Blogs Posted Under Fine Art

This is one of those rare entries where I am just going to show you an image I came across the other day… on a mobile app for free high-res iPhone backgrounds of all places. The most troubling thing is, I have tried but can’t track down the talent behind this awesome painting.  If anyone stumbles across this, contact me and I will give them credit where credit is most certainly due. I love the thought of a shark lurking in the murky depths of the ocean.  But to take.. || Continue Reading →

I can’t remember where I first came across his illustrations, but there was something both charming and disturbing about his style of imagery, his lifework, and his subject matter that I found both intriguing and inspiring. I am talking about the new, up-and-coming illustrator out of Berlin, Germany: 21 year-old Niklas Coskan.  Also know as the Dee Dee Kid, this youngster is proving himself a force to be reckoned with. From his fabulous use of thick-and-thin ink lines,.. || Continue Reading →

I love quirky.  Maybe that is why today’s entry highlights the charming, quirky, and somehow disturbing artistic visions of  New Haven’s artist and illustrator Christopher Uminga.  His style is unique.  His execution is purposely unrefined.  His medium is ink and watercolor. And his eyes… his trademark eyes are hypnotic and give his caricatures an almost dreamy, if not nightmarish, quality. In Christopher’s own words: I see monsters in my head and.. || Continue Reading →

Came across another amazing illustrator.  This one hails from my home state of California and goes by the name of Raymond Swanland, one of the former geniuses behind the fantastic world of creatures created for the former video game guys over at Oddworld Inhabitants that was housed in San Luis Obispo. If you examine his giant collection of mythical creatures in his illustration collection, you will notice a very distinct style:  sharp, razor-like shapes that convey a very strong.. || Continue Reading →

I love finding and image that just makes me smile.  I also love stumbling on very talented illustrators. So, I got the best of both worlds when I came upon truly amazing talents by Brooklyn-based illustrator Peter de Seve.  Known mostly for his incredible cover illustrations for New Yorker magazine, you may also notice his quirky touch on the character design behind Ice Age‘s character “Scrat”. But for me the highlight was a little piece that he did that features.. || Continue Reading →

I love typography.  That is one of the reasons why I found myself in this industry.  Letterforms are art in and of themselves.  The way they can arrange themselves to form words, to form shapes and compositions within a layout. Done right, they can be used to form complete illustrations.  Which is what makes them such a great visual medium to illustrate with.  Because one can use words as the paint (literally), you can develop another level of concept into the design.  The.. || Continue Reading →

I love sharing with the world when, though I am never the first and probably not the last, I stumble upon creative genius or uber-talent that is floating around. My latest find was in the realm of chalkboards.  We have all been around them.  We were raised in school around them (at least my generation or older was) and we may have even had our share of eraser pounding outside of classrooms. Nowadays we see them in small coffee shops and elusive deli’s here and there. .. || Continue Reading →

Mixed media fine artist James Hopkins has a unique gift. He can take what seem like ordinary objects and arrange them on a shelf in such a manner as to convince the eye that it is looking into the eyes of death… or more specifically a subtle image of a skull. Below are a series of images from his Vanitas series.  For more of this inspiring contemporary artist, view the rest of his work here. “Black Still Life” “Consumption” “Design For Life” “Last.. || Continue Reading →

Massachusetts-based artist Jennifer Maestre has a use for colored pencils other than drawing with them.  She uses 100′s of 1 inch sections of colored pencils to create her three-dimensional works of art.  Inspired by sea urchins, her creations are very unique in nature and I love coming across fine artists that fine a new use for a common item and allow us to see it in a new and unique way.  You can view her other works at her website: www.jennifermaestre.com

On May 9, 2010, the art world lost a great legend. If you were lucky enough to grow up as a young boy in the 1970′s, than you would remember the bigger than life artwork of comic artist Frank Frazetta, who recently died at the age of 82.  His work and style were instantly recognized:  Massive muscles, swords and axes, busty and scantly clad women, legions of the damned, and battle… lots of battle.  His work was the epitomy of the Heavy Metal movement of the 1970′s.. || Continue Reading →