Herakut in Jordan
The German duo is currently in Jordan invited by AptART and the French organization ACTED, participating in the three month project which runs through April 2014, builds on previous work with Syrian youth, refugees and internally displaced persons in the region. International (Ruben Sanchez, Luc van der Walt, Jumana Hokan, David Shill-inglaw, Jonathan Darby, and …
Blog: A Cyclist Transforms Street Markings Into Works Of Art.
Peter Gibson AKA Roadsworth began painting the streets of Montreal in the fall of 2001. Initially, motivated by a desire for more bike paths in the city and a questioning of “car culture” in general, he continued to develop a language around street markings and other elements of the urban landscape, using a primarily stencil …
Featured Artist: The Lone Beader
Diana Grygo AKA The Lone Beader is a self-taught bead embroidery artist currently working in Boston, Massachusetts. She loves to create extremely dimensional beaded paintings by stitching glass seed beads to felt. Her current pieces are inspired by pop culture, dogs, classic cars, and city scenes. Join her on a journey and let her beadwork …
Interview: Dot Dot Dot
DOT DOT DOT is the pseudonym for an anonymous Norway-based graffiti artist. He first started as a graffiti artist in 1997. Operating under several different pseudonyms over the following years, he decided to step into a more figurative and conceptual mode of art. Around 2007 he started to do stencil art, but continued to do …
Mind Blowing Recycled Art by Jane Perkins
UK-based artist Jane Perkins obtains her inspiration in found objects. She uses anything from toys, shells, buttons, beads, jewelry etc. as material for her re-interpreted contemporary art. Perkins states that she doesn’t add any color, her work comes out of spontaneously placed small pieces of right size and shape. OvernightPrints.com: 50% Off Sale Inspired by …
Featured Artist: WD (Wild Drawing)
Born in Bali, Indonesia and currently based in Athens, Greece, WD (Wild Drawing) started off as a street artist in 2000. His works range from paste ups to freehand murals and as a medium he usually combines roller technique with spray paint. WD always tries to interact with the spot where he is working, by …
Blog: Mind Blowing Beach Art by Andres Amador!
Andreas Amador, 40, is a landscape artist based out of San Fransisco, who is famous for his sand drawings on beaches which he calls “Earthscape”. He doesn’t paint or sculpt. He prefers a medium that is temporary: a sandy beach at low tide. He uses a rake to create works of art that can be …
Interview: Carolina Falkholt
Carolina Falkholt has worked with developing the art form of graffiti towards a musical, performative and social practice since the end of the 90s. She has regularly invited other artists, musicians, the public and organizations to collaborate with her. Apart from spray painting and sketching she also creates sculptures, performance, lyrics, music and video. Her …
Featured Artist: Conor Harrigton
Artist Conor Harrington, born in Cork, Ireland in 1980, lives and works in London. While the military figures in Conor Harrington’s powerful street paintings refer to the masculinity of urban culture, they can also be interpreted as self-portraits of the stoic, pensive persona of the contemporary painter. Harrington’s loose brushwork, seemingly unfinished imagery, dripping paint, …
SNIK ARTS – Winged Fire
SNIK ARTS – Winged Fire, Stamford UK. snik arts Snik painting 8 layer handcut stencil on the street in Stamford, Lincolnshire UK.
Foster The People (Mural Time-Lapse)
Foster The People – Coming of Age (Mural Time-Lapse) fosterthepeopleVEVO Directed by Vern Moen & Zachary Rockwood Edited by Vern Moen Shot by Zachary Rockwood, Anton Seim, Zivi Krieger & Justin Teichen Design, Layout, and Illustration by Young & Sick Concept by Mark Foster Art Direction by Dave Bett & Anita Boriboon Painted by Daniel …
Blog: 10 Incredible works of art that will have you questioning your eyes.
Omar Ortiz – Oil on linen His work is characterized as minimalistic – hyper-realism where the human body is predominate with texture-filled backgrounds and a magical use of fabric. Omar describes his work by saying: “Since I started painting I have always tried to represent things as real as I can. Sometimes I succeed and …