Mark Ryden

it has been awhile since anything was posted on here… sorry.
This is a cool time-laps video of Mark Ryden painting.

Ron Mueck

Right now at the Portland Art Museum there is a real life Ron Mueck sculpture. Ron Mueck creates larger then life and smaller then life realistic looking figures. His work is so real looking that I felt like the piece I was looking at was going to start moving.

This sculpture is entitled Boy Crouching In Mirror. 1999/2002 mixed media Boy 43.2×45.7x28cm

Here is a boring video/slideshow of his work.

Here is a funny British narration of his process

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mL3JitMMd4&feature=related

Here is a link to his bio

http://www.jamescohan.com/artists/ron-mueck/bio/

lois van baarle

Jaw-dropping good…Inspiring. Lois is a phenomenal artist, an animator, and everything that I want to be some day. She’s my age. How did she get there?

I love her color schemes, line work, textures and stylization of character. What is also wonderful about this artist is that she isn’t afraid to share her technique and offers helpful tips in her blog. Looks like a lot of her work is done digitally, and it seems we share a common source of influence: Alfonse Mucha.

I have a lot to learn from this artist

Josh Keyes

This guy’s work is remarkable, and his aim to bring awareness to the environmental condition is inspirational;  a message that I am continually trying to expound upon through my own work.

This piece can be found under the paintings section on his site.  It is titled “Drifting” — 30×40″ acrylic on panel, 2009.

Histrionics

These are real photographs. Histronics is a blog by photographer Wren Noble wo currently resides in Brooklyn and travels around the states. She carries her camera, NikonD40 with an old lens she inherited from her mother, everywhere and documents her life.

Alex Lukas

These are drawings more can be seen here http://www.alexlukas.com/drawing.html

Terribly Odd

I get a kick out of this guy’s stuff:

http://terriblyodd.com/

Lesley Reppeteaux

Really good stuff… Check her out:

http://reppeteaux.bigcartel.com/

Walton Ford

Walton Ford’s work is comic, bizarre, grotesque, and dreamy. The research he does before he creates an image is an art-form in itself. I highly recommend reading about him on Art:21 and watching the video on his process and work.

Fernworks

I came across this artist on the Crafty Wonderland site: http://www.fernworks.org/paintings6.html 

…Check out the paintings. I love the established depth with the layers of resin.  I’d love to try something like this…

And if you don’t know about Crafty Wonderland, it’s another gem of Portland’s art scene…Second Sunday of every month, located at the Doug Fir, features local artists and crafts. http://www.craftywonderland.com/

Amy Sol

This artist induces that internal “Awwww” effect when I look at her work; brings me back to my childhood. Just wanted to share…Love her color schemes and the way she brings out the pattern of the wood in her work.

http://www.amysol.com/

Reuben Rude

Stumbled across this artist today…Really intrigued by his color schemes, integration of words, and line work. Reminds me a little of Blaine Fontana. Wanted to share… Check out more of his work here: http://www.reubenrude.com/

kate durkin

I’m back in San Fransisco visiting friends, having fun and seeing great art. I was recently introduced to Kate Durkin’s work. She does some fun stuff.
Im posting this through my i-phone so im sorry i cant post picts or links correctly.
Check out her work here.
Www.katedurkin.com

Jay Ryan

Jay Ryan has been printing band posters for many years. He owns and runs The Bird Machine Press.
Check out a video of what he does.

Matching

A good friend of mine once said, in reference to a piece of art, “I think it’s possible that two or more people could have the same thought and create almost the same piece of art at about the same time.” Do you think that it is possible? Here are two artists Kill Pixie and Laylah Ali that I feel have very similar work. There are links to look at more of their work.
Kill Pixie

Laylah Ali

Graffiti Generator

Now you can digitally create your own computer graffiti

yay fun!

*SKINNER*

Fifty 24 gallery in Portland (Upper Playground) is exhibiting Shadows of the Unrealm, the art of Skinner. The paintings and instillations in this show remind me of watching He-Man cartoons when I was little. The figures in the paintings seem to resemble mid-evil type warriors and religious figures mixed with some real photos and graphic images from the 80′s. Skinner has a way of merging the grotesque with globs of color and sparkles… I love colorful sparkly throw up don’t you?
SKINNER

Abelardo Morell

A professor of photography at the Massachusetts College of Art, Morell is known for his images of exterior scenes transposed onto quiet interior settings through the use of the camera obscura. He is giving a lecture April 24th at The Portland Art Museum.
Abelardo Morell
Check out a documentary of him here

Mandy Greer

Mandy Greer has an instillation up right now in the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland entitled Dare alla Luce. The work is beautifully stitched globbs of fabric hanging overhead. The whole instillation reminded me of walking through a swamp. The show runs through May 31st, check it out if you get a chance and let me know what you think.

Here she talks a little bit about her process

Watch more videos here

William Kentridge

For me Spring break 09′ was filled with basking in the sun in San Francisco, eating great food, riding bikes around Oakland, and seeing this amazing exhibit at the SF MOMA. Every time I am in SF I have to stop at the MOMA and I always see some amazing works of art. Before I viewed William Kentridge’s work and not knowing what I was about to see, I had a lengthy conversation about video and how a lot of video artist limit themselves to a square space. This body of work plays on breaking the constraints of a viewing box in 2D form and creating a 3D world for his video to play out. Mr. Kentridge brings video, animation, theater, and robotics together to form his exhibition Five Themes.

Here is a link to the exhibit at the MOMA
Here are some videos
Here is an art review