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Natural Dyes Merge with Mixed Media in Annalise Neil’s Dreamy Cyanotypes
Source Colossal “Matter is memory, and memory is a medium,” says artist Annalise Neil, whose surreal cyanotypes brim with animals, fungi, geological specimens, shells, and more, which she augments with watercolor. Recently, the artist has been adding rich, earthy tones with natural dyes such as wild strawberry leaf, oak gall, loquat leaf, and chestnut. She…
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Featured Artist Bill Rainey
Source Artsy Shark New Zealand artist Bill Rainey presents a collection of majestic mountain landscapes created in a striking signature style. Enjoy more of his work by visiting his website. I have had a lifelong engagement with mountains, as a climber, a hiker, and an observer moving through alpine environments over many years.…
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Domestic Arrangements Unfold in Kristof Santy’s Vivid Paintings
Source Colossal Known for his vibrant palettes and flattened perspectives, Belgian artist Kristof Santy translates common sights and everyday objects into vivid tableaux. His paintings often highlight fruit and vegetables, tabletops, and modes of transportation, particularly those involved in industrial labor. A new body of work continues Santy’s inquiries into the mundane, this time extending…
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Julia Isaak Turns Architecture School Into A Photography Practice Built On Spontaneous Discovery
Source Design You Trust Julia Isaak is a master student of architecture splitting her time between Aachen and Bonn, and her photography page has quietly grown to nearly 30,000 followers. She leads with a disarmingly simple tagline — “I am just a girl with two eyes” — which sets the tone for work that is…
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Jared Pike’s Vaporwave-Inspired Interiors Feel Like Half-Remembered Dreams
Source Design You Trust Jared Pike is a New York-based 3D artist who turned an internet obsession with liminal spaces into a fully realized visual language. Born and raised in Massachusetts, he now works out of NYC and has built a following of nearly 90,000 people who tune in for his hypnotic pool rooms and…
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Dollhouse Oddity Turns Blythe Dolls Into Gothic, One-Of-A-Kind Character Portraits
Source Design You Trust Dollhouse Oddity is the studio of a doll artist who has carved out a very specific corner of the custom doll world. The work centers on Blythe doll customization and one-of-a-kind gothic creations, with a visual language that leans heavily into darkness, precision, and collectible craft. What you notice first is…
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Divination, the Renaissance, and Surrealism Commingle in ‘Tarot!’
Source Colossal When we think of tarot cards, there’s a standout that probably pops to mind right away: the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. It was illustrated by British occultist and artist Pamela Coleman Smith, and more than 100 years after its publication, it remains the most widely used deck by readers. But the cards are far from…
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Brendon Burton’s Enigmatic Photographs Preserve Traces of North American Life
Source Colossal As Brendon Burton continues to pursue the strange corners of rural North America, the Portland-based photographer has discovered a newfound interest in the people who once inhabited them. No longer entirely devoid of human figures, his isolated landscapes step into the walls of abandoned homes and provide a setting for enigmatic narratives. Burton’s…
