Cecily Brown Cecily Brown English-born Cecily Brown’s paintings are characterized by a strong notion of sex, movement, energy and aggression. Her work reveals itself as a kind of hallucination of a series of passionate encounters where lust, tension, penetration and orgasm converge through violent brushwork, multiple viewpoints, and explosions of color. Her paintings navigate through a very subtle line between abstraction and figuration, submerging viewers in her carefully crafted and conceived worlds. Read the rest of this entry » Loading ...
Walter Foster - learn how to draw and paint books and kits for artists of all ages Articles: This Is Not a Photograph Last September, a photo of a girl with a blank expression and a popped collar appeared online without any context. A few people assumed it was a viral ad, but most were drawn to it for reasons they couldn't quite place. Some combination of the girl's wide-eyed, deer-in-the-headlights stare, the Polo logo on her shirt, her slightly open mouth, the pinkish tone, and muted palette of the photograph suggested it was a "found" picture, or maybe a long-forgotten entry into Andy Warhol's Polaroid series. As it happened, the photo turned out to be the cover art for Vampire Weekend's second album. A few months later, an equally evocative, slightly older, and more private seeming snapshot of a woman, caught off guard while getting something from her closet, adorned the cover of the Dum Dum Girls' first LP I Will Be. Vampire Weekend claimed a provocative, and effective strategy with their photo. A lot of indie artists lately have felt something similar, it seems. These are just recent examples.
Lackadaisy Expressions Boy, I didn't know what I was getting myself into when I started this. I've had requests for some sort of expressions tutorial dating back a while now, so I figured, "Sure! I can explain expression drawing...and it'll be way better than all those tutorials out there that are nothing but charts of generic expressions. Yeah! Um. Anyway, I found all I could really do was try to explain ways to teach yourself...and then add some pictures. : Irina Werning Disabled Artists Some of the best artists deal with disabilities in their everyday lives that the rest of us can’t even imagine living with, and use art to communicate with the world. The results are often stunning. We’ve collected biographies and sample pieces from outstanding disabled artists, both famous and lesser-known. The artists below paint with their hands, their mouths and their feet. Many are blind or suffer from mental disabilities, yet they produce some of the most beautiful and intricate artwork that you can imagine. Their achievements are arguably epic in the face of the adversity that they face. We hope that the artists in this post inspire your designs and make you look at adversity in any field as a surmountable obstacle. Stephen Wiltshire Disability: Autistic Savant Wiltshire was born in 1974 in London to West Indian parents. Maria Iliou Disability: Autistic Maria Iliou is a Greek artist with autism spectrum disorder. Joseph Cartin Disability: Bipolar Peter Longstaff Disability: Missing Both Arms
Mythical Dragon Sculpture Made of Shattered CDs If you like the work of animal sculptor Sean Avery, you'll get a kick out of this similarly constructed sculpture of a dragon by Redditor Amon-a-boat. According to the artist, who has described herself as a "17 year old girl with a 4.0 GPA that decided to make an art project out of some old blank CDs," the enchanting figure is comprised of 136 CDs and took 80 hours to complete. The impressive piece is assembled in its entirety atop a handcrafted wire mesh frame with the skilled maneuvering of a thin bandsaw blade to administer careful, clean cuts to the easily cracked CDs and the handy use of a hot glue gun to meticulously paste each broken CD shard into place. The razor-sharp edges coupled with its reflective surface make for one eye-catching mythical creature that is inspired by the video game Skyrim, which features a dragon called Alduin the World Eater. via [Reddit]
Home Page - Akiane, child prodigy Acordian, The Adoption Adventure Again I Find The Winter A.I. Welcome to Akiane Gallery Originals ~ $10,000 - $3MSoul-Scapes ~ $50K - $350KPrints ~ $150 - $3100(208)-712-4491 “You obviously are gifted!”Oprah, The Oprah Winfrey Show “Her work is absolutely gorgeous.” “Unbelievable! “You are a wonder! Age 18 Age 17 Age 16 Age 16 & 17 Sketches Age 15 Age 14 Age 13 Age 12 Age 11 Age 10 Age 9 Age 8 Age 7 Age 6 Age 5 Age 4
New Spectacular Self-Portraits by 18-Year-Old Alex Stoddard One of My Modern Met's all-time favorite teen photographers is the wildly creative Georgia native Alex Stoddard. In the past year, the 18-year-old has accomplished a great deal at his young age, including graduating from high school and the completion of his highly praised 365 project. We were hooked early on and the conclusion of his year-long endeavor did not disappoint. Day after day, Stoddard has managed to retain his level of creativity, taking on new roles as the subject of his own photographs and bringing a new outlook on his primarily woodland and oceanic surroundings. Stoddard took a short hiatus from sharing his work amidst his busy schedule in recent months, following his graduation and moving across the country to live with fellow teen photographer Brian Oldham in California. Alex Stoddard website and Flickr