Artists
Artistic Abundance
The prolific artwork of Katherine Jackson is discussed on Art is Everywhere
Murals Made with Unusual Materials
Painted Euros, nails, toothpicks, corks and incredible mosaics are all unusual materials used by artists to create murals. Although not actual painted Euros but the imagery of painted Euros creates this shark mural by Blu in Barcelona as seen on Colectiva’s Daily Blog. Saimir Strati creates murals with nails, toothpicks and corks — all sorts of everyday materials. Here’s one as seen on Eller G’s blog of Leonardo. It consists of 500,000 nails and is one of the largest murals of its kind. Click on the above link to see other incredible examples of his work as well as many other interesting sites. I really enjoyed perusing this blog —…
Dancing Dress
I like this painting of a dancing dress by Nancy Pane Fortwengler, called Aviatrix. It’s part of a solo show at the Art League Gallery in Alexandria, VA through July 6. The colors are vibrant yet soothing and add to the illusion of the dress floating. The impressionistic style enhances the diaphanous quality. It reminded me of this Zipper Dress by Cat Chow, made from one continuous zipper. It was one of the pieces featured in the exhibit “Manufractured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects” at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, OR. The premise of the show was using mass produced objects to create art. I think the…
