Minimally Painted Wood Sculptures That Highlight Environmental Decay By Willy Verginer
Capturing the essence of its territory, the memory of the places without denying its roots, Willy Verginer has built a road of his own, original and figurative. Appearing simultaneously lifelike and whimsical, the sculptures of Willy Verginer are dipped in bold colors and patterned, adding just the right amount of surrealism. Continue reading »
Hundreds Of Local Indian Artists Painted The Forgotten Railway Station With The Famous Traditional Artwork
Harish Tyagi/EPA/EFE
Tourists and locals were flocking to the erstwhile forgotten Madhubani railway station in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, which has undergone a makeover after hundreds of local Mithila artists painted the station walls with the famous Madhubani artwork, known the world over for its unique geometrical patterns. Continue reading »
A Collection Of Hand-Painted Movie Posters From Africa
This art form in African countries was at its peak during the 1980s and 1990s. During this time, artists would let their imagination run wild in order to create posters that would never fail to draw audiences to Africa’s dilapidated cinema halls, so they used their fantasy to add scenes, weapons, and characters that didn’t even exist in the original movie. Continue reading »
The Hand-Painted Scenes of The Original Star Wars Trilogy That Made Us Believe It Was Real
Ralph McQuarrie
Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) used matte paintings to create the Rebel hangar in Return of The Jedi. Models also played apart. But it’s the artwork that stands out. Nowadays, photorealistic CGI is the default technology for special effects, but in the 70s and 80s, background sets in movies were hand-painted.
These matte paintings were created by Chris Evans, Mike Pangrazio, Frank Ordaz, Harrison Ellenshaw, and Ralph McQuarrie. Continue reading »
Planet Pins: Tiny Hand-Painted Solar System Stationery
Hold the entire solar system in the palm of your hand with this unique set of planet push pins. Add a bit of outer-space to your home & office space. The 8 planet shapes are moulded in the UK over german-made, black steel pins, then sent to Tokyo where they are painstakingly brush painted by hand and assembled into their serial-numbered, polished-acrylic display cases. Continue reading »
This Tiny, Painted Door At The Base Of A Tree Stump Has Been A Fixture Of The Harvard University Campus For Decades
Pooh’s house is a tiny, painted door at the base of a tree stump that has been a fixture of the Harvard University campus for decades, though it has a complicated history that’s not always sunny. It’s a little piece of Harvard that’s worth the visit—if you can bend down far enough to see it properly. Continue reading »
Fantastic And Frightening Horror Portraits Painted With Wine
Early on in her career Canadian painter Melissa Proudlock would experience anxiety attacks over using colour in her work. She’s red / green colour blind and would constantly worry if she was painting with the correct colour. That lead her down the unusual path of switching out her watercolours for different varietals of wine. Here: Chucky created using Pinot Noir and Baco Noir. Continue reading »
These Cosmic Painted Gloves Are The Only Way To Make It Through Winter
Gloves are probably the least desirable piece of the winter wardrobe and most of the time I just feel like I a penguin when I have to wear them. I mean, have you ever seen a really cool pair of gloves? Well me neither, until I came across these weathered vintage leather gloves, hand-painted by LA-based artist Bunnie Reiss. Continue reading »
Iceland Road Painted To Stop Arctic Terns Being Killed
A group of biologists have painted the road Útnesvegur, located on the tip of Snæfellsnes peninsula in West Iceland, in bright colours in an effort to prevent the untimely death of hundreds of young Arctic terns. Continue reading »
Beautiful Photo Portraits Of Australian Women Painted In Vibrant Colors
As part of FLAIR Melbourne – a Flinders Lane art festival – Melbourne’s Lisa Minogue presents stylised photographic portraits of Australian women of colour, their faces painted vibrantly to accentuate their individuality and encourage the viewer to study each face more closely. Minogue asked each woman the same question: “What do the words “coloured girl” mean to you?”.
Ayah. “When I was at primary school, all these kids would touch my hair and rub my skin to see if the colour would come off. I would think, “It’s just skin … what do you expect?”. Continue reading »
Detailed Animal Portraits Meticulously Painted Onto Delicate Feathers
Using feathers of wild turkeys and macaws as her canvas, Krystle Missildine paints intricate acrylic portraits of animals, ranging from small birds to big cats and everything in between. The texture of the feathers naturally adds a wispy visual effect to the painted animal’s fur, producing a strikingly realistic image. The gifted artist has made a career out of pet portraiture—including ones on custom-made ornaments—but only recently decided to venture into the art of painting on feathers, using a molted feather from her Lutino Cockatiel as her very first quill canvas. Continue reading »
This Woman Painted Her Staircase To Look Like Books And It’s Amazing
Image courtesy of Philippa Branham
Pippa Branham considers herself crafty, but she recently put her DIY skills to the test by transforming her plain old staircase into a veritable masterpiece. Branham and her family moved into their first permanent home in the UK last year, which meant she finally had a chance to make her mark with a one-of-a-kind home improvement project. Continue reading »
Imaginary Camouflaged Leaf Insects Painted By Takumi Kama
To avoid becoming prey, leaf insects use mimicry to blend into their surroundings. But in Takumi Kama’s imagined future, when the insect’s natural environment has been completely destroyed, these masters of camouflage will have no choice but to move in with those who took away their home. Continue reading »
Welded And Painted Black Steel Ravens By Ludvig Ödman
Ludvig Ödman was born somewhere in southern Sweden around 1985. Continue reading »
Paint Me Over: Extraordinary Adorned Gowns Painted Like Classical Art
This is a designer world more wondrous than the world of art. The Russian photographer Marina Danilova created this gorgeous fashion photography series featuring a model dressed in fantastic custom dresses with intricate details similar to fine arts. The vibrant gowns look very festive, like they are going to be worn at a first-class ball. You will definitely get noticed when you wear one of the masterpieces. The dresses were captured on camera as part of a teamwork done by seven people, in the studio of Nikas Safronov in Moscow, Russia. Continue reading »
Artist’s Incredible Hand-Painted Clay Sculptures Look Like Whimsical Illustrations
Madrid-based artist Irma Gruenholz creates her evocative three-dimensional “illustrations” using clay and plasticine. She sculpts the materials into soft-edged human renderings and then hand-paints them in whimsical color schemes, designing entrancing dioramas that invite imaginative interpretations from viewers. Continue reading »
New Spray Painted Tile Floor Patterns In Abandoned Spaces by Javier De Riba
Instead of competing with giant graffiti tags or wall murals, Spanish artist Javier De Riba (previously) takes an entirely different approach with his spray painted street art. Utilizing carefully overlapped stencil sets, Riba creates pristine sections of tile floor patterns in the midst of cracked sidewalks or on the floors of abandoned buildings. His measured use of color, original geometric arrangements, and precise execution makes every artwork stand out, no matter how mundane the location. Continue reading »
The Monster Engine: Children’s Drawings Painted Realistically
Dave Devries takes sketches of monsters drawn by children purely from their imagination and renders them realistically giving them a truly devilish look. His collection of drawings and paintings form a 48-page book “The Monster Engine”. Continue reading »
This Building In Miami Has Art Painted On The Ceilings So It Can Only Be Seen By People On The Street
Located in the Wynwood Arts District in Miami, Florida, which is known for its public art, is this new building, designed by architectural firm DFA. The architects wanted the building to fit in with the neighborhood, so they included public artwork in the design. Each floor of the building has been painted by a variety of commissioned artists, so that the art can be enjoyed by anyone walking by on the street. Continue reading »
Ten Cats Who Were Painted By Nature Itself
Half the internet is made up of pictures of cats wearing stupid clothing or painted all the colours of the rainbow. But all these attempts by their owners to make their cats stand out from the crowd are nothing compared to what nature itself can do with these beautiful animals.
It’s hard to believe, but the following selection of cats were actually born looking the way they do. Truly charming! Continue reading »
A Street Artist Painted Underpants On Rocks To Criticize Nudity Censorship
“Our bodies carry a huge burden of shame. Moral codes and social conventions confuse nudity with sex. In social media, modesty patrols often flag even pieces of art as plain pornography.”, says artist Andre Levy (aka zhion) to Bored Panda.
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Elspeth McLean Creates Beautiful Hand-Painted Stones
Elspeth McLean is a talented painter from Australia’s western suburbia. She is perhaps the most vibrant painter I have even seen, hence her degree and passion in Art Therapy. She has a strong belief that art has the power to bring immense joy into people lives and her vibrant creations accurately reflect that. Continue reading »
Timothy Hyunsoo Lee Creates Singular Folding Painted Paper Sculptures
Timothy Hyunsoo Lee is an korean-american artist based in Brooklyn. Inspired by themes of psychological disorders, spirituality and religion, his troubling sculptures mix several artistic techniques like realistic paintings, folding-paper and cut. Continue reading »
Faded Memory: An Artist Painted Over His Friends That He Don’t Remember
According to Portuguese artist Alberto Achega Leitão: “I found some lost photographs taken by my father. After I saw these images, I started remembering old times and old friends. However, I did not remember everyone. So I decided to draw over those I do not remember very well. The less detailed a person is, the less I remember that person.” Continue reading »
Unusual Hybrid Animal And Wildlife Murals Painted By Alexis Diaz
Puerto Rican artist Alexis Diaz brings textures and patterns reminiscent of traditional engraving techniques to his murals of phantasmagorical creatures using only a paintbrush. Twisting tentacles, strange fusions of anatomy, beings wrapped in plants, all rendered atop colorful gradients create an unmistakable style Diaz has become famous for. Continue reading »
