Source Colossal   Candles have been in use in some way, shape, or form for thousands of years. It’s believed that both the ancient Egyptians and the Romans created a kind of wicked candle using rolled papyrus that was repeatedly dipped in melted beeswax or tallow. For centuries, until the advent electricity, they were an essential…

Source Artsy Shark  Photographer Tom Halseth presents a dramatic portfolio of landscape and macro images inspired by the beauty of the natural world. The post Featured Artist Tom Halseth appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present Cognitive Dissonance, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Seonna Hong. In her latest solo exhibition, the artist’s deeply introspective work functions as both visual journal and emotional terrain, tracing the patterns of contemporary life through abstraction, landscape, and gesture.

Source Colossal   From Iceland’s Arctic Henge to snowy forests, the vistas represented in the 2025 Northern Lights Photographer of the Year contest highlight the visual symphony of geomagnetic light phenomena. Paired with distinctive landscapes, the images illuminate our planet’s unique relationship with the sun. While photographers captured some scenes in subarctic regions where the northern…

Source Design You Trust  Brandon James Scott is an award‑winning Canadian artist who splits his time between animation and picture‑book illustration, best known as the creator of the Netflix preschool series “Justin Time.” A Sheridan College animation graduate and longtime Creative Director of Design at Toronto’s Guru Studio, he has helped shape major animated productions…

Source Design You Trust  1st Place Winner: “Freedom” by Roy Pan The 14th Annual Mobile Photography Awards unveiled their Black and White winners, and the images are breathtaking. These shots showcase how mobile photographers are redefining the art form with sharp timing, emotion, and contrast. From gritty streets to serene beaches, each frame delivers powerful…

Source Design You Trust  Marc Salamat is a Filipino visionary painter and digital artist from Hagonoy, Bulacan, whose work fuses figurative realism with psychedelic, spiritual and cosmic symbolism. A graduate in Fine Arts (Advertising), he runs his own studio and creates large, highly detailed oil canvases and colourful digital pieces filled with eyes, portals, geometric…

Source Colossal   Pastoral scenes and still lifes from the 18th and 19th centuries often brim with visual metaphors of prestige and masculinity, from men on horseback to game birds or other spoils of the hunt strung up and ready to be cooked. Dogs, symbols of fidelity and obedience, are often accomplices in these scenes, serving…