Sandro Botticelli, an early master of the Italian Renaissance, is celebrated for his contributions to the major art motion. He is well known for his larger-than-life mythological scene of The Birth of Venus, even though his work features secular portraits and Biblical depictions. This monumental painting has been admired and analyzed for centuries. The masterpiece…
[caption id="attachment_27003" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Brooklyn Diner[/caption] Photographer Franck Bohbot presents Manhattan’s street corners and storefronts as symbolic portraits of the perpetual metropolitan pulse, throbbing luminously long after sundown. Captured over the course of almost two years, Bohbot’s series called Light On comprises 57 nighttime photographs of classic New York City scenes, from landmark establishments like…
Underwater photography. Hawaiian photographer Christy Lee Rogers creates beautiful scenes of swirling figures swathed in colorful fabrics. She creates luminous large-scale images not by using wet pigments, but rather by completely submerging her subjects in illuminated water and photographing them at night. These works, presented here, part of Rogers’ most recent series titled ‘Muses’, were in response…
Magical world of snails. Vadim Trunov, a self-taught nature photographer based in Voronezh, Russia, takes beautiful macro photos of snails, insects and mushrooms that seem to personify them and weave beautiful little stories around these oft-overlooked creatures’ lives. Trunov often creates these warm and beautiful moments by manipulating and placing his unwitting subjects, but they…
For more than several years now, Keyes has painted realistically-rendered portraits of animals, like something you’d see in a text book. Keyes is best known for his subject matter, and it’s not a surprise that he’s started to explore different ideas within the scope of the animal kingdom. Old Ones is a new series apart of the larger The…
In these alluring drawings, American illustrator Jennifer Healy, uses colored pencils to blur the lines between fantasy and realism. Her technically stunning approach blends delicate lines into gorgeously detailed feminine portraits that have a dreamlike quality to them. The young faces stare out with haunting expressions that are both sad and powerfully enchanting. The Louisiana-based…
Surreal illustrations. Moscow-based Russian illustrator Andrew Ferez, aka 25kartinok, creates surreal scenes, each with their own fantastical narratives, that seamlessly merge various opposing elements. Digitally drawing his elaborate renderings, Ferez’s work has a dark, fantasy-driven appeal. The digital artist manages to incorporate the human face into several areas of his works in creative ways. Whether…
Elaborate book covers have been Aniko Kolesnikova’s passion since 2009. The Latvian designer-artist, working under the name Mandarin Duck, specializes in creating dragon-, animal-, bird-, fantasy-, and nature-inspired polymer journals. She occasionally takes custom orders, too. Here is a fantastic collection of her work! [gallery gt3_gallery="yes" link="lightbox" ids="59234,59235,59224,59225,59226,59227,59228,59229,59230,59231,59232,59233,59221,59222,59236,59237,59238,59239,59240,59241"] boredpanda
Have you ever wished for a fairy tale world to escape to? Well, if you’re furiously nodding at your screen right now then you’ll be glad to hear that it is in fact entirely possible to do so. We have just the thing for you! These villages might look like something out of a storybook but…
Ryan Koopmans tells the story: GQ Magazine assigned us to photograph the atmosphere and culture around Area 51, a highly secretive and much talked-about US airforce institution located in the desert of Nevada. We met with local business owners and residents living in the vicinity and asked them about their everyday lives and extraterrestrial experiences.…
Dave Pollot is a painter in the US who brings new life to old and forgotten thrift store paintings by adding pop culture characters. He uses these old paintings to combine his interest in painting with his love for popular characters. “Before I began repurposing discarded thrift oil paintings, I did more ‘serious’ architectural paintings…
Simon Beck, who bills himself as “the world’s first and most famous ‘Snow Artist,’” is back with a new work of unique art – a massive snow dragon that he drew by walking in the heavy snowfall near Yakutsk, Siberia. His land artworks take anywhere from 5-10 hours to more than a day to create!…
[caption id="attachment_54726" align="aligncenter" width="1400"] Times Square Lights[/caption] Jeremy Mann (American, born in 1979) is a painter best known for his moody, dark cityscapes. Mann graduated from Ohio University with a degree in Fine Art painting, and later attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. Working on wood panels, Mann employs various techniques when…
Japanese filmmaker and animator Hayao Miyazaki has long delighted and inspired people around the world with his original imaginative universe. Now, those that have found his work artistically influential are paying homage to Miyazaki in the most appropriate way. The SPOKE ART gallery has curated the Miyazaki in Los Angeles Art Show, an endearing presentation…
Korean artist creates incredibly realistic paintings. Young-Sung Kim is a talented Korean artist; his paintings have been featured in numerous galleries all around the world. The incredible amount of details make his paintings look more like photographs. Kim has been working on his current series called ‘Nothing. Life. Object’ since 2006 and painted over 60…
Imaginary ecosystems bursting with color. Artist Yellena James creates kaleidoscopic artworks that resemble colorful ecosystems, filled with imaginary flora and fauna. With an aim to illustrate places that are ‘hypnotically familiar and yet hauntingly exotic’, Yellena’s most recent universes explore delicate organic forms and textural terrains. Rendered in her distinct, vibrant color palette on large canvases and…
Sculptures by Lisa Lloyd. I’ve had quite an exciting career over the last 18 years. I’ve worked as an animator, directed music videos and I’ve also owned and was the creative director of an animation company in London. All these things were a great life experience and I learnt a lot about myself. One of…
Multi-award-winning illustrator and artist Tran Nguyen creates ethereal paintings and colored pencil drawings, looking as if they come straight out of a fairytale. She explores her interest in therapeutic imagery, and she presents intriguing, dream-like narratives, drawing the viewer in and inviting them to explore their imagination. Originally from Vietnam, and raised in the US, Nguyen claims…
The roads of Transylvania from above! I’m Călin and I’m a photographer living in Romania, in Eastern Europe. I have a project with aerial views of the roads that lead you through Transylvania which I want to share with you. Everybody knows Transylvania, right? And, of course, the legend of Dracula (Vlad Țepes – the…
Croatian artist Dino Tomic usually works with conventional materials like pencils and paper, but his latest project has him spreading kitchen salt on a black background to create incredible artworks and Indian mandalas. The Norway-based salt wizard, who works as an art teacher and tattoo artist, starts off with a large black canvas and uses a plastic…
Talented Russian nature photographer Vadim Trunov has had close encounters with squirrels before, but this is the first time we’ve seen his photos of squirrels playing or shooting photos of each other! The photographer recently published some photos he’s captured of squirrels that seem to be building snowmen or playing volleyball with nuts. The truth…
Colorful New Architectural Watercolors By Maja Wronska. Polish watercolor artist Maja Wronska continues to paint explosively colorful depictions of European architecture. The most recently in Poznań, Poland. Wronska is an architect herself, a skill that greatly enhances her artwork. She first renders each piece as a detailed drawing and then adds layers of watercolor, an unpredictable medium that can…
Artist Scott Bisson translates his love of nature through the timeless art of glassblowing. He creates colorful, whimsical sculptures of creatures like frogs, geckos, octopi, and snakes. Each has their own idiosyncrasies, and Bisson does their unique qualities justice with the amount of intricate details he expresses in his work. Tactile scales, tiny webbed-toes, and finely-curved antennas are…
Here are fascinating photos that look unbelievably like oil, acrylic or watercolor paintings. They were taken by different photographers. Photographer Oscar Ruiz is behind this shot of a housing development in Mexico. [caption id="attachment_15095" align="aligncenter" width="777"] Fascinating Photos Oscar Ruiz[/caption] “I was working as a helicopter pilot for a local radio station. I remember flying…
These thrilling illustrations are fantastic artworks. The set features a particular character, one more beautiful than the last one. Florian Aupetit is a French artist that has developed a nice style showing these chubby astronaut characters, in various situations. For more of his work, please visit his portfolio at ArtStation! He’ll definitely enjoy your attention.…
One of his most beautiful series art is Siamese Fighting Fish, ” Betta Splendens “ Bangkok based photographer Visarute Angkatavanich capture some of the most elegant portraits of fish we’ve seen. Bettas originate in the shallow waters of Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, and China. Angkatavanich recently told Popular Photography that he only started photographing the fish after encountering them for…
Entire school painted over in the course of three weeks, 100 artists were given free reign to take over a dormitory in Paris, making it their canvas. As part of the Rehab 2 festival, the graffiti artists were invited to paint the interior of a student residence at the Cité Internationale Universitaire in Paris. The space was then open to the public for…
Miniature Scenes. “On the surface, these photographs confront us with all of the hollow words, catchphrases and banalities we encounter in our daily lives,” says Dr. Christine Donat, who provided the text for Kunert’s online portfolio. “The stereotypical and senseless aspects of human communication cannot be unveiled more convincingly than in their literal conversion into a visual…
Imaginative insects. Japanese artist Hiroshi Shinno builds hyperrealistic sculptures of insects that don’t exist, perfect forms of imaginative species that look as if they were built from vibrant leaves and delicate flower petals. Even these aspects of the creatures are false, as each leaf or petal was cast from resin and painted with acrylic paint before being…
