American mixed media artist Jesse Hazelip was born in 1977 and raised in the mountain desert town of Cortez, Colorado, amidst the Navajo and Ute Nation territory. He moved to Santa Barbara, California at the age of 14 where he became involved in the world of graffiti. Hazelip has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from […]
Twins Seven Seven: 1944 – 2011
Born in 1944 in Ogidi Ikimu, Nigeria, Prince Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale-Toyeje Oyelale Osuntoki is a Nigerian painter, sculptor, and musician. He changed his name to Twins Seven Seven, (Ibeji Meje Meje. Ibeji in the Yoruba language), because he is the only surviving child of seven sets of twins born to his mother. Twins Seven-Seven began […]
Sedova Elena: Illustration
I was looking for a laugh today when I luckily came across the illustrations of New York based artist Sedova Elena. Elena works in a variety of mediums from traditional and digital. To see more of her work, visit Rabbiteam.com.
Best Ever: Street Art
Best Ever is a collaboration between UK artists Neil Edward and Hadley Newman. Newman and Edward both have backgrounds in graffiti but now work on walls and canvases, creating their unique art that they describe as “anatomical mathematical realism” or “disturbed painterly realism.” Inspirations include “the uglier things in life – disease, death, symmetry, the […]
5 Women Artists You Should Know
1. Frida Kahlo – July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954. Born in Coyoacán, Mexico, Kahlo survived many difficult events in her life. She began to paint while recovering in bed from a bus accident in 1925 that left her disabled. Although she made a partial recovery, she was never able to bear children, had […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 108
Another Monday Mixx – Enjoy!!
Tom Shannon: Pendulum Paintings
Born in 1947, Manhattan based sculptor, painter and inventor Tom Shannon attended the University of Wisconsin and the Art Institute of Chicago where he received a Master of Fine Art degree. His paintings are made by swinging a giant pendulum rigged with six remote control paint guns over a canvas. “It is a marriage of […]
Art-E-Facts: 5 Random Art Facts XI
1. Group f/64 was a group of seven 20th century San Francisco photographers including Ansel Adams, and Edward Weston who shared a common photographic style characterized by sharp-focused and carefully framed images seen through a particularly Western (U.S.) viewpoint. The group formed in opposition to the Pictorialist photographic style that had dominated much of the […]
Jeannie Lynn Paske: Obsolete World
Wonderful illustrations from Portland, Oregon based artist Jeannie Lynn Paske. Obsolete World: “There is a world tucked away behind this one. An old world made up of endless fields,distant hills and timeworn cliffs. A place where the sun is always setting. A land in which extinct slow-moving monsters and elegant gentle-faced creatures of all shapes […]
Damien Kamholtz: Boats Like Feathers @ ArtHouse Gallery
“Damien Kamholtz is a visual artist based in Toowoomba, Australia. His paintings have been selected as finalists in the Brett Whitely Travelling Art Scholarship twice and he has been a finalist in such shows as the Churchie Art Award, the Prometheus Visual Arts Award and, more recently, the Sulman Prize. Damien is a lecturer at […]
ArtBabble.org: Jackson Pollock’s Painting Techniques
Artbabble.org has grown quite a bit since we last reported on them in 2009. Launched by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Art Babble showcases video art content in high quality format from a variety of sources and perspectives. Currently, Art Babble partners with Art 21, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, MOMA, The MET, […]
Alexander Lyamkin: Painting
Today’s images are by Russian Surrealist oil painter Alexander Lyamkin. To see more of his work, visit ArtHit.ru.
