Katie Bell

Katie Bell is originally from Rockford, Illinois and is currently based in New York.  She graduated from RISD's MFA painting department a few years ago. She has said to be very influenced by her parent's work. "My dad is a construction worker, building and restoring homes, and my mom is an interior designer. They often work together on projects. They are makers and always had friends around the house with similar interests. It wasn’t until recently that I realized how much my work is exactly a product of their world."SHK

Nathan Carter

I love that these are about communication and miscommunication- the idea is beautiful to me.

Don't hug me I'm scared - Kick Starter

I love their first video!  They are now raising funds to make 4 more episode to continue the series.  They've raise a 1/5 of their goal so far.  I can't wait to be disturbed by their next creepy weird videos.

Restoring Rothko

pretty amazing technology.

The Rise and Fall of a Courtroom Sketch Artist

JohnnyExpress

Neo Rauch

 

Trenton Doyle Hancock

 

tUnE-yArDs - Water Fountain

I love the Pee-Wee's play house feel.

Henry Darger

 A friend of mine just recently reminded me of Henry Darger, the outsider artist.  He worked as a custodian in my home town, Chicago.  He kept to himself and dedicated all of his free time to writing and drawing his stories about "The Vivian Girls," all of which were discovered after his death in 1973.  In 2004, they created a documentary about of his life and art titled The Realms of the Unreal.  I was able to find this wild story on youtube.

Winston Chmielinski

 

 Winston Chmielinski is an American artist who mostly works with the exploration of color and abstraction through the figure.  I admire his looseness paired with at times tight details.

Gabriele Galimberti

 "Gabriele Galimberti pays homage to all the grandmothers in the world and to their love for good cooking, starting from his own grandma Marisa who, before the departure for his tour around the world by couchsurfing, took care to prepare her renowned ravioli. She was not so concerned about the possible risks or mishaps her grandson might face in his adventurous traveling worldwide, but her major worry was, “what will he eat?”. That is because only at home you can eat well and healthily. And above all, only your grandma (and sometimes mum) knows what is best for you.  With the taste of his grandma’s ravioli in his mouth, Gabriele traveled around the world and, next to thousands of other adventures, turned into a curious and hungry grandson for the grannies of all the countries he visited.  Appealing to their natural cooking care and their inevitable pride in their best recipe, common factors to all grandmothers in the world, Gabriele persuaded them to do their best in the kitchen."Arianna Rinaldo

Same But Different “Theo’s Story”

Love this.

“The Man Behind The Mountain” – An Intimate Look at American Folk Artist Leonard Knight

The video is a beautiful tribute to Leonard's life.
I've always wanted to visit this place.  It looks incredible.

So satisfying...

London based designer Tom Williams caught these city workers in action.  So good.  I always thought it was stenciled... mesmerizing.

Trifling Habits

I can't even begin to explain how much I love this.

THE GAP by Ira Glass

YES.

One of those days

Mickalene Thomas

Symmetry and Color pallete of Wes Anderson's Films

A new video celebrating the composition style of director Wes Anderson is currently making the rounds on the Internet: a beautiful ode to the power of symmetry and Anderson’s ability to use it better than just about anybody in cinema.Petapixel

Designer Beth Mathews created the Wes Anderson Film Color Palette, a chart of the color treatments used in Anderson’s past six films.

The Ross Sisters - Solid Potato Salad

Watch this all the way through...they are amazing back bend queens!

Lauren Satlowski

 

 

"Rich with associative qualities, the common figurine evokes connotations both personal and collective. In her work, Lauren Satlowski adopts the figurine as a cultural norm that can be dismantled and reconstructed. Satlowski’s paintings and objects aim to suspend the viewer in a state of uncertainty. Unable to reconcile their own attraction/repulsion toward the subject, viewers find themselves experiencing a cyclical interaction with the painted image or inanimate object." Wassermanprojects

Michelle Matson

  Michelle Matson is an artist from Bravo's 2011 reality TV show Work of Art-- but don't judge her solely on on that.  Her life size paper creations have an amazing sense of humor about them.  They are bizarre, vibrant, and most of all fun.  I really enjoy her work and style.

peacock butterfly

“The Puppetman” by Ema Ryan Yamazaki

I wish this was longer. I want to know more.

Shura - Touch

First Kiss