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check out this great link to some cat photos in the telegraph newspaper.
These lovely photos of cats and kittens are some of the final works by renowned artist and wildlife photographer Jane Burton who died in 2007, aged 74.
If you look at the link, there is a whole series of great pics!! enjoy!
Surf art…
This above work is by David Lloyd.. Lloyd’s work tries to evoke the memories that all surfers have stored up inside. “Deep in your head there is this place, and it’s not Huntington Pier,” It’s more like a collective surfing unconscious. Surfers live in longing for that moment, they relish the anticipation. But arriving there is never as good as you picture it. Eventually, your memory mixes up all these snapshots of the best days and they all become part of this inner place.”
Okay Im off to Bali next month, so thats what may have inspired this.
Here is some art by Glenn Francis…
Originally from Corpus Cristi, Texas, Glenn now resides in Encinitas CA., and Costa Rica. His dramatic paintings capture that special moment in surfing on a perfect day, or as they say in Costa Rica, “pura vida”, which translates to a pure moment in life. Through the years Glenn has worked in Galleries, shaped surfboards, and chased the perfect wave, while evolving into one of the most renowned and dynamic surf artists in the world.
Another surf artist is Peter Edington, a wonderul visionary artist who lives on the Golden Coast of Australia, and whose art is an inspiration.
Peter was one fo those lucky few who was part of the psychedelic surfer culture of Australia during the 1970′s. Hrt is beautiful, warm and uplifting. Here is an example…
and here are just some suf photos…
surf is amazing!!!
Hey… if im going too ‘off-topic’ let me know… its not really pets here, but I hope you like the art!!
SO, IS this really art? well, i say it is. And of course, who determines art is not someone else, but is up to you!
No, this is a ‘series of images’ and it combines a ‘human design element’ ie the artwork of the boards, with a ‘random act of nature’ ie the shark bite….. so while you might not like it, I can still look at this series as a set of creative images inspired/enhanced by nature!
okay, perhaps im crazy……… let me know your thoughts!!! =
a good idea would be to use these photos to then create a painting………. eg do it yourself, or get artists do do it for you, eg those at portraitxpress!
Here are some more paintings that we did recently. See www.portraitxpress.com and go to the gallery dection, to see further examples.
We hope to keep regularly putting up examples of our Portrait Artist’s work, so you can get an idea about the quality and good standard of the work, and transpanency of the business. Here is the painting, on Canvas. As we use the word Xpress- yes, this means we are VERY fast! But also the quality is top notch. The subject/ client can review the painting and request any changes they want to it also, and choose the size, style, make alterations, etc.
original photo artist used to paint the painting from
Happy new year.
Well, just to show people what art we can do at portrait xpress, here are the steps involved in a painting we did recently.
First we were contacted by a customer, who’s boyfriend loves James Dean. They wanted us to paint (by hand, no printing) a James Dean style poster, like that below- but instead of using James Dean’s face, they wanted the boyfriend’s face!!
ORIGINAL POSTER:
Of course we love James Dean and were very enthusiastic about this fun project!
We can’t show you the client’s photo, but here is the final painting below by one of our great artsist!!!! Amazing eh. What a great gift!
final painting (cropped)
We have cropped the picture, so you don’t see the person’s name as thats private…. so actually the painting was the same shape as the original poster. The subject wasn’t posing with this picture in mind, otherwise the result could have been even better- if they had tried to do a similar pose as James Dean!!
Hope this stimulates people’s imagination!
and here a a few James Dean photos for you out there…..
What? you don’t know who he was? actor, photographer, race driver, artist, ultimate rebel and one of the greatest Legends of the 20th Century.
okay, perhaps this is not the most serious post I have made. But it is Sunday.
See www.soapbubbler.com which calls itself “The world’s largest educationally oriented website dedicated to soap bubble creativity, play, brewing and performance! “
Actually, the site is a bit tricky to navigate, the only page only really worth looking at is this one which shows lots (about 500) pictures of paintings where bubbles are a feature of them! as thats what I think is quite interesting….
Now, I really do still enjoy blowing bubbles, and all kids love this. Have you noticed the beauty in a bubble? either in running water, or artificial soap bubbles? check some images below.
There is a great photo book series called “Hong Kong/China Photographers“
The 12-book Hong Kong Photographers series presents a complete collection – art, documentary and news photography – of some of the most accomplished yet underexposed photographers in Hong Kong. Photographs are accompanied by critical analyses and a unique look into the lives behind the lens. Its come about as a study of 12 HK photographers- there being a huge number of successful photographers living on this small mountain (Hong Kong island).
The latest one is Hong Kong/China Photographers Two – anothermountainman by John Batten. John is a member of the International Association of Art Critics -Hong Kong and used to have his own Art Gallery in HK and writes a lot in the art press. Books are HKD 300.
AnotherMountain Man (see his website here) is A Hong Konger called Stanley Wong Ping-Pui in reality.
By: Asia One Product and Publishing Limited
here is a portrait of Stanley Wong (courtesty of ChaChaHavana on Flikr)
And here are some of his photos below.
I HOPE THEY INSPIRE YOU TO GO OUT AND BUY THE BOOK! they are amazing……….
art is dead?
If you are feeling all melancholic in the cold weather and the run up to christmas, here is a great series of melancholic photo’s entitled ‘art is dead”. Actually the photographer is exhibiting some of his works in New Mexico , USA, till mid-january 2009.
Art is dead?
This is a question that many people ask. Some artists even use it as a title, as we saw above.
Here is a painting in mixed media by an artist, with that very title…
you can buy art by this artist at the Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester, Uk.
ART IS DEAD - by Federico Gonzales
So, what do people think? or course art is not dead, its just that art/creativity has changed, its become commercial, people of an artistic bent are no longer necessarily pure artists, they perhaps have decided to get a mortgage and so do web design or clothes design or music videos and what is left for pure artists has often needed to become very different and provocative (eg sharks in a tank by damian hirst) to get people’s attention.
See here a post by David Mellender in the Art’s Journal, about ‘is art dead’ where he argues that it is.
Actually, part of me thinks that art may be dead, as art critics wrap it up in such funny language that makes it unaccessible to the general public..
Fractals look amazing to me. This is art-in-nature at its best!!!
A fractal is generally “a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole.
photo by Brett Wilde
photo by gripspix
photo by gripspix
See here for a great Flickr set of fractal photo’s.
So the eye is beautiful. See my previous photo series on eyes. Window to the soul and all that…. What about the retina? can you see the art in that? This is the organ which captures all the photos to create the visual imagery we see in the world… in itself, I think the retina looks pretty cool too whenever I look at it..
photo property of richard mason
photo by kschimmel
This last one is a photographic image of the nerves and blood vessels at the back of the eye. Incredible stuff eh. Can you tell me which of the top three is a human retina??!
