Source Colossal   The Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest received nearly 60,000 from 117 countries for its 2024 competition, an immense pool from which judges choose just 100 finalists. To bring the public into the selection process, the Natural History Museum, which develops and produces the annual event, has launched the People’s Choice Award. Twenty-five…

Source Colossal   Encircled by light, water, or stone, the central subjects of Sholto Blissett’s oil paintings simultaneously highlight and defy our aesthetic understanding of “nature.” Drawing on the rich history of landscapes, from the Dutch Golden Age to 19th-century British paintings to the Hudson River School, the artist illuminates spiritual associations and the universality of…

Source Colossal   French artist Youri Cansell, a.k.a. Mantra (previously) continues to brighten neighborhood streets and large cities alike with his vivid insect murals. Drawing on a fascination with nature and its preservation, he creates monumental specimen cases on buildings around the world, filled with a wide variety of butterflies. The artist recently completed his largest…

Source Artsy Shark  Painter Dianna Woolley presents a colorful collection of abstract florals in her distinctive signature style. The post Featured Artist Dianna Woolley appeared first on Artsy Shark.

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  REMAIN IN LIGHT, opening at Nicodim Gallery in Los Angeles, is an ouroboros of the day-night continuum, a study of flesh-in-light as it reflects, refracts, and reframes the sun and elements in the daytime, the city’s ambient and aggressive streetlights and neons in the night, and the ecstatic,…

Source Juxtapoz Magazine – Juxtapoz Magazine – Home  The exhibition titles Chant d’Amour in 2022 and Mort Heureuse in 2025 chosen by Xie Lei, evidently bring to mind Jean Genet and Albert Camus, yet these discreet tributes emancipate themselves those tutelary figures, acting in a more general manner simply as a starting point for two…

Source Colossal   From grid-like woven patterns to intertwined strands of fringe, Antonio Santín’s hyperrealistic oil paintings (previously) look incredibly similar to the ornamental carpets they’re modeled on. By studying real rugs and the way they scrunch, fold, and interact with light, he transfers these qualities to canvas. The overall designs, however, are a product of…

Source Design You Trust  1st Place: “Look the Ocean” by Marcus Cederberg, Sweden The Artist Gallery Awards 2024 celebrated the beauty of minimalism with 25 stunning winning photos that showcased the power of simplicity in photography. These images captivated audiences with their use of clean lines, negative space, and striking compositions to convey profound emotions…