Colorado-based artist Evan Hecox has been one of my favorite creatives for a little over a decade now. His amazing screen prints, featuring detailed images of cityscapes and the people who inhabit them, uniquely and exquisitely capture the urban lives that many of us lead. Last week Evan released a brand new site along with some really beautiful new prints.
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May 14, 2013 - See more posts by Bobby
Some artists illustrate everyday life with a sense of reality, while others infuse the mundane with magic and whimsy. Karolin Schnoor, a German illustrator and designer working in London, is in the latter category. The first time I saw her work, I was drawn to the lone female figures quietly working, lounging, or daydreaming, usually in stylish ensembles, a sense of playful contemplation up their sleeves. They seemed familiar and expressive, like abstract portraits of your best friend wearing her favorite floral coat for a bike ride or running errands in a striped tee.
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May 14, 2013 - See more posts by Andi
These photos aren’t the end product of some sweet new Instagram filter, but of gasoline.
Photographer Peter Hoffman traveled along the Fox River in Illinois, photographing the river’s meandering surface through rural and suburban areas. Before he developed the film, Hoffman drowned the negatives in gasoline and then set them on fire, throwing water to halt the process just before the film was completely destroyed. Hoffman uses fossil fuels to disturb his film in order to reflect the very real environmental disturbances caused in the pursuit of oil. He specifically cites the Deepwater Horizon Spill in a statement about the series and in further commentary about his work he says:
“I wanted to transfer that feeling I had, which was maybe something like a sense of powerlessness or dread, to the image making process. I wanted to lose control, having the resulting work border on ceasing to exist in any recognizable form.”
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May 14, 2013 - See more posts by Alex
Remember when aliens were a thing? Not that they’ve gone anywhere, but they seem less popular than vampires, werewolves, and Spock as of late. But back in the 1990s, the alien motif was prevalent in both rave culture and in the pop cultural vernacular dotting everything from film and TV (RIP X-Files) to bumper stickers and t-shirts. Personally, I’ve been waiting for a UFO revival and am thrilled that the folks behind the new clothing line, Made on the Moon, are ushering them back into the style landscape.
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May 13, 2013 - See more posts by Andi
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” These are wise words from Albert Einstein and ones that I find entirely true. When in need of clarity, serenity, or inspiration, one need only to step into nature. Holly Ward Bimba appears to be one such artist deeply inspired by the earthly ephemera surrounding her. As the artist behind Golly Bard, a blog and online shop, she showcases and sells watercolors depicting everything from tree bark and wild mushrooms to errant feathers and entomology specimens.
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May 9, 2013 - See more posts by Andi