
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Alter in Orange by Michelle Muldrow, from her series Cathedrals of Desire, where she paints the aisles of Home Depot and Target as the “landscapes of the 21st century.” On view at Jen Bekman Projects.
Antelope in Landscape (after Claudot and Desportes) - Shelley Reed
2007
oil on canvas
72x66”
Yes to everything about this: big; gorgeous; lush; dramatic; chaotic motion in every plane. Sensual texture; teasing lighting; black-and-white glamor. Hat-tips to everyone from the Renaissance Italians to the Dutch Masters, the Impressionists to contemporaries like Walton Ford.
What I’m trying to say is, get off of my computer and onto my wall.
Here’s a closeup of Vincent van Gough’s “Starry Night” using Google’s new Art Project website. Check out the site, it’s like google maps for some of the world’s best museums. (Link)
This is so fucking beautiful.
This is a painting by 23-year-old UK painter Tom Martin. Click through for more of this 23 (!) year (!) old (!)’s work.
Makes me think of Depeche Mode’s Everything Counts:
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all
——
The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts
An oil painting of a cap from the Westvleteren Brewery, producer of some of the most renowned and hardest to find beers in the world.
Beer + art + rare kegs = rad.
‘Mills and River, Early Morning,’ Pittsburgh, 1905. Aaron Gorson, Carnegie Museum of Art. [hanneorla’s Flickr]
<3 u pgh.
GOTCHA by Nigel Van wieck
Steven Nederveen (via saintstigersloversart)
Am I the only person who hasn’t heard of Kieron Williamson, the 7-year-old painter whiz kid?
And do you want to buy this for me?