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Svenja Jödicke Paints People with a Splash of Color
Svenja Jödicke was born in Berlin, Germany and grew up in a large, creative family. Although art had always played an improtant role in her life, it was only in 2012 that she turned to art professionally. Not only did painting become a profession for Svenja, it became a way for her to express her […]
Japanese Pop Surrealism Paintings by Yosuke Ueno
Japanese artist Yosuke Ueno’s painting are an interesting blend of fantasy, surrealistic styling and cartoon elements. Although his characters are all his own original designs, their cartoon styling has been around for nearly a century. His pop surrealism paintings have an innocent appeal about them, even when darker symbolism appears in the art work in […]
Carrot Crazy – Cute Animated Short Film
Carrot Crazy is a funny animated video by Dylan Vanwormer and Logan Scelina in which two rabbit hunters fight to trick a bunny into their own traps by producing bigger, better carrots than the other hunter. You can see more animated films by these artists on their websites dylanvanwormer.com and loganscelina.com
Surrealist Human Nature Hybrids by Naoto Hattori
Naoto Hattori creates bizarre surrealist paintings with an otherworldly feel. Most of his paintings seem to be set in a bygone colonial era, with backgrounds of carefully created and tended gardens; the kind of landscape you’d expect to see on the grounds of an estate house. Hattori brings in both human and animal elements to […]
Shann Larsson’s Nomadic Mixed Media Art
Shann Larsson was born in 1987 and raised in Germany, Sweden, Indonesia and Hong Kong. The childhood nomad currently lives and works in Hong Kong, creating mixed media art works with photo manipulation and paint to create art works that combine the real and imagined worlds. Larsson says her paintings are inspired by emotions and […]
French artists “Bonsoir Paris” Create Wood that Melts
Bonsoir Paris is an art duo who experiment with a variety of art mediums. Turning their hands and creative talents to wood sculptures, the artistic pair created Duramen, a series of wood sculptures that depicts melting picture frames. Each piece is a tactile surrealistic delight. In reality, wood doesn’t melt, it simply burns and turns to […]
Graffiti Artist INTI is changing the World of Street Art
INTI is a graffiti artist from Santiago, Chile. His enormous street art paintings are giving the world of graffiti art a new appeal; turning an entire side of a building into a large scale art work brings fine art out of the galleries and into the streets. Inti’s graffiti paintings don’t resemble the messy scrawls […]
Barbara Swingaling’s Intriguing Paisley Tattoos
Barbara Swingaling is an artist living in the Netherlands. Working from the body art shop Classic Ink and Mods in Amsterdam, Swingaling creates tattoos with an intriguing twist; although the tattoo is permanent, the designs are based on those traditionally used in henna tattoos, a non-permanent form of body art. Many of Swingaling’s paisley tattoo […]
Nicky Barkla gives Celebrities a Crazy Color Makeover
Nicky Barkla is an artist from Melbourne, Australia, who enjoys giving famous faces a new look. Barkla’s favorite technique is adding an oily, melting effect to a photograph of a celebrity to create a mind-blowingly colorful and psychedelic portrait. Barkla has given color makeovers to celebrities like Johnny Depp, Albert Einstein, Gollum and Heath Ledger’s […]
Amazing Elephant Paints a Self Portrait
An elephant paints a self portrait at this animal sanctuary in Thailand. Filmed by Rob Freeman.