Caribbean heat seems to melt the skin of every subject Jamaican illustrator Taj Francis draws. The Edna Manley College of Visual and Performing Arts graduate’s imagination coats models and musicians with marbled paint and all the tropical colors of a dancehall party. Continue reading
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Japan Marks 10th Anniversary of Rice Field Art
A huge painting on a rice field was seen in the city of Gyodashi, Saitama in Japan on July 9. The field, composed of nine different kinds of colored rice plant and crops, was designed by local people with their never exhausting creativity. Continue reading
Fairy Illustrations
Jin Chantez Yee (Jin Xingye) draws imaginary worlds, fairy atmospheres, like children stories, with as main theme the relationship between men and nature. Continue reading
Splendid Mosaic Illustrations
Greek visual designer based in Cyprus, Charis Tsevis created this magnificent series of digital illustrations entitled “African Bricks”. Inspired by Mandela’s house in Soweto, he designed mosaic artworks with colorful bricks. Continue reading
Fragmented Ink Paintings on Arrays of Vintage Books
Spread across the opened pages of books pinned against the wall like insect specimens, artist Ekaterina Panikanova creates ink paintings that appear like fragments of memory. Continue reading
Colorful Palette Knife Paintings
Leonid Afremov is a Russian–Israeli modern impressionistic artist who works mainly with a palette knife and oils. Using his unique knife painting technique and unmistakable style Continue reading
Colossal Monuments From Around The World That No One Talks About
Grand Bouddha Sakayamunee. Ang Thong, Thailande. 92 m (301 ft). Built in 2008.
“Who were these people? And why did they feel the need to commemorate themselves in stone?”
Painted Narrative Optical Illusions
Canadian artist Robert Gonsalves explores childlike stories of wonder through his surrealist paintings, capturing peeks of one’s internal daydreams through dual scene optical illusions. Continue reading
Twisting Bronze Figurative Sculptures
Spanish sculptor Isabel Miramontes creates figurative bronze sculptures that bring a visual movement to ordinary silhouettes. Her works provide unusual shapes within the body of her subjects Continue reading