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The Painter Turning Scottish Myth And Woodland Mystery Into Contemporary Illustration
Source Design You Trust Marc C. Green is a painter and digital illustrator who makes haunted landscapes, folklore scenes, and creature-filled mythic imagery. His work feels rooted in nature, old stories, and eerie atmosphere, with a clear rejection of AI-generated imagery in favor of hand-made illustration. The strongest thread in his work is a fascination…
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The Muralist Turning Walls Into Impossible Three-Dimensional Illusions Across Europe
Source Design You Trust Peeta (previously) is a muralist, oil painter, and sculptor based in South Holland, known for large-scale anamorphic murals and spatial optical illusions. His practice fuses street art, painting, and sculpture into works that change dramatically with the viewer’s position. Peeta’s signature is a bold use of 3D geometry, curved forms, and…
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The Photographs that Shaped the Black Arts Movement in the Mid-20th Century
Source Colossal Photography is often touted as the most democratic and accessible medium in the visual arts. Today, the majority of us carry phones equipped with powerful, easy-to-use cameras that capture our lives and the world around us, transforming each of us into a documentarian at a moment’s notice. This omnipresence shapes our understanding of…
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130+ Artists Illuminate the Vast Creative Possibilities of the Nightlight
Source Colossal Artists iterating on a seemingly mundane object is one of our favorite exhibition concepts. Vintage envelopes, coasters, and matchboxes are just a fraction of the items galleries have offered as unique canvases for small works, and now, we can add nighlights to that list. On view through June 26, DUDD LITE is a…
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Around North America, Community Members Are Stitching Nearly 11,000 Birds
Source Colossal Every year, there are two major migration events. Birds, insects, fish, and other mammals head north in the spring to nest and breed and return south in the winter to feed and raise their young. Using BirdCast, a tool that’s active seasonally and allows anyone to see bird migration “heat maps” around the…
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Featured Artist Rickey Lewis
Source Artsy Shark Artist Rickey Lewis presents a compelling portfolio of paintings that evoke societal truths and human conditions. The post Featured Artist Rickey Lewis appeared first on Artsy Shark.
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Play ‘Liminal Bingo,’ Pat Perry’s Participatory Photo Treasure Hunt
Source Colossal If you want to participate in Pat Perry’s new photo project, you’ll have to get comfortable heading outside, grabbing a few friends, and preparing to hunt low and high for obscure spots in your neighborhood. The Detroit-based artist recently launched “Liminal Bingo,” a communal photo hunt designed specifically “for people ages 5 to…
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Baumgartner Restoration Painstakingly Brings a Neglected Portrait Back to Life
Source Colossal “Paintings arrive at the studio in all states of disrepair,” shares art conservator Julian Baumgartner, who receives artworks in need of attention all the time. He adds, “It is, however, odd to have a painting arrive in a manner that can’t help but make one wonder just how bad it is.” An anonymous…
