Art
September 26, 2011

Layered Wood Pop Art

Mitch McGee calls what he does “somewhere between painting and sculpture.” First, he illustrates an idea and then he cuts, sands and stains individual wood pieces by hand. Then, he starts building – from top to bottom – assembling the final pop art piece, sanding and staining the exposed edges. “The most challenging part of the process is figuring out the layering,” he tells us.

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September 17, 2011

Photo-Realistic Wild Animal Scratchboard Art

Cristina Penescu's animal artwork looks so realistic, it's really easy to mistake them for photographs. What's even more unbelievable is that the Romanian is self-educated and has no formal training. “My love for art and nature began during early childhood,” says Penescu. “Throughout my youth I possessed a strong fascination with the scientific and natural world coupled with a passion for the arts.

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Art
September 14, 2011

Dazzling School of Fish Sculpture

If you were in Australia this past September, you may have checked out the 9th annual Swell Sculpture Festival, an event that brings together artists to display their unique sculptures on Currumbin Beach. This year, out of the 50 sculptures, this one caught our eye. It's called School and it's by artist Richard Howie. “There is something wonderful in the shining, flashing, darting patterns formed by a school of fish,” says Howie. Mesmerizing.

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Art
September 11, 2011

Massive Pushpin Portraits

At first glance, Eric Daigh's artwork appears to be a low-resolution portrait, but upon closer inspection, onlookers can see each piece is made up of thousands of colored pins. Combining creativity along with hours of diligent application, the Michigan-based artist uses 25,000 to 100,000 pushpins to create each piece! As a process artist, Daigh starts by taking a series of photographs of his subject.

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My Modern Met

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