Source Colossal   In Amy Casey’s meticulous acrylic paintings, houses and main street buildings whirl through the air amid debris, teeter in huge piles in the sea, or balance precariously on giant clusters of fungi. Our perception is tested: are the houses really tiny or are their surroundings exceedingly big? That slippage is at the heart…

Source Artsy Shark  Enjoy this collection of calming, ethereal paintings by artist Elena Lukina, who is inspired by nature and the resonance of silence. The post Featured Artist Elena Lukina appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Colossal   From the nearly abstracted patterns featuring dozens of Black faces in the meticulous work of Sharon Kerry-Harlan to portraits inspired by real events like Donna Chambers’ celebration of President Barack Obama’s inauguration, Masters of the Stitch: Threaded Stories at Claire Oliver Gallery spotlights remarkable narratives in fabric. The exhibition draws from the collection…

Source Design You Trust  Rich McCor is a Brighton-based artist and photographer who has figured out how to make the entire world look like a playful joke. His method is brilliantly simple: he takes black paper cutouts, holds them up against famous landmarks, and snaps a photo that completely reimagines what you are looking at.…

Source Design You Trust  Chertopoloh Arts is where dark fairytales come to life in clay and fabric. Anastasia, the artist behind the name, sculpts one-of-a-kind art dolls that look like they’ve wandered out of an ancient storybook and into your hands. There is something immediately enchanting about her work. These are not factory-made toys or…

Source Design You Trust  Birdcube_ is the kind of artist page that instantly tells you it belongs to the BJD and custom doll world. The work centers on expressive doll sculpts, face-ups, and character designs, with a clear handmade, collector-focused identity. Birdcube_ is the kind of artist page that instantly tells you it belongs to…

Source Colossal   In Slow Burn, Shawn Huckins puts the cognitive dissonance that defines our current era in stark relief. The New Hampshire-based painter has long challenged American mythology and collective aggrandizing by reinterpreting canonical artworks and visual languages. His series have commented on the U.S.’s proclivity for erasing history and the ways our garments convey…

Source Colossal   When New Jersey-based artist and educator Ruth Borgenicht attended university, she studied mathematics. But as she shares in a statement: “Love of math was not enough to invent new ideas in this field—unfortunately for me, that also required genius.” As the saying goes, when a door closes, a window opens, and for Borgenicht,…