At first glance these intricate oil paintings of rock and mineral specimens by Canadian artist Carly Waito might be mistaken for photos, but they are painstakingly detailed renditions of these natural elements that have been photographed in macro. So beautiful!
Images via here.
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Brooklyn artist Shane McAdams made these incredible abstract paintings out of pens – those bog standard ballpoint ones you can buy pretty much anywhere! The process is rather fascinating – he takes apart the pens, blows the ink through the tube cartridges onto these panels and if you’ve ever messed around with this as a kid (I did!) you’ll know that ballpoint pen ink is thick, viscous and sticky and blows out in these spider web-like strings which are highly pigmented and also quite hard to wash off your hands.. he then takes it to a tanning salon and exposes it to UV rays to fade the ink and these are a result of many hours of experimentation with different inks and techniques. Amazing!
Images via here.
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Art that is impermanent always fascinates me. It is a reminder of how fleeting some moments can be, in this case Jim Denevan has created some amazing sand art using a piece of driftwood as his brush and the beach as his canvas. That the waves washes some of it away makes it really magical..
He also works with earth and ice, do check out his amazing work!
Images via here.
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British artist Jennifer Collier produces her artwork by treating paper as fabric and stitching together a variety of different prints and textures to recreate everyday objects. She has an amazing eye for form and narrative as the paper itself lends its own story to her art.
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I’ve been a little shopping demon and bought not one but three art prints online. Actually there are two more I’m thinking of buying but maybe a bit later when I’m a little more cashed up!
Here are two of them:
Can’t wait till they arrive! These are by artist/illustrator Yellena James.
The third one is a larger one by one of my fav artists, LA-based Hannah Stouffer. Check her stuff out, it’s amazing!
