes? I’d like to keep one nearby for emergency doses of vibrant vegetation in barren winter months.
Lotuses are my favorite flower, and she does an outstanding job with the petal detailing on this.
Bonus marine life!
See more, as well as gorgeous 2-D illustrations here.
Lisa Zador describes her work as “Unusual Artwork for the Discerning Eccentric. Anthropomorphic animals, vintage collectibles, custom dog portraits, childhood toys; portraits of unusual things!”
They will remind you of nursery rhymes and childhood treats…slightly askew.
Some pieces are available as jewelry (Moon Man brooch is my favorite).
And all of her dapper skeletons seem to be smiling.
Daniele Serra is a prolific Italian illustrator and comic artist. I love his dark, chaotic watercolor paintings.
His work has been published in Europe, Australia, United States and Japan, including projects for DC Comics, Image Comics, Cemetery Dance, Weird Tales magazine, PS Publishing.
Beautifully haunting…
Anyone born around the same time I was, or before, will likely get a twinge of nostalgia when looking at Hollis Brown Thornton’s work. His images made with permanent marker are my favorite:
Ah, VHS and Atari cartridges! I didn’t have Atari, but I certainly had those stacks of tapes.
Who remembers this logo preceding TV specials?
WHY don’t more buses look like this? It’s such a missed opportunity NOT to paint giant teeth on all of them.
I’m sure this valid excuse resulted in instant exoneration:
Yeah, but the Wild Germ has anger issues…
One must look at the tagline and consider whether it is really the kind of attention ones wants.
What has she seen?
…Perhaps Karloff’s carload of arsenic?
If I ever get to space, I’m traveling via giant, helmet-clad intergalactic puppy.
A very touching piece of street art.
AS fellow fans of The IT Crowd know, two is the best number of eyes.
Yep.
The sweet, pink title image is excellent with a cat that looks exceedingly unamused.
Modern Eden Gallery has a stunning new group show entitled Storybook on view right now.
The participating artists have lent their unique lens on the nostalgic stories of childhood, and the results are visually breathtaking with a dash of sparked collective memories.
Every piece in the exhibit is great.
See the whole show online HERE.
