Fashion Portrait Paintings Of The Tattooed Girls By Philip Muñoz
Philip Muñoz is a self-taught painter based in Bristol city, UK.Focused on portraits and figures immersed in the “urban” context, Philip created vibrant and youthful, care-free characters caught in the beautifully eclectic area of Bristol city. Continue reading »
Bizarre Paintings Of Mecha Robots And Werewolves Attacking East European Peasants Of The Early 20th Century
The Polish artist Jakub Rozalski, who goes by the sobriquet “Mr. Werewolf,” has produced an amusing series of steampunk-ish canvases in which serene and idyllic rustic landscapes of what seem to be Eastern Europe (Rozalski’s very back yard, you might say) in the early decades of the 20th century feature the prominent and inexplicable existence of completely fictitious giant mecha robots. Continue reading »
Fantastic Hyperreal Paintings By Reisha Perlmutter
Painting hyperreal art is challenging regardless of the chosen medium which is why we respect artists that master this technique. Reisha Perlmutter creates these stunning oil on canvas renditions of women underwater. If her portrait skills wasn’t enough Reisha Perlmutter reproduces water with amazing accuracy. The composition is perfect and subject matter interesting which sparks much excitement from the people that see Reisha Perlmutter’s works. Any-time we’ve posted her work we’re quick to highlight the fact it’s a painting and not photography. Continue reading »
Controversial Paintings Of People Skinned Alive That Will Shock You
What is unusual about Valerio Carrubba’s process is his choice to paint the same picture twice, so that the superimposition of the same figure creates a slight mismatch in lines and forms. This repeated action transforms the painting into an automatic gesture, that at one and the same time, emphasizes and repudiates the subject. Continue reading »
Conrad Engelhardt’s Stained Wine Cork Paintings
London-based artist F. Conrad Engelhrdt has set up an ingenious recycling scheme by collecting discarded wine corks from various restaurants around the English capital and using them to create unique paintings. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates Impressive Paintings By Using His Boxing Gloves
Photo by Antonio Calanni/AP Photo
When he creates art work, Omar Hassan doesn’t get out paint brushes. He gets out his boxing gloves. Hassan, a 29-year-old artist and boxer, has combined his two passions, with the goal to bring the disciplines closer. Hassan, born in Milan to an Italian mother and Egyptian father, creates the works by dipping his glove in paint, and punching the canvas stretched over cardboard to keep it from breaking. He calls the series “Breaking Through Milano.” His paintings sell from 8,000 to 40,000 euros, which he calls “a great satisfaction, but not the goal”. Continue reading »
This Artist Duo Uses Face As A Canvas To Recreate Famous Classic Paintings
Art has a different way of inspiring the audience, and for photographer Tatiana Jablonskaya and makeup artist Oksana Vinogradova, it inspired them to re-create paintings on a canvas they knows very well — on the face. The Belarus-based artists has taken classic paintings like Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”, Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”, Kazimir Malevich’s abstract paintings and transformed them into makeup masterpieces. Continue reading »
Mind-Blowing 3D Graffiti And Paintings By Italian Street Artist Peeta
Italian artist Manuel Di Rita, aka Peeta, using various gradients and shadows, obtains an amazing effect that makes the paintings look like they hover off the surface. Continue reading »
Fine Art Turned Into Clothes Lets You Wear Your Favorite Paintings
Who says famous art masterpieces are only for walls? Well, obviously not Purple Fishbowl. The Indonesia-based boutique creates beautiful clothing featuring famous pieces of art. From Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ to Claude Monet’s ‘Water Lilies’ – the whole shop is like a wearable museum. You’ll find unique and elegant shirts, skirts, and even entire dresses. Perfect for anyone, whether they’re art lovers or not! Continue reading »
Amazing Face Paintings By Jordan Hanz
I found this amazing artist, Jordan Hanz, over the weekend and I had to share her work. The most amazing face paintings I’ve ever seen before. In her latest looks, she transforms herself into a version of Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad, and Pokémon characters such as Pikachu, Ivysaur and Jigglypuff. Check it out! Continue reading »
Artist From Montreal Makes Impressive Street Paintings When No One Sees
Street artist Peter Gibson, who goes by the nickname Roadsworth, creates cool art on the roads and sidewalks. It all started in 2001 when he anonymously created street art to point out the lack of bike lanes in Montreal. He was arrested in 2004 for vandalism but now he’s gone legit. Continue reading »
Stunning Oil Paintings Of Tattooed Women By Chris Guest
Take a break from skin art and admire them in the form of stunning paintings made by artist and tattoo enthusiast, Chris Guest. The next time you’re looking to pick up art that doesn’t include pieces on your skin, then you need to check out the works of Chris Guest, a painter from London. Continue reading »
Li Wentao’s Cryptic Paintings of Contemplative Women
Chinese artist Li Wentao’s work is theatrical. It’s not just way the artist stages the lone character, a young, fragile woman, always barefoot, always in some state of undress. Clearly something’s on her mind. It’s the way we identify with her, just as we identify with, become invested in, a play’s protagonist. Continue reading »
Spectacular Dark & Brooding Hyperrealistic Paintings By Damian Loeb
Apparently the realism in the painting is a trend that increasingly is growing among young artists. In an era where modern art seems to be putting greater emphasis on the ‘concept’ rather than the skill in its creation, Damian Loeb is one of the few contemporary artists embracing the traditional techniques. The craft of painting with oils has been perfected and refined over the years by some of the worlds greatest painters. Continue reading »
When Two Paintings Fall In Love: Man Proposes During 2D Photoshoot
Meet Dan Levine and his then-girlfriend, Cristina Cordova. Dan had been wanting to propose to his girlfriend of six-and-a-half-years, so he asked his friend, Alexa Mead for some help. He then convinced his girlfriend that Alexa wanted to paint them and do a photoshoot for fun. Continue reading »
Transforming Subway Passengers Into Renaissance Paintings
The British photographer Matt Crabtree is having fun transforming stolen photographs of subway passengers in London into beautiful Renaissance paintings. These portraits are created with a simple smartphone, used for shooting but also for editing. This amazing project entitled 16th Century Tube Passengers brings out the beauty from these mundane everyday scenes, capturing poses and looks with a certain poetry. Continue reading »
Shampoo Planet: Paintings Of North American Urban Landscapes And Interiors By Marc Trujillo
Photorealistic paintings of discount retailers, members-only wholesale clubs, fast food restaurants, car washes, and gas stations by San Fernando Valley-based artist Marc Trujillo. The interior spaces and commercial architecture he depicts are often places that are designed to be enjoyed and frequent by most people but move past through. These “nowhere places” inspire and fascinate Trujillo as they dominate the country’s urban landscape. Continue reading »
Creepstastic Body Paintings From A 16-Year-Old Artist
Lara Wiкth, aka ArmageddonPainted, is only 16 years old and is already setting the body painting world ablaze with the quality of her creeptastic creations. She paints eerily realistic fantasy creatures with such uncanny attention to detail that it’s nearly disturbing at times. Continue reading »
Stunning Oil Paintings Of NYC Subway Riders Reading Magazines… And All The Males Are Animals!
Matthew Grabelsky’s ‘Underground‘ looks fantastic! His surreal/realistic oil paintings of NYC subway riders reading magazines (and kid’s books) are stunning with a twist… all males are animals! If only they had prints of some of these paintings, the whole show is too stunning to pick from, though Canal Street (tiger reading Car and Driver) is my current favorite. Continue reading »
Wonderfully Weird Paintings By Piotr Jabłoński
Piotr Jabłoński (aka Nicponim) is a digital painter and concept artist from Bialystok, Poland. Enjoy his brutally detailed paintings so wonderfully weird. Continue reading »
Artist’s Gorgeous Watercolor Paintings Align Perfectly With Surroundings
Russian watercolor artist Elena Efremova (previously) travels the world but documents her travels in a stunning way – she paints her surroundings, and then aligns her painting with the backdrop to make a picture perfect moment. Continue reading »
World War II Paintings From The Soviet Union
We tend to forget how horrific World War II was for the Soviet Union. Here’s a fascinating collection of Soviet War paintings. Continue reading »
India To Use 3D Paintings As Speed Breakers To Slow Down Dangerous Drivers
Would you slow down if you were driving towards what looked like a floating pedestrian crossing? We certainly would, and India’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari hopes that millions of other people will too. That’s why he’s proposing the use of these 3D paintings as an alternative form of speed-breaker. And as you can see from the pictures below, these optical illusions are sure to catch your attention. Continue reading »
“A Summer Night’s Melancholy”: Surreal Paintings Of Michael Sowa
Michael Sowa (b.1945) is a German artist known for his whimsical, surreal and stunning paintings often featuring animals. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin for seven years, spent a brief time as an art teacher and then became a painter. Continue reading »
“See The Extraordinary And Make It Still More Extraordinary”: Contemporary Art Paintings By Stanislav Plutenko
The artist Stanislav Plutenko plays on colour contrasts, his painting is very vigorous, illustrative and imbued through by sarcasm on the reality. Continue reading »
