Are you ready to be creeped out by a piece of art (if not, you might be on the wrong website. Just sayin’)?
This cat is two dimensional, but appears to follow you wherever you move.
Am I the only one who finds the face really unsettling?
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NYCHOS has put up this awesome installation in NYC’s Flatiron Plaza.
Go ahead…lie down and tell him your problems.
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Katie Scott is a wonderful illustrator of the natural world. Her commissioned work has graced books, written publications and various other media. Her personal work is brimming with fantastical bio-imagination.
She’s clearly inspired by not only the natural world, but magic, myth and alchemy (all fine sources of inspiration!).
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I’ve been meaning to do this for AGES. I finally opened an Etsy shop! The first collection of items is a series of Lover’s Eye jewelry (both very traditional and slightly modernized versions).
Pieces are fully customizable and come with a beautiful card about the Lover’s Eye origin.
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I remember applauding teenage social media supermodel Essena O’neill for coming out about the staged (and often miserable) truth behind her “candid” shots. In a gesture few 19 years olds in our likes-obsessed society could muster, she quit social media so as not to define her worth by superficial standards.
Chompoo Baritone’s photo series about the truth behind Instagram is decidedly less poignant and depressing than the heavier themes evoked by O’Neill’s re-editing her own captions to reflect the truth of spray tans, boosted bosoms, stomach suck-ins and hours of strategic posing.
These photos are rather humorous to look at because they show how much better even the most mundane crap can appear on social media.
This is a great example of why we can never compare our lives to others…but we can certainly enjoy the beauty of the mundane in these tiny snapshots.
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Dug Stanat is an awesome sculptor who specializes in creepy, crawly, and undead creations.
When I first saw some of these, I thought they were paintings. He can achieve an incredible sense of movement and weightlessness.
Doesn’t this look like it’s floating?
And here we have a cartoonishly gaunt fellow with bats in flight.
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In the 1950’s, a number of curious record albums were released that allowed the listener to “act alongside” his or her favorite stars. The actors performed scenes from plays, novels and films in which the listener presumably filled in the blanks with the other role.
Hell, I’ve eagerly listened to Vincent Price do everything from talk about demonology to cooking roast pork with prunes. Why not add this bizarre experience?
Here is the CO*STAR collection:
Here’s a small sample of the Vincent Price album:
You can listen to the audio samples here.
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Quite a while ago, I fell in love with this painting by Anthony Clarkson (I’m a sucker for skillfully done art that is drenched in symbolism, especially if it involves the intermingling of light a shadow)
Clarkson began his career as a digital artists doing album covers, but soon branched out to create his own rich, artistic world.
Hang on, my head is exploding because this next painting has too many things I love.
Though much of his work has a somber or ominous air to it, some pieces are gorgeous and uplifting.
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You know I love a nice piece of “nature fusion” art (I coined a clever term for this months ago here on the blog, but I can’t for the life of me remember it, which is quite frustrating). It needs to be its own genre, don’t you think?
Nicomi Nix Turner does nature-fusion right! Her pieces are complex, delicate yet raw compositions that focus predominantly on the natural world but also include subtle depictions of alchemical and occult themes.
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Craftsec puzzles me. I first came upon these fantastic owl nesting dolls and was astonished that they were only $23 and appear to be entirely hand painted.
Further perusing of the site revealed the most reasonable prices for seemingly endless hours of work (the ones below are $24). What had I run into here? Someone who tries to sell mass produced items on Etsy under the guise of being handmade…or the most prolific, independently wealthy artist who happens to have a singular passion for Matryoshka doll creation?
Rgardless, both the creative and traditional dolls are great, and you can’t beat the price.
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