Friday, September 11, 2009

Matthias Meyer






Wetland, 2007, oil on canvas, 59 x 63, Lake 8, 2007, oil on canvas, 78-3/4 x 82-3/4, Lake Whitney, 2009, oil on canvas, 59 x 63, Lake 5, 2007, oil on canvas, 51 x 67, Wasserfall, 2007
oil on canvas, 59 x 59


sublime, romantic views of liquid landscape...see more here and here.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

dale daniel leys





self and otherness, 2008, Conte Pastel Graphite Prismacolor on Paper, 20 x 28, Cosmology For A Life...After Life...A Life After, 2007, Conte Pastel Graphite Prismacolor on Paper, 20x28 Deep Diver (detail), 2009, Conte Pastel Graphite Prismacolor on Paper, 28x20, Sometimes A Volcano, 2005, Conte Pastel Graphite Prismacolor on Paper, 48x72, Private Bridge , 2007, Conte Pastel Graphite Prismacolor on Paper, 48x72

extraordinary detail...i think i heard he does some of his drawing with a magnifiying glass-it's totally believable after viewing the detail images....see more here.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

betty woodman




Yellow Room, 2007, glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer, paint and canvas, 96 1/2 x 84 1/2 x 11, Ceramic Pictures of Romand Paintings: Internal Courtyard, 2007, glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer, terra sigilatta, paint and canvas, 95 x 84 x 12, Reflective Vases, 2006, canvas, terra sigillata, glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer and paint, 89 x 86 x 9, Ceramic Pictures of Roman Paintings: Santa Brigida, 2005, glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer, paint and canvas, 98 x 86 x 12, Ceramic Pictures of Roman Paintings: Santa Barbara, 2005, glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer, paint and canvas, 98 x 86 x 12, Red Room, 2007, glazed earthenware, epoxy resin, lacquer, paint and canvas, 96 1/2 x 84 1/2 x 11

just plain swirly, color-filled fun...see more here.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

joseph stashkevetch




tonle sap 2, 2009, 60x60, peony, 2009, 60x60, bordertown, 79x60, black peony, 40x40, blossom, 40x40, all: conte crayon on rag paper.

artists who draw with photo-precision always astound me, leaving me speechless and in awe with my mouth gaping open-as does this one...see more here.

Monday, September 7, 2009

deborah roan






Marni, 2007, Digital Cibachrome print face-mounted to plexi, Interior Design, 2000, Digital Cibachrome print mounted on aluminum , pretty pink vampire, 2004, Digital Cibachrome print face-mounted to Plexiglas, K-X, 2005, Digital Cibachrome print face-mounted to Plexiglas, Special Ivory, 2000, Digital Cibachrome print mounted on aluminum, Red Chair, 2000, Digital Cibachrome print mounted on aluminum, orange pokemon, 2000, Digital Cibachrome print face-mounted to Plexiglas

see more here.

Friday, September 4, 2009

david maisel






Terminal Mirage 19, Mining Project 1 (Clifton Arizona), Terminal Mirage 22, Terminal Mirage 20, Mining Project 4 (Globe Arizona), Terminal Mirage 1, Terminal Mirage 18, Lake Project 1

i have a huge collection of aerial photographs and satellite imagery and i'm absolutely addicted to google earth. from above, one can clearly see that the earth is a canvas which marks man and nature's struggle for control and this artist captures this struggle beautifully...see more here.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

new mini painting


time...time...time..., 2009, encaustic, horse and human hair, mixed media on composted and branded silk on wood, 4x6

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

arnold helbling





Airport #3, 2008, paper, foil, plastic, and acrylic on canvas, 24 1/4 x 24 1/4, Invisible Cities Series #5 (P), 2006, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 72, Airport #10, 2008, fabric, plastic and acrylic on canvas, 24 1/4 x 18, Untitled (701), 2008, acrylic, paper, photocopy on canvas, 24 x 20, Untitled (691), 2008, acrylic, paper, fabric, plastic on canvas, 36 x 48, Untitled (688), 2008, acrylic, plastic, photocopy on canvas, 24 x 24

yummy, layered surfaces and furtive imagery...see more here and here.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

marco breuer




Untitled (C-594), 2006, chromogenic paper, scratched, 13 13/16 x 10 13/16, Untitled (Tip), 2000, silver gelatin paper, burned, 11 x 8 1/2 , Untitled (C-697), 2007, chromogenic paper, scraped, 8 1/8 x 6 7/16, Untitled (C-715), 2007, chromogenic paper, planed, 8 3/8 x 6 1/4, Spin (C-813), 2008, chromogenic paper, scratched, 14 9/16 x 11 5/8, Untitled (Move), 2001, silver gelatin paper, burned, 11 x 8 1/2

a huge inspiration to me and whose work got me interested in playing with fire and deconstruction in my own work...amazing patterns...see more here.