Anders Oinonen

 

 "Oinonen plays with us, he draws us into his pictures using a cool subtle palette and soft gestural brushstrokes, a lush style that soon overwhelms us, keeps us transfixed, his mournful faces growing out of the paintings, sad, confused and all too human. These are paintings full of empathy, there is an understanding between Oinonen, his subject and the viewer, he urges us to engage, to participate, to project ourselves into the image so that we might awaken our emotions and contemplate our very being."MutantSpace

Aug(De)Mented Reality

Awesome mix of animation and real life.

Yuima Nakazato by The Selby

I want to visit Tokyo again!

Jacob Hashimoto

Untamed Americas - Gigantic School of Rays

I had NO idea they jumped or "flew!"

Kjell Varvin

“When a new experiment is started a whole world of possibilities lies ahead. You know that by initiating it, the variations will multiply rapidly. Insignificant pieces of wood, plywood, iron rods and glass are collected and put together, mostly without knowing what will be the result. Single objects find a way to coexist in a kind of vulnerable harmony. Their instability is an expression of the general, fragile, temporary presence. The installations sometimes collapse before they can be documented with the digital camera.

I like to build and rebuild; to form structures and let them develop freely, see them succumb spontaneously and then re-emerge as totally different systems.
I am not trying to postpone the inevitable or prolong any illusion of stability. The result of my work should be understood as proposals, not final statements.” KV

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