Eye Popping Pill Portraits of Celebrities Amy Winehouse, Heath Ledger & More.
Get a load of the Jason Mecier pill portraits of celebrities Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, Witney Houston, Courtney Love and Kelly Osbourne made…
Mary Ellen Croteau Creates a Self Portrait with Thousands of Plastic Bottle Caps.
There seem to be an endless number of talented artists creating portraits using assemblages of unexpected items; licorice, junk, toys, pills, pencils, diamonds, pushpins and…
Art to Rave About. Self-Portrait Made Up Of Ecstasy Pills By Artist Scott Blake.
Scott Blake Ecstasy Portrait, a self-portrait from the Savannah College of Art and Design graduate who specializes in unique forms of digital mosaic and bar code art. A few years back, he created this comprised of Ravers’ favorite drug, MDMA or 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, more commonly known as Ecstasy or simply “e”. (more…)
Red Vines, Candy & Junk Become Celebrity Portraits In The Hands Of Jason Mecier.
Los Angeles born, and now San Francisco-based, mosaic artist Jason Mecier creates portraits of famous personalities with assemblages crafted of candy, food, yarn, dried beans…
Vik Muniz’ Ashtray Recreates Classic Art In Ashes And Cigarette Butts.
If you are at all familiar with the work of artist Vik Muniz, you know it's not unusual for him to use such a bizarre…
Zac Freeman’s Amazing Portraits Made With The Stuff In Your Junk Drawer.
You know all that stuff you either toss away of throw in the kitchen ‘junk’ drawer? Buttons, old remote controls, pen caps, paper clips, Altoid tins, Lego Minifigs, wire, plastic bits and pieces from lord-knows-what? Well those are precisely what artist Zac Freeman uses in creating these one of a kind portraits. (more…)
Artist Eric Daigh Sticks It To Us With His Pushpin Portraits
Born in California and now residing in Northern Michigan, 33 year old husband, father and artist Eric Daigh creates portraits by putting ordinary pushpins in posterboard. Daigh uses blue, red, white, yellow and black push pins (he sprays green pushpins black since there are no black pushpins) to create his masterpieces. Each portrait requires about 11,000 pushpins which Daigh applies by one at a time. (more…)
Pieces Of You. Tasteful Custom Mosaic Portraits by Sicis.
Okay, so having a giant portrait created of yourself is a bit narcissistic. It is, however, a tradition that goes back centuries. Now there's another…
Comparing The Assemblage Works Of Bernard Pras With The Originals
French Artist Bernard Pras, born in 1952, reinterprets well-known images and icons with his own assemblages of specifically chosen found objects. Comparing The Assemblage Works…
