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Fair Rosamund
I was instantly drawn to this image by Fair Rosamund. I have always felt a strong affinity for deers (though not until my 20′s did I look into the symbolism of deer totem). The meanings associated with...
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Troy Brooks
Troy Brooks’s female subjects are not what we might call “beautiful” in the traditional sense. But these oddly elongated, crystal-eyed ladies are nonetheless compelling to look at. Each one seem to be...
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Liza Corbett
Liza Corbett’s pieces speak of modern fairy tales untold… From the artist statement: Liza Corbett’s work contemplates The Summer-Land, the spirit world that lays unseen alongside our own. Liza creates...
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Rose-Lynn Fisher: The Topography of Tears
The Topography of Tears is a fascinating visual study of tear crystalization under a standard light microscope, exploring the terrains of numerous emotions and forms of lacrimal activity. I want to...
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Gojin Ishihara
My friend Stacey linked me to this awesome collection of Japanese monster illustrations by Gojin Ishihara. The books came out in the 70′s, designed for kids. I wish my childhood library contained them!...
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Julianna Menna
From afar, you might think you’re looking at panels and portraits by one of the old masters. But stepping closer you will see that Julianna Menna’s subjects differ ever so slightly from those in...
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Michael Halbert
Michael Halbert has a series of “inventors” that look like antique etchings. I love seeing revivals of this style. And enjoy a bonus video of the scratchboard illustration for this great piece for...
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Alicia Martin Lopez
Alicia Martin Lopez drew me in with this ambiguous, fascinating mural (stare at it all you want…you’ll never really know what it is): And I was pleased to discover a cadre of surreal, grotesque...
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Camille Rose Garcia: La Danse Macabre
Roq La Rue now has the latest collection from one of my all time favorite artists Camille Rose Garcia: La Danse Macabre. And I must say, she delivers once again with this one! Her worlds come alive in...
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Jason de Graaf
While the whole concept of hyperrealism is to defy the eye in mimicry of real scenery or photographs, I’m nevertheless stunned to see the heights of talent some artists reach in this area. Case in...
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Paul Roustan: The Camouflaged Moth
Paul Roustan is an extremely gifted body painter. Can you tell there is a woman in the center of this moth? Watch her emerge: I recommend looking at his whole body of work (pun intended) here.Filed...
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Adrian Baxter
Adrian Baxter defines his work as Traditional illustrations, based on life, death, the Universe, the natural world and human philosophy. Rich in symbolism, gently calling forth sacred geometry,...
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Naoto Hattori: Nothing But Perception
Naoto Hattori has a new show at the Dorothy Circus Gallery. As I struggle to think of fitting descriptions for his work, the word “cyborganic” comes to mind. It’s not a real word. I made it up. But I’m...
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Lukasz Wodynski
I’ve been staring at Lukasz Wodynski’s Human Light series, admiring his brilliant use of color. The glow he achieves in these flares of luminosity is rather lovely, isn’t it? I also find Machinations...
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Desktop Goodies 4/17
Welcome to this edition of desktop goodies! Would you buy Kellog’s corn flakes after seeing a child in the ad who looks like he’s be propped and posed postmortem? Antique “eye massager,” for when your...
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Colette Calascione
Colette Calascione creates beautifully odd surreal fine art. Many of her subjects are, quite literally, two faced. I think this is what’s inside my chest cavity too. I adore this brightly colored...
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Adrienne Slane
My friend Liesje introduced me to the lovely collage work of Adrienne Slane. From the artist statement: I combine images of plants, insects, animals, human anatomy, and religious figures into detailed,...
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Meredith Dittmar
Meredith Dittmar creates amazing 3-dimensional sculptures, showing oddly mechanized creatures and interwoven nature themes. A couple of them, like this one below, remind me of ancient alchemical art....
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Henry Schreiber
Henry Schreiber has a marmot obsession. These fuzzy inhabitants of mountainous terrain take on many different roles in Shreiber’s work. Terminator marmot! (Two words I never thought I’d say together) I...
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Tati Suarez
Tati Suarez paints big eyed girls who, in a pretty, innocent kind of way, all seem to have a touch of the Innsmouth look. Strange, alien…almost bug-like…yet a bit captivating. Tati SuarezFiled under:...
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