Harvey Pekar
July 12, 2010 at 10:31 pm | Posted in artist | 1 CommentTags: harvey pekar
In memory of Harvey Pekar, the late, great comic book writer. Last week, Daryle and I just watched American Splendor and we were both very taken with the movie. We wondered what took us so long to see it. Just as we were learning about the world of Harvey Pekar and how his life was his work; his life ended. Rest in peace.
Shadow Art
May 14, 2010 at 12:05 pm | Posted in artist, outsider art, photography | Leave a commentTags: shadow art, shadow picture, shadow sticker
How cute are these photos of shadow stickers next to shadows? Color Me Kate has such a playful artistic eye.
Painter, Anna Ura: Blurry is beautiful
March 1, 2010 at 8:03 pm | Posted in artist | Leave a commentTags: anna ura, blurry paintings, blurry photos, san francisco painter
I‘m drawn to these blurry landscape and seascape images. It almost looks like they are pictures that are out of focus, photographed through a window that has raindrops on it; but now I see they are paintings done with oil. The painter is San Francisco based artist Anna Ura who takes photos and videos of her travels and then paints abstract versions of them. Lovely work.
Silhouette Portrait Artist: Carter Kustera
January 27, 2010 at 7:00 pm | Posted in artist | 1 CommentTags: Carter Kustera, Jonathan Adler, Portrait Artist, Silhouette, tango
America’s “favourite” silhouette portrait artist, Carter Kustera will make an original painting of you, little Johnny or Mike the Cat. Based out of Brooklyn, Kustera has an impressive resume having worked on store branding for Jonathan Adler and Barney’s. Nice! He uses gouache on paper—you choose the color, framing is optional. I’m not sure who comes up with the saying below a person’s name. It’s fun to think of what mine could be. Maybe “Katie: Likes to tango on Tuesdays.” What would yours say?
Artist, Stina Persson
August 18, 2009 at 11:58 pm | Posted in artist | Leave a commentTags: artist, face boutique, illustrator, skin care, stina persson
I’ve been a long time fan of Swedish artist, Stina Persson and frequently spy on her website to check for updates. I just can’t get enough of the sixties-inspired pretty-girls with lots of eye make-up on. She handles many different mediums with ease: watercolor, arcylic and ink, and cut paper. Similar to Daniel Stolle’s work—what I really enjoy is her use of negative space. I appreciate the way the ink falls into place leaving wide open spaces for the canvas or paper to show through.
Most recently, Stina has designed the labels for Face Boutique, a stylish, chemical free skin care line. Who knew you could easily have a Stina Persson in your own home!
Liquidated Logos
July 28, 2009 at 4:39 pm | Posted in artist | Leave a commentTags: french, graffiti, zevs
Über cool French graffiti artist, Zevs had his first solo show featuring liquidated logos at Art Statements Gallery in Hong Kong. In addition to leaving his mark of a dripping Chanel logo on a Giorgio Armani storefront, he also pirated Google’s homepage for his own personal use.
Update: Special thanks for Flavorpill for picking up my post. Ah shucks, I feel special!
(via designboom)
Illustrator: Daniel Stolle
July 14, 2009 at 6:03 pm | Posted in artist | 2 CommentsTags: daniel stolle
Be still my beating heart. I have always been drawn to non-gessoed work on canvas. Although these figures aren’t on canvas—they still hold the same interest to me. I love how Finnish illustrator, Daniel Stolle uses the paper he works on as part of his subjects. There is something about the bull’s big sad eye staring right at you. I can’t get over it.
James Joyce: One Fine Day
July 1, 2009 at 10:21 pm | Posted in artist, design, skills | 3 CommentsTags: artist, designer, james joyce
James Joyce of One Fine Day is a designer out of London. I am kind of obsessed with his work.
John Wesley, Painter, Retrospective
June 17, 2009 at 10:13 pm | Posted in artist, modernism | 2 CommentsTags: john wesley, painter, ps1
Much to my delight, I saw on designboom that a retrospective of John Wesley‘s work is being held in Venice at Fondazione Prada. I first saw Wesley’s paintings while living in New York at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Museum in 2000. Time flies, but I have never forgotten his flat choice of background color and quirky images of fleshy skin-toned figures.
It would be so fun to visit Venice, wouldn’t it?
All Things Mingering
June 15, 2009 at 6:20 pm | Posted in artist | Leave a commentTags: hemphill, mingering mike
Indeed. I made it to the Mingering Mike show even with the krazy gay pride parade that was happening right outside of Hemphill (which was super fun and hysterical to watch). I feel so lucky to note, that I got a sneak peak at Mike’s latest work of President Obama in the Hemphill back office.
Mingering Mike was sporting his usual disguise complete with wig and sunglasses. He typically hides his face when asked to be photographed in order to keep a low profile when around town. He’s so mysterious.
More photos from the exhibit here.
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