16km off the Northwest coast of Ireland lies the small community of Tory Island. Several years ago, a dolphin was sighted in the harbor, to the delight of tourists and locals alike. One soul who took a special interest in the dolphin was Ben, a resident labrador. Ben the dog would wait for the dolphin […]
Spandy Andy is a performer from Canada who travels the world entertaining people with his live street dancing performances. In this funny video, Spandy Andy wears a sexy sparkly speedo and dances for holiday makers at St Kilda Beach in Melbourne, Australia. The tune is “Sexy and I Know it” by LMFAO. Visit Spandy Andy […]
Takeo Takei was born in Suwa, Japan in 1894. In 1921 the young Takei got married and turned to his art in order to support his family, illustrating a children’s magazine with his stylized, attractive drawings. Throughout the course of his career, Takei produced hundreds of illustrations for magazines, posters and children’s books. This gallery […]
Home owners in England built a maze for a squirrel that frequently visited their garden, adding pieces as the squirrel learned the previous section of the maze. The clever squirrel quickly figured out how to run the maze in order to get to the ultimate prize; a bowl of nuts left out by the property […]
Philipp Banken is an illustrator and artist from Trier, Germany. His drawings are highly detailed with quality textures that leave enough room for the viewer to imagine the scene alongside the artist. Banken’s illustrations are very imaginative, combining the artist’s own fresh ideas with existing imagery to give an impression of Philipp Banken’s opinions of […]
A curious cat becomes a DJ when it discovers a Bob Marley record playing on a turn table. This cool cat’s got some groovy moves too.
Ray Caesar was born in London, England in 1958. He describes his childhood art as “atypical and aberrant” as it was unlike the bright pop art of the 60s and 70s. Drawing inspiration from Classical, Baroque and Romantic era paintings, Caesar creates fantasy scenes that include innocent young girls, sensual young women or ageless divas. […]
David Walker is a London-based artist who creates explosively colorful portraits of people he’s never met. Each of his art works features a face that the artist found in a book, magazine or photograph. Walker says that the anonymity of his subjects allows the viewer to create their own background story for the person in […]
Dave Allen was an Irish comedian who lived from 1936-2005. Allen delighted television audiences in the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada with his controversial humor, poking fun at religious and political institutions. One of his most notable lines that stirred up religious ire was the short phrase, “I’m an atheist, thank God.” Part of Dave […]
The German art duo Herakut is made up of two German artists, Jamin and Falk who also go by the names Hera and Akut. The pair combines their talents and their love of both street art and fine art to create beautiful, emotive paintings that bring graffiti art into art galleries in the form of […]