Showing posts with label Painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Painting. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

10 Amazing Images That Are Actually Paintings

They are all inspiring paintings from some amazing artists and I recommend you check out the rest of their work by clicking on the links.

1. Shower Scene

Artist: Alyssa Monks
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2. Milk Girl

Artist: Diego Gravinese
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3. Station Scene



Artist: Bert Monroy
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4. Lunch In Tiburon



Artist: Bert Monroy
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5. Self Portrait

Artist: David Kassan
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6. People Swimming

Artist: Alyssa Monks
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7. Graffiti and Wood Peeling

Artist: David Kassan
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8. Under Water Scene

Artist: Alyssa Monks
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9. Female Portrait



Artist: Dru Blair
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10. Splash

Artist: Eric Zener
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Monday, May 30, 2011

Hilarious Currency Manipulations by James Charles

From Star Wars to Jimi Hendrix via politicians or pop icons, James Charles did them all! Currently exhibiting at Shooting Gallery in San Fransisco, they are still couple of them for sell, averaging around $700, very worth it for those beautiful pieces of modern art.















Press Release:

“As of last year, artist James Charles has been engrossed in an interesting new project; small in scale…but large in depth. He began drawing on dollar bills, for the sake of his own amusement; crudely altering the presidents’ faces to become monsters, celebrities, etc. After accidentally spending a few of his early pieces, James decided to stop carrying them in his wallet, and started putting them inside of a magazine for safe-keeping. The magazine folder eventually became a large scrapbook, showcasing bills of all denominations. He found ink and materials to match perfectly what the U.S. Mint uses on the bank notes, and began to experiment with ways to alter the font and script along the bottom of the bills. It became the perfect way for James to inject an additional layer of wit.

“Altering currency in this way also poses questions regarding the true value of paper bills, something made with seemingly insignificant materials – that somehow fuels our country’s evershifting economy, and ultimately impacts living conditions around the globe. James has put a wrench in the recirculation process by claiming his role as an artist, and declaring these specific bills are not currency, but art objects.”
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Friday, May 20, 2011

Portraits of Authors Made Using Their Own Words

Ohio-based artist John Sokol creates incredibly interesting portraits of famous authors using their own words! The artist invites us to go back in time to find the writers who've contributed a great deal to our society with their incredible works of literary art.

You'll find everyone from Walt Whitman for his classic poetry collection Leaves of Grass to Barack Obama for his rousing speech A More Perfect Union.

Walt Whitman as "Leaves of Grass"


Ibsen as "Hedda Gabler"


Borges as "The Secret Miracle"


G. B. Shaw as "Arms and the Man"


R.P. Warren as "Audubon/A Vision"


Robert Lowell as "History"


John Keats as "Lamia"


James Joyce as "Ulysses"


Dante as "The Inferno"


Wm. Faulkner as "The Sound and the Fury"


James Tate as "Riven Doggeries"


Longfellow as "Psalm of Life"


Eudora Welty as "Powerhouse"


Barack Obama as "A More Perfect Union"
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