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Idyllic Landscape Paintings by Artist Tomás Sánchez Render Nature’s Meditative Qualities
For nearly three decades, Cuban painter Tomás Sánchez has been painting serene landscapes of clam waters and verdant forests full of towering palms and dense shrubs. Now part of a lengthy series, his realistic works focus on nature’s immensity as … Continue reading
Derrick Lin’s Dioramas Contrast the Bustle of Agency Life with Peaceful Office-Supply Scenes
Seattle-based photographer Derrick Lin (previously) constructs miniature worlds that serve as a direct contrast to the stacks of books and other office staples like paperclips and pencils they’re surrounded by. Often showing life’s more relaxing and sublime moments, each scene … Continue reading
Extravagant Masks by threadstories Offer Cultural Commentary on Selfhood and Social Media
Covered in full-face masks of fringe and knotted details, threadstories (previously) explores the tension between contemporary portrayals of public and private life. The Irish artist poses in front of gray backdrops for her self-portraits that obscure her face and only sometimes … Continue reading
An entry from ARC Magazine in 2020 | Sculpture, Cemetery art, Art
Mar 10, 2020 – yolandart: “Philip Jackson. 1944. Winner of National Peace Sculpture Competition, Manchester City Council, 1987. Elected Fellow Royal Society of British Sculptors. ” Source: An entry from ARC Magazine in 2020 | Sculpture, Cemetery art, Art
Traveling Artist Captures the Charm of Ancient Towns in Watercolor
Rather than snap photos with his camera, traveler and urban sketching artist Qian Shicaptures his surroundings as watercolor paintings. Rendered in his distinct loose style, Shi works quickly to capture fleeting moments, forever immortalizing each scene in gestural line work … Continue reading
Artist Illustrates ‘Fear’ as a Misunderstood Monster That Just Needs Love
Most of us have experienced feeling fear at some point or another, but some people suffer from daily, overwhelming anxiety that stops them from living life to the fullest. Whether it stems from a specific trauma or a lifelong mental … Continue reading
A Gear System Helps Visualize the Magnitude of One Googol, or 1 Followed by 100 Zeros
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Daniel de Bruin (@daniel_de_bruin) To celebrate spending one billion seconds on Earth, Daniel de Bruin created a gear system that represents the number googol (that’s the digit 1 with 100 zeros … Continue reading
Wearable Sculptures Blend Humans into Surrounding Landscapes in Photographs by Nordic Artists
Norwegian-Finnish artist duo Karoline Hjorth and Riitta Ikonen bring a folklore-inspired vision to the relationship between humans and nature. The majority of their subjects are elders who often have a deeper connection to the lands they inhabit, work on, or cultivate. … Continue reading
Inexpensive Toys Fashioned into Unique Action Figures by Artist Tomohiro Yasui
Tomohiro Yasui is best known as the creator of the paper robot wrestlers called kami-robo, but that’s not the only medium his imagination has conquered. Using wire and cheap rubber duckies, squirting frogs, and plastic hammers, the Japanese artist builds posable … Continue reading
A 3D Artist Imagines the Realistic Fossilized Skulls of Endearing Cartoon Characters
A Prague-based artist is memorializing some of his favorite cartoons with a series of convincing fossils that provide an unconventional look at the skeletons of animated characters. Filip Hodas’s Cartoon Fossils series features preserved skulls of Spongebob, Tweety Bird, and … Continue reading
