Art

January 11, 2018

Artist Paints Exquisite Miniature Landscapes Based on Bike Routes She’s Traveled

The habits and interests we establish when we’re younger often go on to influence our lives in powerful ways. When artist Dina Brodsky was eighteen years old, she discovered two passions that would become permanent fixtures in her life. “The first was painting,” she writes. “The second was long-distance bicycling.” In her series Cycling Guide to Lilliput, she demonstrates how the two work together to inform her exquisite miniature landscape artwork.

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January 4, 2018

Interview: Dramatic Bronze Figures Burst to Life with Streaks of Real Electricity

Sculpture art has long been part of Paige Bradley’s life. At just nine years old, she became fixated on a figurative bronze sculpture in an art gallery window and later dedicated her artistic skills towards working with the yellowish-brown metal. In her late teens, she finally got to experience this time-honored material and has never looked back. Over the past 25 years, she’s cast hundreds of pieces in bronze.

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January 2, 2018

Larger Than Life Lion Sculpture Made from Hand-Cut Steel Weighs Over 700 Pounds

Istanbul-based sculptor Selçuk Yılmaz creates larger than life, three-dimensional animal sculptures from thin strands of hammered and welded metal. His latest work—titled Kali—takes the form of a majestic lion sculpture, whose ferocious features include a flowing mane and muscular physique. Every inch is made from meticulously placed pieces of steel in various textures. With a length of approximately 11.5 feet, the incredible artwork weighs 772 pounds, making it Yılmaz’s largest sculpture to date.

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January 1, 2018

Photographer Creates Poetic Collages by Seamlessly Blending Stock Photos

Inspired by the world around him, young digital artist Justin Peters creates surreal and serene collages that merge unexpected elements to great success. At just 22 years old, he's carrying on a long tradition of collage art, which has evolved from Cubist masters to the contemporary age of digital art. Using images he sources from stock photography sites, Peters blends together his surreal scenes, which often have a sentimental tinge.

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