Suspended / Chloe Early

In the 16th century, Saint Teresa of Ávila spoke of being visited by an angel, of “the sweetness of this excessive pain” as he pierced her heart with a golden shaft. Theresa’s words, and her canonization some 40 years after her death, led the prominent 17th-century artist and architect Gian Lorenzo Bernini to sculpt her […]

Emoji Nation / Nastya Nudnik

Here’s the second installment of  Emoji Nation by Ukrainian artist, Nastya Nudnik. As a tribute to Edward Hopper, Nudnik pairs ubiquitous Emoji and social media icons with Hopper’s famous paintings. The result is quite amusing. –@ybaynes

Big Five / Robert Chew

He’s imagined each animal – the rhino, cape buffalo, elephant, lion and leopard – and turned them into anti-poacher drones. Badass robotic anti-poacher drones, which stalk the savannah, armed to the teeth – and then some – with advanced weaponry via Kotaku Have a look at the stunning  Big Five series by conceptual artist, Robert […]

Dystopian Landscapes / Simon Stalenhag

Simon Stalenhag creates surreal imagery of a dystopian  Swedish countryside. The images shown here exist in the late 80’s where robots and hovercrafts are the norm while a few mutant dinosaurs are on the loose. Simon Stalenhag is also the second half of Pixeltruss, which recently released the 16-bit platform game, Ripple Dot Zero. You […]

Alive Without Breath (Hyperrealistic Resin 3D Paintings of Sea Life) / Keng Lye

These aren’t photographs, these are crafty illusions and gorgeous, intricate work by an Asian artist. Using a similar technique devised by Riusuke Fukahori with Goldfish Salvation, Singapore-based artist Keng Lye has created these hyperrealistic three-dimensional paintings in resin, of aquatic animals, in the series, Alive Without Breath. Patience, discipline, a careful hand and a keen eye...

The Work of Joram Roukes

Artist Joram Roukes was born 1983 in Lelystad. He currently works from his studio in Groningen, the Netherlands. In his words, his oil paintings are reflections on daily life situations in western society, filtered and reassembled in a collage-like manner. His unique, kinetic, urban pastiche works have been shown throughout Europe with shows in Copenhagen […]

Hyperrealistic Self-Portraits / Eloy Morales

Eloy Morales is a 39 year old (His birthday was on December 28th, Happy Birthday, Eloy!) painter based in Madrid, Spain. He has been practicing his craft since 1995. Morales’ oils paintings are hyperrealistic facsimiles; the attention to detail in his work is uncanny. It ceases to be representation at this point, as the renderings […]

Tornadoes and Figurescapes / Paintings by John Brosio

John Brosio studied at Art Center College of Design and is a talented and skilled oil painter painter based in South Pasadena. The subjects of his paintings vary; they range from tranquil suburban and rural scapes contrasted by the raging fury of impending tornadoes, to whimsical paintings such as the ones of figures donning Star Wars […]

exhale / Jeremy Geddes at Jonathan LeVine Gallery

PRESS RELEASE October 20, 2012 through November 17, 2012 NEW YORK, NY (September 19, 2012) — Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to present exhale, a series of new paintings by Melbourne-based artist Jeremy Geddes, in what will be his debut solo exhibition in the United States. There will be a print release in conjunction with the exhibition, details HERE. […]

Keep Portland / Alana DiCicco

Secrets of the Deep / The Art of Dr. Seuss

This past Saturday, on Cinco de Mayo, we visited the Shaffer Fine Art Gallery in the heart of downtown Portland to observe The Secrets of the Deep Exhibition. It is the first-ever comprehensive collection being exhibited in the city of the nearly seventy year artistic legacy of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known to the world as […]

Andreas Englund

Here is Swedish artist and painter, Andreas Englund, with a brilliant painting narrative. It is painting series which features a superhero well past him prime. In his twilight years, the old “man” struggles to maintain his efficacy as a superhero and deal with the mundaneness of everyday life. The series is tongue-in-cheek, clever and almost […]