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  • Caitin Stickles

    February 25th, 2016

    Today, on her birthday, I want to pay tribute to my dear friend, the ethereal muse Caitin Stickles. The kind and talented Jo David introduced us because (having also weathered many challenges) she’s a perfect fit for my upcoming Kintsukuroi book.

    (Warning: NSFW artistic nudity below, so please scroll accordingly).

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    Caitin is a prolific model, who has turned her own body into an artistic canvas filled with swirling, colorful meaningful designs.

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    She often posts poetic musings with her photographs:

    “i suppose this is a proposal to pose in my own paradox exposed with unbridled composure.”

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    “forever foreign and a little extrinsic, where to exist is hiding in the mists.”

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    “im hardly known where i come from, but im running through the cold as im chased by the crows while my fingers are slowly going numb. my years have been spent racing, racing, and racing to catch the sun all the while hunting for a sanctuary to be free of whats next to come.”

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    Thank you Caitin, for all you’ve brought to my life from afar.

  • Carol Milne: Knit Glass

    February 24th, 2016

    Carol Milne has been knitting since she was 10 years old. She has a degree in Landscaping Architecture, and developed a technique involving wax casting, mold-making, and kiln-casting that has the appearance of perfectly “knit” glass.

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    I wish I could get one of these as a tribute my grandmother, who was always knitting. So cool…
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    Carol Milne

  • The beinART Surreal Show 2016

    February 23rd, 2016

    Jon Beinart is without a doubt one of the finest curators in the modern art world, and his group shows are always exceptional. If you’re in Los Angeles, don’t miss the 2016 Surreal Show at Corpro Nason Gallery.

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    I happen to be 3,000 miles away from this gallery, but I’ve been pouring over the online preview (you can see the whole show). Amazing work here!
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    Have you checked it out in person?

    The beinART Surreal Show 2016

  • David Daniel Alvarez and Julia D

    February 22nd, 2016

    Here we have a collaboration between David Daniel Alvarez and Julia D, featuring some fabulous anthropomorphic creatures in fancy apparel (and humans).

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    The source had a quote of interest regarding Alvarez:

    Mesoamerica is one of the illustrator’s favorite subjects to produce works around. Recently he created a book surrounding Mesoamerican myth titled Ancient Night that follows a rabbit and opossum’s adventures with pulque, a fermented prehispanic beverage.

    Um…yes please, I want to read that!

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  • James Ensor Masks

    February 21st, 2016

    Although James Ensor (1860-1949) is most well known for his paintings (Which have influenced both expressionism and surrealism), I’ve been seeing his handmade masks pop up on Pinterest.

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    Not for the maskaphobics out there, these projects gave Ensor saw an opportunity beyond fine art. According To MOMA, he stated “The mask means to me: freshness of color, sumptuous decoration, wild unexpected gestures, very shrill expressions, exquisite turbulence.”

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    I love the phrase “exquisite turbulence.” But I’m not a fan of actual exquisite turbulence.
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    It’s been theorized that these masks were modeled after items in the curiosity shop Ensor’s family ran, right beneath his studio.
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    Quite evocative, no?
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  • Kiva Ford

    February 20th, 2016

    Kiva Ford has a degree in Scientific glassblowing. His work with intricate scientific instruments evolved into gorgeous creative sculpture.

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    Clearly, he’s influenced by scientific subject matter, but brings skillful artistic sensibilities to each piece.
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    While some creations are purely decorative, others are gorgeous functional glassware (though I’d be terrified to drop them!)
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    Kiva Ford

  • Courtney Mattison: Our Changing Seas

    February 19th, 2016

    This is Colossal posted an incredible new installation by artist-activist Courtney Mattison. It’s part of her Our Changing Seas series, on display at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art through April 17, 2016.
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    Each sculpture is inspired by sites identified by her hero, marine biologist Sylvia Earl (isn’t it wonderful to see someone list a marine biologist as a hero? There are so many unsung scientists and healers out there!).
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    Her pieces are designed to bring awareness to what will happen to marine life as tropical sea temperatures rise and creatures are forced to migrate.
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    Mattison loves coral reefs because they are “exotic, diverse and often venomous” (sounds like a perfect femme fatale). Who wouldn’t love and want to preserve our world’s beautiful ocean friends?
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    Courtney Mattison

  • Anya Boz: Persian Cat Room Guardian

    February 18th, 2016

    Anya Boz has a series of faux taxidermy creations she calls Room Guardians,” and my very favorite one is the Persian cat. This is the kind of room guardian I would want…one that seems to snarkily quip “REALLY? You actually think you’re coming in here without permission?”

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    It’s posable, so you can arrange it in any number of positions to express its reaction to the unmitigated gall of others.
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    UNMITIGATED GALL, I tell you!
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    What is this cat saying to you?

    Anya Boz

  • Bovey Lee

    February 17th, 2016

    Bovey Lee creates dizzying rice paper cutouts filled with topsy turvy twirls and turns.

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    She has a great artist statement:
    My hand cut paper explores the tension between man and the environment in the context of power, sacrifice, and survival. These three “motivators,” as I call them, drive all our desires and behaviors toward one another and the environment.

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    We live in a time when we overdo everything from technology to urbanization to consumption. My recent work is informed by our precarious relationship with nature in the twenty-first century, i.e., what we do to the environment with our super machines and technologies and what nature does back to us in reaction.

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    We live in a time when we overdo everything from technology to urbanization to consumption. My recent work is informed by our precarious relationship with nature in the twenty-first century, i.e., what we do to the environment with our super machines and technologies and what nature does back to us in reaction.

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    Bovey Lee

  • Nina Y.

    February 16th, 2016

    I saw this image and I was hooked on Nina Y.’s work. If I squint…this could be me, floating above the world. Oh, how I wish my bed could do this.

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    Her outdoor scenes are enchanting. Beams of glowing lights through autumn trees and darkness…
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    One of my favorite things she does is wind blowing through long hair. My hair is down to my hips and I’d love to be caught in a gust of wind captured on film.
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    Nina Y.

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