across the universe

When these constellation and nebula-inspired paintings by Elise Mahan appeared on my Etsy Activity Feed, I knew I needed to share them with everyone I knew. Here are but a few (and some of my favorites) of her paintings.

exposed

I am absolutely blown away by these Pakayla Biehn paintings inspired by doubled exposed photographs

one fish, two fish...

By painstakingly handpainting directly onto layers upon layers of poured resin, Japanese artist Riusuke Fukahori creates these incredibly lifelike compositions of fish.

in a Barbie World

Inspired by the Barbie Doll, Taiwan-based artist Peihang Huang createss these vibrant oil paintings that often depict the popular doll in a maudlin or morbid fashion. Needless to say, I find the juxtaposition intriguingly beautiful.

if walls could watch

Lately I've been intrigued by the work of Russian street artist Nomerz

the illustration man

I have always loved the work of painter/illustrator Sam Weber. His work has such a fluid quality and the subject matter he depicts is beautifully dark.

gallery girl

Dad and I have been in London for about two days now. Today was "Shopping Day," so we shopped. We walked around downtown Islington near our hotel, and I bought a few clothing items (pictures to come.) But the best part of the day was our walkabout in downtown London - we visited the famous comic shop Forbidden Planet, drank coffee in a hole-in-the-wall tea and coffee shop (which, oddly enough, stops serving tea after breakfast...), went to the British Museum, bought postcards and other kitschy souvenirs, and took pictures of the work in the Paul Stopler Gallery (pictures below.)

The gallery itself is only the size of a large living room, with white walls and pale blue, wooden floors. We almost walked right past it, but it was Shaun Doyle & Mally Mallinson's cast bronze sculpture Ecce Homo Tesco placed in the window that caught our eye.