UFO-inspired wooden creatures
Live Auctioneers Austin, Texas is full of unique little shops that sell antiques and artwork, gathered from artists all over the world. One store in particular, Mi Casa Gallery, has quickly become my...
View ArticleThemis Mobile
We are so sorry that we missed Friday Likes last week…but we were having a blast at Austin City Limits! We will post all about that shortly, but in the mean time, we found this cool mobile that we...
View ArticlePaper Maché Cartography by Sara Drake
The world is so big, and looking at maps and globes seems to make it smaller and more relatable, especially if they call attention to well-known landmarks or places that are significant to you. This...
View ArticleClouds on Canvas
Every once in a while I stumble upon the works of artists that make me want to find my old brushes and start painting again. Candice McCown is most definitely one of those artists. I just love her...
View ArticleColorful, intricate, handcrafted patterns
I thought I would start your Monday off with some motivation to get dirty and use your hands a bit this week. Anna Niestroj, or Blink Blink, is a Polish artist who loves to experiment with textures,...
View ArticleBeautifully complex woodblock prints of Morimura Ray
Japanese artist, Morimura Ray, takes woodblock printing to a new level. He creates some of the most complex prints I have ever seen, while still managing to exhibit constraint and create beautiful,...
View ArticleLa Tempesta painted series
I was going to hang on to this post for a little while longer so I wouldn’t be posting some from the same artist in the same week. But this La Tempesta series that Riccardo Guasco did for the Trace...
View ArticleGreek Mythology inspired Risograph print series: χάος
I love hearing successful collaborations stories. And χάος is nothing short of successful. Illustrator Joost Stokhof, and graphic designer Nick Liefhebber teamed up on this project to make a series of...
View ArticleThe Surreal Worlds of Sam Chivers
With striking color combinations and unique shapes, the works of Sam Chivers feel like something right out of a dream. Incredibly, many of his pieces that seem to be the most complex are either...
View ArticleDarren Booth’s Shop Prints
If you are looking for some new prints to grace your walls, we have found them for you. Darren Booth has recently stocked his shop full of giclée prints and screen prints of his animal series and...
View ArticleOur First SXSW
This year, for the first time after many years of hoping to someday go, we made it to South by Southwest (SXSW). Lucky for us, it is just down the street for us now that we live in Austin. It was...
View ArticleSXSW Film Festival in Paper
When I see artwork cut out of paper like this, it makes me realize how impatient I really am. Creating something like this would take a while to create on a computer, let alone cutting out each of...
View ArticleSouthwestern Landscapes by Ed Mell
Choosing a favorite Ed Mell painting is like asking what your favorite movie is. He has such an amazing breadth of incredible work, it was hard for me to just show you only a small sampling of it....
View ArticleFound Image Collage Lettering
For a TV wildlife series bumper, artist Patrick Simons created the Dutch show’s title out of found imagery. The incredible part of these collage letter forms is how all the images feel like they were...
View ArticleThe Built and Natural: Paul Davies
Painter Paul Davies has an incredible series of paintings that fuse the natural and the built world together to create some amazing dwellings. His bold use of color, paired with the dark shadows of...
View ArticleLouis Reith Reimagined Art
It’s hard to not stop and look at something when the elements are so extremely juxtaposed. This is why Louis Reith’s artwork is so intriguing. The high contrast between light and dark, and geometric...
View ArticleBird Portraits
I like birds as much as the next guy, but these digital paintings of birds are just incredible. Fitting them into abstract, geometric compositions did the trick for me. The birds alone would have been...
View ArticleYe Crooked Legge
You ever see another artist’s “sketchbook” and wish your final artwork turned out that good? After browsing through illustrator Matthew Cruickshank‘s painted sketches on his blog (Ye Crooked Legge), I...
View ArticleSkate Park Art Gallery
You expect to see art at skate parks, but mostly in the form of graffiti. Well this empty pool turned into a skatepark is now a canvas for the outdoor art of the Zuk Club. They took the Lugano Skate...
View ArticleTile Art Installations
You are probably most familiar with seeing tile artwork in your schools and libraries (Except for those who live in Lisbon). Though I don’t remember any growing up that were nearly as neat as these...
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