Sam Chiver‘s work is something astounding. Psychedelic & geometric, there are portals in Chivers work to take your mind to alternate planes. Be sure to check out Sam’s website, blog, and shop (very reasonable and affordable prints there!!). VISUAL PORTALS
Categories: Abstract, Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Posters, Psychedelica, Surreal
Here’s a randow medley of fun images that have accumulated on the desktop over the past couple months – hope they make ya smirk!
Categories: Abstract, Art, Comedy, Disco, Drugs, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Light, Lighting, Modern Events, Nature, Painting, Photography, Physics, Posters, Psychedelica, Skulls, Snow, Surreal, Textures, Woodblock
Ohara Koson was a master print maker who lived in the Tokyo area in late 1800’s – 1945. Along with a few other masters of the field, Ohara played a large role in resurrecting the Shin-hanga print style from the 17th century. EXQUISITE CRAFTSMANSHIP.
Categories: Art, Etching, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Nature, Paint, Painting, Posters, Serigraphs, Vintage, Woodblock
Stumbled across some Minwha (Korean folk art) Tigers the other week and thought yawl might get a kick out of them. FOLKING GOOD
Categories: Art, Funny, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Paint, Posters, Vintage
Juxtapoz recently had a few great features on Psychedelic posters of the 60’s and 70’s – here is a sampling from the best of the the “Big 5” (Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley, Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, & Rick Griffin) from the hub of it all: San Francisco. FAR OUT
Categories: Abstract, Art, Community, Drugs, Etching, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Posters, Psychedelica, Surreal, Vintage
Ultra-chromatic & otherworldly, Kate Shaw‘s works are like visions from wildly beautiful hallucinations. Shaw’s statement regarding the conceptual intent of her work is also quite radical – (and I quote from her site) : “I am concurrently exploring the sublime in nature whilst imbuing a sense of toxicity and artificiality in this depiction. The intention is to reflect upon the contradiction between our inherent connection to the natural world and continual distancing from it” Creating her own specialized technique of […]
Categories: Abstract, Art, Collage, Drugs, Graphic Design, Illustration, Marbling, Nature, Paint, Painting, Psychedelica, Quote, Surreal, Textures
Recently visiting the Sitzmark Club at the Alta Lodge in Little Cottonwood Canyon, I saw a legendary ‘Ski Utah’ poster from decades past. It inspired a search into vintage skiing posters. Below is a collection of some of the best ski posters from simpler times (& fictional :} ).
Categories: Art, Community, Drugs, Graphic Design, Illustration, Ink + Paper, Nature, Positive, Posters, Psychedelica, Serigraphs, Skiing, Snow, Sports, Travel, Utah, Vintage, Woodblock
Rafael Araujo has a unique perspective on the world. Through his highly refined work, Araujo tries to convey this view by taking natural events and applying mathematics, and parameters / framework to them- visually blending nature and the physics side of occurrences of the organic world. Intriguing pieces.
Categories: Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Nature
DURN! There is some borderline magic type-a-shet happening in the photographs and compositions of TackyShack (the pseudonym for Jeremy Jackson, an outrageously good Light Painter). Hailing from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, Tacky says he spends “great amounts of time waving lights in front of my camera.” Jackson is also dedicated to get other light painting experimenters involved, and holds workshops to introduce people to the medium. ELAPSED TIME ENCAPSULATED
Categories: Abstract, Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Light, Light Painting, Lighting, Long Exposure Photography, Nature, Photography, Physics, Psychedelica, Surreal, Textures
Under 48 hours til the 22nd Winter Olympics!! To help grasp the history, check out these vintage posters, dating all the way back to the first ‘official’ games hosted in Chamonix back in 1924 (where the Biathlon used to be an event called ‘Military Patrol’! ). Via Juxtapoz. GET STOKEY
Categories: Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Modern Events, Olympics, Paint, Painting, Posters, Snow, Sports, Travel, Vintage
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