Graham McArthur

i wake to sleep, 2011, mixed media on paper, i thought i did, but i didn't, redressed, 2011, acrylic, gesso, pencil on paper, 31x48cm, shut up and listen to me, 2011, gesso, acrylic, gouache, varnish, pencil on paper,  16.5x28.5cm

i must learn calligraphy...see more here.

joseph burwell

isometric funeral, 2012, pencil and color pen on wood panel, 43x27.5, the pool of the holy sea, 2006, color pen, pencil on tracing paper, 24x18, an example of mid-century medieval modernism, 2011, color pencil, marker, pen on wood panel, 24x18

the next step is to build these amazing structures....see more here.

sindea d'amico

yellow drops, 201, acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 30x30, spilled milk, 2011, acrylic, mixed media on canvas, 30x30, melting, 2010, acrylic, mixed media on board, 20x20

i can smell my mom's amazing cakes baking in these warm kitchens....see more here.

janet lippincott

chinese room, 1991, chine colle monotype, 30x22, untitled, oil on canvas, 16x15, untitled 4, 1990, chine colle monotype, 30x22

sweet, smart, little studies....see more here.

silvia poloto

optical collision series, chicken, mixed media on panel, 20x20, urban ore 6, mixed media on wood, 40x43, optical collision series, ballet shoes, mixed media on panel, 20x20

see...pink can totally be cool...see more here.

chris gwaltney

untitled, oil, alkyd on linen, 65x57, untitled, oil, alkyd on linen, 42x60, untitled, oil, alkyd on linen, 65x57

walls of city buildings in luscious color...see more here.

nina tichava

paper and pattern 4/map/quilt series, 2012, oil, ink, charcoal, pencil, paper, canvas and reisn on panel, 8x8, ink and charcoal 5/lace/ink and quilt series, 2012, oil, ink, charcoal, pencil, paper, copper and resin on panel, 12x12, grass, ode and water 4/ribbon/weaving series, quilt series, 2010, oil, ink, charcoal, pencil, copper, brass and resin on panel, 12x12

you must see these amazing layers in person...see more here.

eileen p goldenberg

tea house #230, beeswax, tree resin, pigments on wood panel, 18x48, mneme #58, beeswax, tree resin, pigments on wood panel, 14x32, tea house #241, beeswax, tree resin, pigments on wood panel, 24x48

hail, the reigning queen of dots! one must see these pieces in person to appreciate the exquisite detail and color...see more here.

alice hope

bloom, 2007, iron fillings, magnets, 36x36, shifting 2, 2012, ball chain ferrite magnets on steel plate, 101x68x2, shot 1, 2009, bb's and magnets on steel panel, 32x32

such a simple, but amazing idea...see more here, here and here.

cair crawford

writing blankets, hems and folds, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 8x8, writing blankets

the breakdown of fabric to it's simplest elements...see more here.

robert swain

untitled (6x7-05), 1991, acrylic on canvas, 6ftx7ft, untitled (10x20), 1973-74, acrylic on canvas, 10ftx20ft, untitled (6x7-3a), 1992-98, acrylic on canvas, 6ftx7ft

simply celebrate color...see more here.

Tamara Zahaykevich

pg finger tips, 2010, foam board, paint copper penny, blue mint with small revenge, 2008, foam board, styrofoam, paint, 10x10.25x3.5, neapolitan landscape, 2007, foam board, acrylic paint, insulation foam, 7x6.5x7.5

sculptures of paintings of construction of destruction...see more here.

renee vanderstelt

hidden globe, 2008, paper, vellum, graphite, 49x57x16, northern/southern sky (detail), 2004, paper, pins, light, 70x90, desert city: new mexico/texas natural gas and liquids pipelines in 1987 (detail), 2008, paper, 52x45

cut paper gets more and more amazing...see more here.

richard cloutier

trying to hold it all together, 2007, oil on canvas, 41x51cm, a predictable fatigue (deep blue), 2011, oil on canvas, 45x61cm, over the rooftops no 14, 2008, oil on canvas, 61x61cm

the perfect aerial landscape...see more here.

Rustam Salikhov

horizons, oil on canvas, 39.5x39.5, black chasm, oil on canvas, 39.5x39.5, casual orderliness, oil on canvas, 31.5x31.5

woven textiles, cityscapes, aerial images, microscopic images, abandoned billboards, quilts...responding viscerally to all...see more here.

deanna wood

lake dallas 1, vintage wallpaper, machine stitching, collage, encaustic, 18x18, lenexa 3, vintage wallpaper, machine stitching, collage, encaustic, 12x12, lenexa 4, vintage wallpaper, machine stitching, collage, encaustic, 18x18

these pieces were included in one of many fabulous exhibitions i attended during the weekend of the sixth international encaustic conference...see more here.

michelle forsyth

mine disaster, cherry, il, november 13, 1909 (drawing 1 from the 100 drawings project), 2005, gouache and pigment based ink on watercolor paper, 15x22, triangle shirtwaist factory fire, ny, ny, march 25, 1911, (drawing 6 from the 100 drawings project), 2006, gouache and pigment based ink on watercolor paper, 15x22, railway wreck, bayonne, nj, september 15, 1958, (drawing 7 from the 100 drawings project), 2006, gouache and pigment based ink on watercolor paper, 15x22

new ways of seeing that which we don't normally see....see more here.