Elena Limkina
Remember Lorraine Loots and the Very Young Eyes? Well, we weren’t the only ones charmed by her beautiful diminutive works. Her adorable mini-painting-every-day project has inspired another very talented artist to do her own 365-day tiny painting project, with similarly darling results. Continue reading
“Timoclea uccide il capitano di Alessandro Magno” by Elisabetta Sirani
Although I no longer have the opportunity, office shenanigans were something my friends and I used to thoroughly enjoy. And we were pretty good at it, too. Continue reading
Mondrian Thanksgiving Dinner by Hannah Rothstein
Hannah Rothstein describes herself as a painter, illustrator, writer, jeweler, and up-to-no-gooder. She can now add ironic food stylist to her list of jobs. Continue reading
“Hippy Mixed Media Collage Art”
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“If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.” -Honore de Balzac
Ebru is the traditional Turkish art form of painting on water and transferring the painting onto paper, also called marbling. Continue reading
*NOTE: Readers named “Art” should not consider today’s title to be an invitation.
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz
©Lorraine Loots
365 Paintings for Ants is one of those titles that immediately grabbed my attention. Continue reading
Janice MacLeod
This started out being a post about a great idea, some very appealing art, and a lovely gift that my mother would have loved. But the more I read about Janice MacLeod, the more interested I became in her story. Continue reading
©Stormie Mills
Today’s OBT is about the public art of Stormie Mills, who, in spite of his name, is not a character from 50 Shades of Gray.
©Scott Wade
How does an artist like this get started? Continue reading
©Patrick Commecy
*Misspelling intentional Continue reading
The daughter of two artists, Pittsburgh painter, Mara Light, does her parents proud.
©Mara Light
Today, you get a bonus OBT because this is just too fantastic to keep to myself.
© The Internet
The 700-year-old Belgium village of Doel is scheduled to be demolished in the very near future. Continue reading
Maybe it’s because it’s spring, but I’ve been on a real street art kick lately.
©Tristan Eaton
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