Belgium street artist ROA puts animals back in the urban jungle. He draws black and white bunnies, rats, birds on walls of many European cities (Paris, Warsaw, London…). This mysterious Belgian street artist likes animals. No, let’s put it in a better way – there is an obsession here. Growing up in Ghent, Belgium in the eighties the artist had modest artistic beginnings, with art under bridges and walls. Here are some of his best works now.
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Portraits made out of chewing gums
Jason Kronenwald, a graduate of Queens University with a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts, is an emerging artists based in Toronto, where he produces his Chewing Gum Blond Portraits. Jason smooths chewed gum over plywood, creating realistic skin tones and hair color, composing his palette from the multitude of different flavors and colors chewed together.
Breakfast around the world
They say you’re what you eat. Well, here you can see some breakfast from different countries around the world. Which one is your favorite?
Great Britain
Dreamy world of perfections by Z. L. Feng
Have a look at these amazingly transparent watercolor landscapes made by Z. L. Feng, award winning artist. Growing up in Shanghai, Feng began painting at age seven and never stopped, experimenting with different mediums, including pastel, oil, and egg tempera, before choosing his favorite, watercolor. “With watercolor you cannot cover your mistakes, so you must know what you are doing,” he says. He finds inspiration for his lovely landscapes in the countryside of the New River Valley: “Usually I go around – to the river, the forest, the lake – to try and find interesting compositions.”
Fantastic illustrations by Jacek Yerka
Here you have an opportunity to enter the fabulous and fantastic world of Polish artist Jacek Yerka. All of his paintings have more layers, as Mr Yerka himself has said in some interviews. Here are some of his best works. Enjoy!
Sexy veggies
I’m sure you’ll remember to eat your veggies this time! Have a look at these amazing sculptures made by a Chinese artist from a simple cabbage. It is really fascinating the way the mind of an artist works. They look at a simple piece of vegetable and see in it potential for something great and artistic! Have a look at these images below and see how you should star serving your cabbage salad from now on.
So long Tony Curtis
Great actor and artist, Tony Curtis, well known for many great roles, but maybe best known by his role in the movie “Some like it hot” with Marilyn Monroe, died on September 29th 2010 at age 85 because of a heart failure. Here is a collection of his photos for you to remember him at his best and some of a latter date when he’s already lost some of his good looks which, some say, is responsible for his great popularity during the fifties and sixties. Enjoy!
Crazy Animal Portraits
Photographer Evan Kafka decided to make a set of portrait photos in which there will be animals instead of people. And these images below prove that animals too sometimes don’t really feel like standing still and waiting for the artist to find that perfect angle, with perfect light, etc. Their faces are saying: “For how long is this torture going to last?” Animals are really great source of fun and positive energy, because just looking at these pictures makes me feel better. I hope these adorable, little fellas will make you’re day. Enjoy!
Bodyart festival in Australia
The Australian Body Art Carnivale was held in Eumundi from Friday 14 May to Sunday 16 May, 2010. This year saw the expansion of all elements of the festival and the theme was FANTASY.The Carnivale was again be ‘A Festival of Colour’ centred around body art in its many and varied forms. For members of the public, it was nothing short of phenomenal to watch the human canvases take shape during the competitions.
Plush cruelty by Patricia Waller
Damn! I guess these girl Patricia Weller really doesn’t like plush and stuffed animals, I mean just have a look at these photos below and you’ll see what I’m talking about. She went through all that trouble of making a beautiful, cute an lovely plush toys only to kill them latter on and then, like the act of killing them wasn’t enough, she had to take a triumphal salvage in form of morbid photos! Just kidding! I really like here blunt and thoughtless cruelty. 
Extravagant artwork of Marc de Cunha Lopes
Have a look at these amazing and deeply moving photos of extravagant photographer Marc de Cunha Lopes. His work speaks for itself because it is well known that a picture is worth more then a thousand words. His work is a critical review of the modern society and people turning away from each other, alienating and isolation. The work has turned us into creeping bugs or living dead without any emotions and impulses.
Very creative banknote pictures
I know art is an expensive thing, but this is really too much. I’ve never seen art like this and a usage of banknotes like this. It reminds me of mosaics but instead of little colored pieces of rocks the artist here is cutting banknotes into small pieces and gluing them together to form a new and creative picture. It seems really colorful and lively, but I don’t thing I would use my money in this way.
In the mood
We’ve had Vogue’s collection from September 2004 by Steven Meisel, now here you can see the work of the same well known photogrpaher for September 2009, called “In the mood”, where are presented famous models Karen Elsen, Liya, Sasha and Victoriya. Enjoy!
Beautiful oil paintings by Rob Hefferan
Born in 1968 in Warrington, Chashire, Rob Hefferan is exceptionally talented figurative artist. His work not only captures the unique character and warmth of each subject but transcends form to suggest the living, breathing essence of the individual.
Moving portraits by Mehmet Akin
Mehmet Akin is doctor/photographer from Turkey, Izmir. He’s 50 years old and as I said before, taking photos isn’t his first vocation, but nevertheless he does it amazingly well. His basic muse and inspiration is his homeland, Turkey with its breathtaking landscapes and its wonderful people. Here you can have a look at some samples of the portraits that he has taken of old people in his country. They are very moving and you can see the mark of time on their faces. It’s almost like every face is telling his own story and testifying that human destiny (kismet) is a thing greater than human himself.
Home made loony art
This reminds me of the movie “Space Jam” when cartoon characters say: “We’re not loony enough?” and then start pooling out all sorts of crazy stuff and cool jokes just to show how insane they are. Well, this artwork is sort of like that. It seems to me like someone has gone a bit mad about something in his own home and decided to turn his craziness into art, because we all know how mental artists are. And you know what? It looks like a great fun. I might try this out!
Slithering art of Guido Mocafico
Guido Mocafico‘s art work gives you chills, but still you can’t deny that it looks quite impressive and beautiful. Besides his serpent work, which is the most popular, this artist also likes clock mechanisms, nature mort, medusa, and other scary animals such as spiders. I’m not sure why is it like that, but it’s like the author is trying to scare us and impress us at the same time. Even his nature mort or the so called still-life, is somewhat spooky. He is presenting images of dead fish, a rabbit that is about to be striped, etc. He makes us watch the real life without any make up. It might be a bit frightening and repulsive at the beginning, but then you get used to it and accept the nature as it is, raw and powerful.
Beautiful and colorful paintings by Jean Marc Jeniczy
This is amazing collection of beautiful paintings made by Jean Marc Jeniczy. Unfortunately, it can’t be found anything about him on line, but at least you can have a look at his beautiful paintings of nature. Every painting is a true work of art, lovely, quiet landscapes painted in vivid and fresh colors. It’s very moving and inspiring. Reminds me of the spring in the countryside.
Some of the world’s greatest masterpieces in coffee
Karen has been a creator since childhood, but a portrait class at age 14 unexpectedly propelled her into an art career. Her love for coffee was born in the late Kaldi’s Coffeehouse in New Orleans, where she would go everyday to sketch her fellow French Quarter locals while sipping a black coffee with a dash of nutmeg on top.
