Swiss Street Painting

September 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Every year the little Swiss town of Vercorin invites artists to decorate their streets in any way they see fit. All in the interests of beautifying the whole town and promoting art that incorporates the entire village.

Lang/ Baumann was presented with the challenge in 201o and as a result they turned the streets that are lined with traditional wooden Swiss chalets, into brightly coloured geometrical masterpieces.

* Lang/ Baumann’s efforts can be seen on Feel Desain with more images on the Lang/ Baumann website

Vincent Van Dominogh

June 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

What do you get when you have hours of time on your hands, many dominoes and a crazy imagination? You recreate Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Starry Starry Night’ out of dominoes which you then knock over.

This video had me enthralled, and it’s artists like FlippyCat that make me believe that anything is possible.

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Amazing 3 Dimensional Resin Paintings

February 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I’m not even sure if this would be called a painting or a sculpture, they are 3 dimensional paintings by Riusuke Fukahori, When I watched the video below, my mouth literally fell open. I could never hope to be this creative with paints and resin. I actually showed my colleague and we were arguing about whether the fish were real. I was convinced they were!

Riusuke Fukahori is a Japanese artist that has his work displayed at the ICN gallery in London, the Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich and the Gallery IDF in Aichi, Japan.

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Judith Braun Finger Painting

January 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Judith Braun is an unusual artist. Instead of using the socially accepted artists’ tools, she uses those tools that come naturally; her hands. Judith dips her fingers in to charcoal or pastels and uses her hand prints to make impressions on the wall or paper. The images she leaves are both floral, and cosmic. Judith has even appeared on reality television where she has met challenges set for her. [Read more...]