Michael Fields is a self-taught artist based in Portland, Oregon. His work focuses “primarily on the duality that exists inside each and every one of us. The feral beast confounded by logic and order… the internal struggle between instinct and knowledge…” (from artist website) Fields is also a graphic designer and WordPress developer. To see […]
E-Learning: MoMA
Most art fans know that the Museum of Modern Art in New York City has one of the richest collections of modern art in the world. Sometimes, I actually wish that I lived in New York City so that I could visit MoMA on a weekly basis. But did you know that the MoMA also […]
DAF Group Feature: Vol. 148
Your Weekly Mixx – Enjoy! DAF’s Weekly Mixx is a selection of nine contemporary artworks chosen from artist and gallery submissions and from our own search for new and interesting works. Visit the Submissions page for information on how to have your art featured in the Weekly Mixx. Join the Daily Art Fixx email list for monthly updates – for […]
AZRainman: Photoshop Satire
Today’s pic is by surreal and paroday artist AZRainman. AZ uses Photoshop as his primary tool to depict political satire and world events. To see more, visit ArizonaRainman.blogspot.com or visit his photostream on flickr.
Jacub Gagnon: Painting
Born in 1987, Jacub Gagnon has a BFA in Drawing & Painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) in Toronto, Canada. Gagnon renders miniscule forms with great accuracy. His work is heightened from his aptitude for color and applying layers. Using small brushes and handling them as he would a pencil, Gagnon […]
TEDx Met: Luke Syson: How I learned to stop worrying and love “useless” art
Luke Syson was a curator of Renaissance art, of transcendent paintings of saints and solemn Italian ladies — serious art. And then he changed jobs, and inherited the Met’s collection of ceramics — pretty, frilly, “useless” candlesticks and vases. He didn’t like it. He didn’t get it. Until one day … (Filmed at TEDxMet.) Watch […]
Sebastien Feraut: Painting
More great work from Paris based artist Sebastien Feraut (aka Niark1). Feraut began his career in web design, eventually turning to freelance illustration, graphic design, and painting. His work can be seen in the music industry, street wear, print design, advertising, and custom toys. To see more of Feraut’s work, visit Niark1.com or check out […]
TED: Phil Hansen: The Art of the Imperfect
Artist Phil Hansen uses unique media (his torso, x-rays, a tricycle…) to create his version of meta-art, videos that document the creation process – showing that art is action, not just result. Phil is a finalist to give a full TED talk at the TED Conference 2013, so if you like this, please rate it […]
Ilya Zomb: Painting
New York based, (Russian born) painter Ilya Zomb studied at the Odessa State Art College and the Odessa Art School between 1971 and 1979, majoring in fine arts. “Zomb’s images of ballerinas, elephants, and gigantic fruits appear as if out of a dream, but the artist says it’s the everyday life in New York,where he […]
Jenna Colby: Painting
“Jenna Colby is a self taught artist who has always been creative through different mediums, but decided to focus on painting three years ago. Originally from Ohio, Jenna has traveled and lived in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, but has called Seattle home since 1999. Growing up in a small town Colby was always fascinated with […]
Pablo Picasso: 1881-1973
Born on October 25, 1881, in Málaga, Spain, Pablo Picasso (Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso) was a painter, sculptor, draughtsman, printmaker, decorative artist, and writer. “His revolutionary artistic accomplishments, including the co-founding of Cubism, brought him universal renown making him […]
Dena Schuckit: Abstract Painting
Dena Schuckit has a BFA from the University of California at Santa Cruz, and her MFA from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. She was a master printer with Crown Point Press for twelve years. Schuckit works from stacks of saved and categorized photos pulled from online news. “My hybrid landscapes […]
