Jakub Kujawa paints very compelling portraits.
Amazing style and use of color…
Category: art
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This post began as a search for vintage Mother’s Day images, but what I found was a series of domestic ladies who are altogether TOO expressive. Look at all the exciting things women can do!
Have you ever seen anyone so excited about pots and pans?
Grocery shopping!
Drinking tea!
Driving!
Smoking!
Doing the dishes!
Wondering where the bacon went!
And my personal favorite: the utterly unparallelled rhapsody of cleaning!
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
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Ive been meaning to post about Olivia Knapp for quite sometime. I saved her entire portfolio, because I love looking at these images so much.
From the artist bio:
Olivia Knapp’s intricate hand drawn pen and ink style is influenced by European line engravings of decorative relief and scientific specimens from the 16th to 18th centuries.
Her tight cross-hatching technique involves long slow and steady curved lines that articulate the surface contours of her subjects; creating supple and tangible imagery. These un-swelled lines incorporate a “line to dot” rendering method as well as an, extremely rare “dot and lozenge” rendering method. “Dot and lozenge” is a practice that was used by 16th century masters, in which a dot is placed in the center of a diamond shape made by a cross hatching pattern, helping to refine the transition between values.
Most of Olivia’s content explores the relationship between desire, reason, and circumstance. Her current body of work uses the head and heart as contrasting characters in an on going story.
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Russell Dickerson has unique renditions of some horror-lover classic favorites.
The Brundlefly! (Just watched this movie again recently, and decided that “Goldbluming” should be a verb)
This Gremlin looks even more menacing than those little jerks in the movies.
The following creature must be what happens when an Angler Fish mates with a zombie (marine-undead pairings are quite rare, I hear).
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As someone easily entranced by patterns in art…and cake in general…and as a diehard Jungian, I adore Stephen McCarty’s mandala cakes.
I believe these are raw, vegan confections (a culinary area I know very little about, but should probably explore due to food allergies. These cakes are luring me into inspired exploration).
It’s meditative art you can eat! Amazing.
Many more at the source.
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I was fighting a migraine when I stumbled upon this image by Sam Guay yesterday and thought “Yep, that’s how I feel.” I love that this illustration is somewhere between traditional fairy tale illustration…and muted psychedelic art.
He says:
I’m a freelance illustrator working and wandering in the dark forests of New England. My watercolors steal their essence from dreams and travels where my strange encounters have built themselves into complex, mythical worlds.
An intriguing image…what do you make of it?
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Julia Lillard makes bizarre collages with a hefty dose of vintage inspiration.
Anyone who incorporates antique medical charts in art has a special place in my heart!
I found her through this unique interpretation of the classic Head of John the Baptist paintings.
She has a series of unusual, eye-catching wall clocks available for purchase (as well as many other items and accessories).
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Here are a few of my preferred selections from Ecuadorian painter Oswaldo Guayasamin.
Absolute favorite:
I adore the way he paints hands and faces; long, lean, full of expression.
Guayasamín dedicated his life to painting, sculpting, collecting; however, he was an ardent supporter of the Cuban Revolution. He was given a prize for “an entire life of work for peace” by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. His death on March 10, 1999 was marked by a day of national strikes by the indigenous people (whom he spent his life supporting).
Some information here.
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Today I bring you the beautiful digital paintings of Anna Dittmann.
She states:
I have a love for nature, biology, and portraiture which are recurring themes throughout my work. Ethereal and atmospheric moods have always appealed to me because the sense of mystery they evoke, so I tend [to] create soft pieces with a combination of graphic and realistic elements.
My inspiration comes from organic natural elements, mythology and history, movement and texture, lyrics and melodies, expressions, color variations, pretty much anything which makes me want to grab my tablet and paint!
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Around the time I made this post, I began to conceive of ways to creatively share the transformative metaphorical implications of Kintsukuroi (objects “repaired with gold,” considered more beautiful for having been broken).
The result was a labor of love, drawn out over many months due to health complications, but finally taking shape. I’m partnering with the remarkable Nina Pak to create an art book with a series of human Kintsukuroi photographs; surreal, evocative portraiture of subjects with compelling markings and stories. Each image will be a vignette unto itself, inspired by the symbols, archetypes and myths to which the subject feels a particular connection.
But I didn’t want to limit artistic expression, narrative or empowerment through this material to a book project, so I developed Sacred Scars where anyone can submit a story and be celebrated in a community of those who appreciate that we each have a unique, valuable Hero’s Journey.
There is also a Facebook Group which will offer its own exclusive content and opportunities for involvement.
If this profound topic resonates and you’d like more information; if you or someone you know has a story to tell and would like to be featured in the book or website (we are taking model applications right now!), please head over to:
SacredScars.org
Facebook Group
Mailing ListThis project means the world to me, but I am admittedly a totally inept social networker and physically unable to do much promotion. I’d truly appreciate anyone’s help spreading the word via email/networks (I’ll be sending fun prizes to my biggest helpers!).
*Stay tuned for the Kickstarter! Members of the mailing list and Facebook group will have access to a preview of the campaign before it goes live.
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