Category: artist
-
Spectacular wind-blown fairies sculptured from wire!
If you’re like us, you remember wind-blown dandelions fondly – either as a child or with your children today. Artist and sculptor Robin Wight has brought that fondness to life, in huge, wire form, creating dramatic scenes of wind-blown fairies clutching dandelions, clinging to trees, and seemingly suspended in midair. Robin sells a number of DIY…
-
Outpouring of Love as Father Asks Internet To Photoshop a Photo of His Baby Daughter After She Passed Away
This touching and tragic story serves to remind us of just how much kindness and compassion there is in the world. When Ohio father Nathan Steffel’s daughter Sophia passed away only six weeks after her birth due to medical complications, he requested on Reddit that someone alter her photo to remove her medical tubing. Because…
-
Artist Brings More Life to Pregnant Bellies With Art!
“What Better way to celebrate such an exciting time in your life, than having a unique bespoke painting, that has been designed exclusively for you?” So says artist and Bump Painting Specialist Carrie Preston. According to Preston, a bump painting session takes about 2 hours to complete and the soon-mum-to-be can sit and relax while…
-
Amazing Before-And-After Drawings Show the Value of Practice
“For the first couple years you make stuff,” public radio host Ira Glass stated once, “it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be, but it’s not.” Glass’ pep talk, directed at creatives but applicable to pretty much everyone, may sound familiar. “There is this gap” between your ambitions and reality, he declares, going on…
-
Here are your 2014 Archibald Prize Finalists…
The 2014 Archibald Prize finalists have just been announced by the Art Gallery of NSW and here they are. As per usual, there are some more traditional portraits, so unusual ones, and some even more unusual ones. Which is your favourite? Click on the image for a larger version. Abdul Abdullah I wanted to paint…
-
Colourful Life In Indonesian Villages Captured by Herman Damar
Herman Damar, a self-taught photographer in Indonesia, has captured beautiful moments from the everyday lives of villagers living outside of Jakarta, the nation’s capital. His photographs, especially of happy children at play, paint a picture of the idyllic wonder and natural beauty of Indonesian village life. This advertisement director-turned-hobbyist photographer agreed to answer some of…
-
Photos Capturing the Moment Porcelain Figurines Smash on the Ground
From a height of three meters, photographer Martin Klimas drops porcelain figurines to the ground, and the sound of their shattering tripped the shutter release. What results are incredible displays of chaotic beauty. We see these small statuettes bursting into countless pieces. Tiny shards, giant cracks, and severed limbs are all visible thanks to Kilmas’…
-
![Mary Doodle Turns Scribbles Into Fantabulous Works of Art! [VIDEO]](https://static.artfido.com/2014/07/08.jpg)
Mary Doodle Turns Scribbles Into Fantabulous Works of Art! [VIDEO]
According to Mary Doodle‘s tumblr page, she “draws stuff and things”. We’d respectfully disagree with that Mary. Rather, Mary creates the most amazing artworks starting from just a squiggle. In this video, Mary collaborates with Dante the Scribbler to create a playfully brilliant work titled “Sunday in the Park”. To see Mary’s other videos, click…
-
Extreme Paper Cuts With Artist Peter Callesen
Peter Callesen can turn an ordinary sheet of white paper into a brilliant story. His delicate installations involve the transformation of flat sheets into cut and folded figures that grow from the paper and fill the 3D space. Callesen says, “It is probably the most common and consumed media used for carrying information today, but…
-
Indonesian Artist Creates Sublime Watercolor Paintings That Will Melt Your Heart!
Reza Luqman, aka Jongkie on Instagram, is an Indonesian artist we recently discovered through our artFido art sharing account on Instagram. He uses the very difficult medium of watercolor to create some of the most sublime paintings we have ever seen. Magic and magical. Reza’s paintings definitely put credence to the saying ‘a picture is…