Brazilian photographer Gabriel Wickbold pours buckets’ worth of paint on his models in a simultaneously transcendent and sort of cruel artistic endeavor. Explosions of color and raw sensuality seem to jump out from each one of his works in the series titled “Sexual Color”. Wickbold says of the works, “The paint is a protection and at the...
Petro Vrellis creates stunning portraits of people you won’t believe are created completely out of thread. Each piece uses up a few thousand meters of black thread, which he crisscrosses across a primitive circular loom in straight lines. He uses computer algorithms to help generate the pattern but weaves the final artwork completely by hand...
Myung Keun Koh gives us a unique new take on classical artwork by layering transparent prints on top of 3-dimensional lightboxes. The artist laminates each photographic print, creating a multiple exposure effect laid on top of forms resembling modern houses or building complexes. Each lightbox is illuminated from inside and radiates a warm glow on...
Brooke Shaden creates self-portraits in order to place herself “within environments she wishes to explore, where secrets are exposed, impossibilities are tested, and life is questioned in eras beyond our own.” She uses both her camera and digital editing to produce dark and mysterious worlds for us to explore with her. She began taking photos...
Andy Kehoe paints on layers of poured resin to give his paintings greater depth and shadow. That effect might be lost in a photograph of the piece but he still succeeds at conveying a sense of denseness and immensity in his whimsical paintings of fantastical lands. Kehoe is inspired by the Romantic movement of the 19th century and he surrounds his...
American artist Zaria Forman travels the world to document and draw Earth’s changing landscapes. Her large-scale pastel works render such scenes as ocean waves crashing on the sands of the Maldives and icebergs floating off the coast of Greenland. She hopes the landscapes can connect with viewers on an emotional level in order to convey the...
Painter Ruben Fuentes explores his feelings of love for nature and sympathy for all the ecosystems of our planet through his ethereal paintings of nature. His latest works, titled Mind Landscapes, are influenced by Chinese and Japanese “shan-shui” landscape paintings. The series includes the dance of yin and yang forces: night becoming...
Iceland was always the travel destination of Liz Osban’s dreams. And after waiting 8 years, the Wyoming-based photographer finally decided to surprise her boyfriend by making a booking to go to the island of Sigur Rós in Iceland during the winter. Not just a vacation getaway, the trip was a welcome change for someone who had been coping with...
In the latest works by Italian artist Daniele Papuli, sculptures turn into slinking, undulating forms that remind us of flowing water. And one of the most amazing aspects about them is that they’re made completely of paper. The sculptor has been active since 1991 and he developed his craft gradually while working with such materials as stone...
Polish duo, Etam Cru, is renowned for amazing collaborative public murals. The two artists, Bezt and Sainer, draw inspiration from each other when completing their giant works on the sides of buildings. But when it comes to gallery pieces, the two like to work independently and develop their separate styles. Etam Cru’s latest series, titled...
British painter Ben Johnson is best known for his mind-bogglingly intricate paintings of architectural interiors and cityscapes. But as stunning as the paintings are, his artistic process is equally as intriguing. In his recent painting of the Patio de los Arrayanes in the Alhambra, Johnson says the drawing alone took over a year to complete...
