Category: Art
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Adorable Underwater Photos of Puppies Diving Into Water
Seth Casteel, whose series of underwater photos of dogs fetching their ball first went viral in 2012 has continued to delight as the series extends with Casteel’s latest book, Underwater Puppies, set to release on 16 September 2014. In a recent interview with NPR, Casteel explains: Dogs was just such a random project, and it became successful out of nowhere.…
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Artist Hand-Cuts Insanely Intricate Paper Art
Japanese artist Akira Nagaya creates insanely intricate paper cuttings called kirie that look like delicate pencil drawings or wire sculptures. Nagaya discovered his talent in his early 20s when he was learning sasabaran – a technique for cutting food decorations from bamboo leaves at sushi shops. When he practiced on his own using paper and…
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Is That a House Perched on the Edge of an Australian Cliff? Yes it is.
In response to a number of clients seeking options for living on extreme coastal plots, Australian prefab architecture firm Modscape created the Cliff House, a design concept for a home that extends precariously from the side of a cliff. Inspired by the way barnacles hang on to a ship’s hull, the Cliff House clings to the…
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Mesmerizing Surreal paintings by Vladimir Kush Will Have You Thinking
Vladimir Kush is a Russian born surrealist painter and sculptor. After several years working as an artist in Moscow, he moved to the United States where his surrealistic style really took off. He now has galleries in Hawaii, California and Nevada, and his original paintings often sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars. If you can’t afford that much,…
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Mother of 10 Takes Magical Portraits of Her Kids Outdoors
When Lisa Holloway is not busy tending to her super-sized family of 12, she creates magical, fine art portraits of children, including 10 of her own. Using the golden light and majestic landscapes of rural Northwestern Arizona as her backdrop, she paints soul-seeking, ethereal images with her camera. Lisa first became interested in photography as…
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Swirly Psychedelic Self-Portraits by Nikos Gyftakis
Greek artist Nikos Gyftakis created this wonderful series of swirling self-portraits between 2004-2005. The works are made with oil pastels on canvas and are actually quite large, with a few of the pieces taller than 5 feet(1.5m). You can see many more from this series and more of his recent work in his work gallery. And don’t forget, if…
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The Tiniest Paintings You Will Ever See
Microartist Hasan Kale creates impossibly small paintings you have to see to believe, using everyday objects as his canvas. The artist has been painting since childhood, starting his career drawing miniatures in Istanbul, Turkey. Kale considers these microworks a turning point for his career. On his website he explains, “things we usually see can turn into something…
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Hyper Realistic Bath Time PAINTINGS That Will Blow Your Mind
Alyssa Monks is a New Jersey-based artist who’s most famous for her stunning hyper realistic paintings. Although they seem like photographs, these are actually very detailed portraits of bathing people. “Using filters such as glass, vinyl, water, and steam, I distort the body in shallow painted spaces,“ Monks said of her techniques. “When I began…
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Artist Uses Surgical Tools To Make Incredible Book Sculptures
Brian Dettmer, a New York-based artist known as the Book Surgeon, uses tweezers, knives, scalpels and other surgical tools to dissect and carve old books into intricate and beautiful sculptures. Dettmer’s work has a sort of vintage touch to it because he uses old books – maps, encyclopedias, textbooks, manuals, and any other sort of…
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Unbelievable Ballpoint Pen Drawings by Juan Francisco Casas
No fancy paints, oils or expensive brushes – just a regular 99c Bic ballpoint and infinite about of skill, patience and finesse. Many of the people featured in Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas work are in fact his friends, images captured from nights out, crazy parties and rendezvous with more than a few seductive ladies – which just…