While I can see the writing on the wall, I’m not sure the owners of the wall want to see it.
Photo: I saw the writing on the wall, I have your number
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 23 February, 2010 to the snap shots subset
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In Chicago the whole city is Patrick Skoff’s art gallery
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 16 February, 2010 to the design and art subset
Chicago artist Patrick Skoff has an unique way of distributing his paintings, he leaves them around the city, there to be taken by anyone so interested.
Skoff ran a landscaping business for a decade but was unhappy and gave it up to paint full time. Now he drives in from his home in Glen [...]
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Photo: painting of a cat on an old tin gate
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 4 February, 2010 to the snap shots subset
The local neighbour cat gate.
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Photo: a hand painted finish beats a photo finish any day
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 25 January, 2010 to the snap shots subset
Painted race depiction, across the road from Randwick Racecourse, Sydney.
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In mathematics there is art, and vice versa
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 2 December, 2009 to the design and art subset
Maths and art are “two sides of the same coin” to artist-mathematician Lun-Yi Tsai:
My art usually begins with a mathematical idea I find intriguing. To make sure I understand it, I work out the steps of the construction or the proof of the proposition – these often appear as handwritten notes in the background [...]
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The illustration and art of Laura Berger
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 18 November, 2009 to the design and art subset
Check out the painting and illustration work of Chicago based creative Laura Berger.
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A body of work that inherently includes many self-portraits
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 9 November, 2009 to the design and art subset
The amazing artworks of Chinese “camouflage artist” Liu Bolin – who by way of body-paint – incorporates himself into each of his works, more images here.
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Is this a world record, a mural on a record shop wall?
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 15 October, 2009 to the design and art subset
Sydney artist Brad Eastman aka Beastman, producer of online Australian art magazine [weAREtheIMAGEmakers], and whose exhibitions I go along to, recently painted one of his trademark images on the outside wall of The Recordstore in Darlinghurst, Sydney.
Via Lost At E Minor.
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Michelangelo makes an appearance in his own final painting
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 3 July, 2009 to the design and art subset
A self portrait of Michelangelo has been uncovered during the restoration of the Renaissance artist’s final work, “The crucifixion of Saint Peter”, and can be seen in the top left hand side of the painting, where the artist portrays himself on horseback, wearing a blue turban.
Maurizio De Luca, the Vatican’s head of paintings restoration, said [...]
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The human printer will hand paint your photos
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 2 July, 2009 to the design and art subset
The curious hand painted photo work of the human printer.
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