Artist: Mark Ryden, oil painting
Blending themes of pop culture with techniques reminiscent of the old masters, Mark Ryden has created a singular style that blurs the traditional boundaries between high and low art. His work first garnered attention in the 1990s when he ushered in a new genre of painting, “Pop Surrealism”, dragging a host of followers in his wake. Ryden has trumped the initial surrealist strategies by choosing subject matter loaded with cultural connotation.
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A work in progress – ‘Solitude’
Joe Fenton started work on this art piece named ‘Solitude’ back in 2010. It is 8ft across & 5ft high. In these photos Joe is only working in graphite. Later he will go in with ink and acrylic. Amazing.
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The Vampyr Pharaoh of Egypt
The piece that caught the eye of two gentlemen at the auction was a recent Egyptian find – the mummified remains of an early pharaoh. One of the gentlemen whose interest was peeked went by the name of John Cornwall – a farmer from Leeds, who had come into a small fortune after excavating what appeared to be the ruin of an ancient unknown subterranean civilisation in the corner of his north field.
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Artist: David Platt, acrylic painting
David Platt is an emerging New York artist with a singular vision and a matching style of painting. In 2006, he cultivated a palette of contrasts, and developed the staccato line technique that would eventually become his signature. In his current work, David attempts to reconcile opposites. His work depicts a psychological landscape where inner and outer space converge; where construction and destruction are indistinguishable; where microorganisms fuse to become macro-organisms ad infinitum. Out of the abstract soup emerges corporeality, whose forms and contours are undifferentiated, existing for a timeless instant before death and reintegration.
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10 purrfect images of Black Cat
The Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) is a superheroine in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Felicia Hardy is the daughter of a world-renowned cat burglar. After suffering a traumatic event as a college freshman, she trained herself in various fighting styles and acrobatics and, after deciding to follow in her father’s footsteps, adopted her costumed identity as the Black Cat.
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1890 vampire hunting kit
Here is some amazing assemblage art of a used 1890s Vampire Hunting Kit. Including crucifix, stake, mallet, hatchet, German stamped letter to the mother of deceased victim, signed new testament bible by hunter Andrew Kauffman along with picture of victim, pliers, Remington derringer pistol, rosary, syringe, garlic extract, sulphur, hair from destroyed vampire, pulled fangs of destroyed vampire & holy oil.
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11 images of eye catching street art
Street art is any art developed in public spaces — that is, “in the streets” …something you might walk past on your way to work or to get coffee. Here is some everyday street art you should take a second look at.
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Masakatsu Sashie’s “orb” cities float our way
Masakatsu Sashie’s fantastic “orb” paintings depict large, city-like spheres that float gently above the remains of a failed civilization. Here are some of his alluring images.
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Challis’ Friday favorites for 12/03/10
Here is a weekly feature called ‘Friday favorites’ where we highlight some of our favorite inspirations from this last week, enjoy.
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Modernizing Propaganda: Avant-Garde Postcards
These images are from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection of Japanese Postcards at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. They feature some very avant-garde propaganda postcards that were distributed in world war 2.
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Artist: Rejean Dubois, illustration
Rejean Dubois is a concept illustrator from Saitama, Japan. He has a finely tuned understanding of human anatomy which can be seen in is character designs. I recently purchased a commission from him, which I was simply amazed with…
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Ten artistic views of the four elements
Although tradition in some cultures depicts five–or more–elements as a complete group, the following ten images represent the basic four: Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water.
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