Art

July 11, 2011

Artists Pay Tribute to Harry Potter

Harry Potter by Michelle Romo What better way to pay tribute to J.K. Rowling's epic fantasy series than by throwing an art show? Harry Potter Tribute Exhibition opened just two days ago at Gallery Nucleus. (That's the same gallery that put on the Edward Scissorhands 20th anniversary show.)

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June 30, 2011

Famous Face Paintings

Starry Night by Vincent Van GoghPhotographer Andy Alcala puts his own unique twist on self-portraits with this mesmerizing series. Alcala uses his own face as a canvas, painting it with recognizable artwork by legendary greats such as Vincent van Gogh, Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol. There's even a Banksy! I love the originality in this series. Alcala's creative mind is certainly serving him well.

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June 21, 2011

Explosive Folk Art by Kelsey Brookes

Ready for some explosive art? Let San Diego-based artist Kelsey Brookes amaze you with his beautifully complicated pieces. With a background in microbiology, surf culture and folk art, Brookes creates prisms of raucous color, bold imagery and timeless motifs. “Each work is a microcosm of life itself, where smiley-faced characters and wild animals cavort with abstract forms and splices of color to form something infinitely complex and visually joyful,” he says on his website.

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June 14, 2011

Oil Paintings of Childhood Memories

Next time you want to remember the most blissful moments of your childhood, take a look at these oil paintings by Darlene Cole. A rising young Canadian artist, Cole is able to capture some of life's most wonderful moments with her beautiful brushstrokes. Though we cannot quite see the detail in her subjects' faces, this only makes her paintings all that more sweet. Lovely through and through. Darlene Cole received her B.A.

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