Ray Cicin reminds us that great works of art can come from anywhere – and be made from anything. Inspired in part by his artist friends who denounced the lowly ballpoint pen, Cicin set out to create a great piece of work using just this medium. So he collected discarded pens from his friends to draw this massive octopus. The drawing is taken...
Jason Shawn Alexander is an expressionist and figurative painter currently based in LA and originally from Tennessee. His works aim to “embody the vulnerability, fear, and underlying strengths that come from his rural upbringing” in Tennessee. His writhing nude figures occupy the canvas together and we’re given a small glimpse into their...
The dark, baroque-inspired photographs of New Hampshire-based photographer, Bear Kirkpatrick, evoke scenes from otherworldly dreams. In his two series, Hierophanies I and II, he seeks out a glimpse of the sacred hidden within the profane world. The term hierophany refers to a physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, such as in a sacred place...
The main challenge for me is to bring a maximum of people to understand that art created with digital tools should be considered as art just in the same way as art made with traditional means. One has to have in mind that as new technologies became available, artists have always learned to use them to develop new ways of expression.~Werner...
I am originally from County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland. Growing up there, it is impossible, as a painter not to be affected by the history, landscape, space and light of the Atlantic coast. Art and music were always integral parts of my life, and the space of the Mayo landscape seems to be embedded in everything I make.~David Smith10 years...
Ukrainian photographer, Oleg Oprisco, creates whimsical portraits that seem to come straight out of fairy-tales. His scenes play with our perception of objects and dimensions, sometimes turning people into tiny actors inside a world grown large. Other times, weaving unrelated subjects together into a single tapestry. Amazingly, the photographs are...
As a survivor and ” thriver” of nearly 30 surgeries, a coma, and a decade of medical trauma, I have been challenged with moments of extreme difficulty. But as an artist, bride, actress, 28-year old college student and overall lover of life, I’ve learned so much from this beautiful detour. I would love to submit my art for your...
My name is Sath. I´m a Spanish painter and an urban artist currently based in Bangkok. Most of my urban interventions pursue the idea of the re-contextualization as a tool to construct new meanings. These artworks are spray-painted using figurative elements to create colorful pieces slightly surreal. Never neglecting the message, my work is...
Spanish photographer Antonio E. Ojeda is a master of street photography, capturing stunning black and white shots of people and places that allow audiences to see the everyday world from a new perspective. Ojeda clearly understands his medium, making light and shade into an art form. He also plays with perspective, finding unusual angles from...
In his newest series called #asignofthetimes, iHeart takes a further look at our relationships with social media, technology, and the internet. His pieces are thought provoking with a grander socio-political message wrapped inside images of oblivious technology users of all ages. iHeart gives an introduction to the series: The title of the...
The art of landscape is given a fresh viewpoint as it collides with cubism these two things that do not normally go together every day in art. New Zealand Artist Tammie Rose Riddle is a self-taught artist influenced by early modernist traditions of painting. The use of Cubism gives depth to artwork by using multiple and contrasting viewpoints...
