Allegory of Desire from the Fourth Freedom: Superb Paintings of Marc Dennis
Marc Dennis is an American artist known for his hyper-realistic paintings that celebrate the subversive potential of art history, beauty and humor. Continue reading »
Artist Started Recreating Famous Paintings Together With Her Dog During Quarantine, And They’re Still Going Strong Two Years Later
Whistler’s Mother, 1871 By James Mcneill Whistler vs. Whistler’s Mother, 2022
Many of the greatest art pieces in the history of art were in some form influenced by another great art piece, while that other art piece was influenced by yet another. You get the point: art influences art, art creates more art. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, consider these famous paintings very flattered, for even to this day, they keep having an influence over new artists. Continue reading »
Art Nouveau Iconostasis: Paintings by Mitch Griffiths
Mitch Griffiths is a British artist who paints hyper-realistic paintings. His work impresses not only with fantastic detail, but also with its resemblance to the masterpieces of Caravaggio and Titian: Griffiths’ paintings are as epic and powerful in their mythological spirit as the works of the masters of the past, although they tell a slightly different story. Continue reading »
The Brutal Bad-Trips in Psychedelic Paintings of Jared Africa
Jared Africa is a Las Vegas based artist who draws fierce acidic game. We don’t know much else about him, and that’s probably for the best. Continue reading »
Psychedelic and Horror in Oil Paintings by Limp Bizkit Guitarist Wes Borland
No one questions the significance of Limp Bizkit at least for the genre. But it’s a crime not to say much about the talented guitarist Wes Borland. You probably remember him for his crazy makeup and flashy costumes – he stands out among the other members of Limp Bizkit. But Wes Borland is not only a guitarist, he’s also an excellent artist. Borland has been painting psychedelic, creepy oil paintings for years, which is what we’re going to look at today. Continue reading »
The Dark Surrealism of Arturo Rivera
Arturo Rivera was born in Mexico City in 1945. He studied painting at Academia de San Carlos in Mexico City (1963-68); and silk-screen process and photo-silk screen process at The City Lit Art School of London (1973-74). Continue reading »
The Absurd West, the Strange East: The Grotesque Paintings of Lui Liu
Lui Liu was born in March 1957 in North China and came to Canada in 1991. Speaking both Chinese and English fluently, Lui Liu possesses superb painterly techniques, his unique language that finds a wide range of audience around the world. His acquisition of techniques started during China’s Cultural Revolution when he was a young boy painting posters on the streets and continued in the most prestigious Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Continue reading »
The Amusing Melancholy of Crooked Faces: Paintings by Jeffrey Chong Wang
I’m sure you have photos that show you as if you were in the middle of something, like you were talking or doing something, and then you were suddenly filmed. As a result, the face in the photo freezes halfway through, turning into the funny grimace of a hung-over degenerate. Continue reading »
Master of His Magical Universe: Surreal Paintings of Chris Berens
Chris Berens is a Dutch painter. While he takes inspiration from the quality of light in the paintings of Vermeer and Rembrandt, his themes lie more within the realms of surrealism and visionary art than traditional painting. Although his work is completely hand-painted, his paintings are often assumed to be digital photographic manipulation. He lives in Amsterdam with his wife Esther and their daughters Emma & Juno Leeuwenhart. Continue reading »
Transmigration of The Soul: Surreal Paintings by The Welder Wings
Francisco Abril and Nuria Velasco, also known as Welder Wings, asountds the art world with gothic surrealism. Continue reading »
From Depression To Dream Life: Paintings That Convey The True State Of Soul
According to Polina Kyprianova: “After graduating from the University, I could not find a job for a long time, and this led to depression. Continue reading »
Son Tries To Make People Laugh By Photoshopping His Dad Into Famous Paintings
Grant Wood, Oil On Beaverboard, 1930
There are some works of art that everyone’s seen so many times that it’s hard to imagine them as anything different from the original. Not to this guy, though—Matt Bonito has reimagined some of the world’s most famous paintings using pictures of his dad. As expected, the results turned out to be pretty hilarious. Continue reading »
The Prophet: Superb Digital Concept Art Works of Craig Mullins
Craig Mullins (born 1964) is an American digital painter, and leading international concept artist. He has created art for books, video games and films. Continue reading »
Artist Places People From Classical Paintings Into Modern Reality And They Fit Just Right
Have you ever stopped to think about how things have changed? We didn’t even have to go very far back in time to notice certain aspects that are completely different now. Continue reading »
Pigasso: This Pig Enjoys Painting And Has Become The World’s First Pig Artist
Joane Lefson rescued a one-month-old piglet from a slaughterhouse and soon realized that the animal was special. According to Joane, of his own free will, the little pig started painting canvases in a sanctuary located in South Africa. Continue reading »
Animal Portraits in The Style of Old Masters by Tein Lucasson
What would an animal look like if it were a human? The question is actually a contradiction in terms, and Tein Lucasson’s answer is as humorous as it is creative. With digital photo technology, he combines pet portraits with human poses, celebrating each animal’s unique personality, while drawing on his passion for costume and art history. Continue reading »
This Artist Creates Romantic Fantasy Realism Paintings
According to Elena Shichko: “My name is Elena Shichko. I am an artist and photographer from Belarus. I paint with acrylic and oil on canvas. Continue reading »
The Magnificent Artworks of Fantasy and Mythology by Guangjian Huang
Guangjian Huang is a Chinese artist who paints pictures that are fantastic in their beauty and attention to detail. A masterpiece, if not every work by Huang, then close to it. He paints magnificent paintings based on ancient Greek myths, cyberpunk and fantasy illustrations, and even his fleeting sketches look incredibly cool – truly, a living classic of modern painting. Continue reading »
Art in Faces: Superb Portraits by Gennadiy Kim
Gennadiy Kim is an artist from Moscow who paints wonderful portraits. With hacked, seemingly random strokes he manages to create very subtle works with high detail, precise, colorful and emotionally intense. Continue reading »
The World of the Wild (and Not-so-Wild) West: A Paintings by Morgan Weistling
Morgan Weistling is an American painter who paints the everyday life and characters of the Wild West. An accomplished painter, Weistling is skilled in both paint and printmaking, creating truly inspiring paintings of beauty and danger. Weistling’s paintings have won multiple awards and been purchased for permanent display by major museums. Continue reading »
Artist Imagines How History’s Most Famous Painters Might Decorate Their Homes Based On The Color Pallettes Of Their Paintings
Vincent Van Gogh: ‘The Starry Night’
While artists love to take inspiration from the world to create breathtaking works of art, digital artist and interior designer Amaliya Brenneman decided to flip the script, using four of the most famous paintings ever created as inspiration for her interior designs. Continue reading »
After Having Triplets, This Artist Founds A New Passion For Painting
My precious triplets
“My name is Anna Belan, I am an artist from Moscow, Russia. After graduating from the Academy of Theater Arts in 2004, I participate in joint exhibitions and projects in Russia and Europe. Theater education helped me to look at contemporary art in a different way. I create stories for my characters exploring the fine lines of the soul. I enjoy experimenting with mixed media, however I have found it most inspiring for me to work with oil on canvas – it is currently my main medium.” Continue reading »
An Artist Used Computer Graphics To Reimagine These 8 Iconic Paintings
Cafe Terrace At Night By Vincent Van Gogh
According to Yulia Pidlubnyak: “Hello, my name is Yulia Pidlubnyak, I’m from ymage works. Inspired by iconic paintings, I re-ymagined them in 3D world, focusing on architectural forms, textures, and light. I left people out from these paintings to show what lies further, which is at first unnoticed to our eye.” Continue reading »
The Original Acrylic Paintings by Kissi Ussuki
Kissi Ussuki is an illustrator and artist based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Continue reading »
“Deathmask Divine”: The Superb Dark Paintings of Bahrull Marta
Bahrull Marta is a self taught artist from Indonesia. His work are exploration of various medium and techniques, focusing in mixed media process from painting to digital multiple layers of texture, his personal artwork are tend to describe an abstracts and dark nuances, either in portrait and landscape. Continue reading »
