I was immediately drawn to the work of painter Terry Leness. Void of human figures, her paintings of suburbia and commercial buildings have an eerie calm. Her stylized realism combines…
Born to German parents in El Salvador, artist Nina Nolte, has had a fascination with water since childhood. In her series of acrylic paintings, The Best Is Yet To Come,…
Artist Peter Anton's boxes of chocolates look good enough to eat, but you'd better not. The heart-shaped and rectangular boxes of confectionary treats are actually oversized mixed media sculptures. While…
Artist Elizabeth Patterson is known for her hyper realistic drawings of urban scenes seen through rain-streaked glass. For the past few years (2014-2016) she has been using Paris as the…
One of the leading figurative painters of his generation, Jonathan Wateridge (born in Zambia, 1972) recently exhibited his latest work, a collection of paintings named Enclave, at Pace London. It's…
Much like his surreal art, Salvador Dali's original 1973 cookbook contained recipes that are sumptuous and sensual. Re-released in a new printing by Taschen, the book is as much fodder…
Mark Ryden Microportfolio 7. While you may not be able to afford an original piece of art by Mark Ryden, his microportfolios are the next best thing. Printed on heavy…
Five weeks ago Disney Parks opened their latest theme park and resort, Shanghai Disneyland, their first in China. Like all Disney projects, the design, the technological innovations, the art and…
Los Angeles-based artist Matthew Grabelsky pairs the unusual with the unremarkable in Underground, an exhibit of his surreal oil paintings depicting Human-Animal hybrids riding the subway. Matthew Grabelsky Paintings The…
Artist Ben Johnson has been painting for 50+ years. He is best known for his realistic architecture paintings - large scale cityscapes and detailed architectural renderings, some of which have…
Painting is nothing new for artist Tigran Tsitoghdzyan. He began working with watercolors at the age of 4. Considered a child prodigy at the age of 10, the late Armenian…
It's no secret that I have a thing for artwork that features swimming and a love for swimming pools. So whenever I come across work, such as David FeBland's Paintings…
These are not photos. That's right, you heard me. These are drawings that had me doing a serious double-take when I first came across these hyper-realistic colored pencil illustrations by…
Pencil vs Camera is an ongoing art project by Belgian illustrator and digital photographer Ben Heine (now a musician as well!). As project name implies the images combine his own…
We recently saw photos of nudes dripping in honey. Now, stunningly realistic oil paintings by Germany's Mike Dargas depict a similar subject. Hyperrealist Painter Mike Dargas In artist Mike Dargas'…
Charley Harper was an American original. For more than six decades he painted colorful and graphic illustrations of nature, animals, insects and people alike, from his home studio in Cincinnati,…
Ah, the kiss. The most romantic expression of love and tenderness. You may think that kissing as a subject in fine art is trite or cliche, but that doesn't mean…
When it comes to perusing the work in galleries and museums we are observing, appreciating and sometimes critiquing, the most personal expressions of an artist. In the work of Pablo…
This beautifully produced short film, created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Leica brand, brings many of the most iconic photographic images you've ever seen, elegantly to life. Celebrating…
Using porcelain as a three dimensional canvas, South Korean artist Heesoo Lee's vessels, plates, mugs and vases are decorated with stunning hand-painted trees and flowers. Her handmade and painted mugs,…