In America, it is often believed that you may not use bank notes or coins to make art. The reality is that while you may deface currency for the sake of art, you may not put the coins or notes back into circulation, or claim that they are worth more than they originally were worth. […]
“Scribe” is the nick of American artist Donald Ross who has put his dynamic talents to use creating graffiti wall murals, children’s book illustrations and fine art paintings. He chose the nick Scribe because he incorporates folk tales, fantasy parables and biblical references in his artworks, turning these stories into visual works of art. Scribe brings […]
New Yorker Joe Mangrum has an unusual hobby: he likes to head out to a public space with bags of sand and create mandala designs where every passer-by can watch him at work. He says he creates his colorful sand mandalas not only to create joy for kids, but to inspire and motivate adults to […]
James Jean is a Taiwanese American artist who produces art both commercially and for gallery exhibitions. His psychedelic scenes have been featured on the covers of DC comics and on album covers for Atlantic Records. He’s also worked with the famous clothing design company Prada as well as Rolling Stone magazine and Playboy magazine. Jean’s […]
According to Ryniak’s bio on his website, he was “born as a baby in 1976 in the suburbs of Detroit. He spent his childhood basking in the warm glow of Saturday morning cartoons and flipping over rocks in search of insects, reptiles and ghosts.” This idyllic childhood spawned a curious form of artistic talent, which […]
On Friday 15 November, 2013, five year old cancer survivor Miles got to live his dream, thanks to the efforts of the Make a Wish foundation and thousands of San Franciscans. Miles got to be Batkid for the day and played sidekick to his hero, Batman, who drove Miles from one daring adventure to the […]
Ross is a guy who wanders around pulling pranks on random strangers in public. He’s been arrested for jumping over a cop, has kissed people he doesn’t know, and has fallen on his butt dozens of times to further his cause of creating humor and confusion in other people’s lives. This guy’s got a bit […]
On April seventh, 2012, an apartment building in Oklahoma City, USA, caught fire. Residents quickly evacuated the building and witnesses were interviewed by the media. One of the residential witnesses was Kimberly Wilkins, who gave a boisterous statement to KFOR News Channel 4. Wilkins’ depiction of events was so entertaining that soon the video clip […]
Jervy Hou is a Californian singer, songwriter and music producer who creates parody songs of popular music such as the Youtube viral video “Gangnam Style”. (Watch the original music video by Psy here) He’s rewritten the lyrics and given the song an all-American Midwest style. The characters in the video are dressed in cowboy gear […]
Californian artist Greg “Craola” Simkins is a pop surrealism painter with a wild imagination. Simkins combines animals from different habitats to create scenes in which killer whales swim alongside birds or sea monsters lurk beneath an iceberg that offers sanctuary to a rhinoceros. Greg Simkins says that this fascination with combining creatures from different worlds […]