Jordan Metcalf has some really nice art and illustration work in his Flickr-folio. It doesn’t really stop at illustration, however as he also generates some equally stunning examples of typography. He guards his work closely though so the images of his work are small.
James Mitchell is based in Portland and has some really cool artwork in his Flickr-folio.
Camille Tsering has some really nice hands on illustration/art work utilizing numerous materials and techniques. The end result of which is some really interesting work that has a similarity in feeling but a different approach according to the materials.
I am really really digging the black and white psychedelic/metaphysical collage work of artist Nicolas Malinowsky this afternoon.
Local Denver, Colorado artist Jason Thielke will be making an appearance tonight at the opening reception of his latest exhibition at the new David B. Smith Gallery. 20+ new works will be unveiled tonight ranging from laser cuts and laser etches w/ lacquer, aerosol, and ink to pieces in colored pencil on paper. The reception begins at 7pm and The David B. Smith Gallery is located at 1543 A Wazee St in Denver. You can see the works currently on display at the Smith website.
Jason is one of the hardest working artists I know in Denver and he is also a great guy and a family man. Unfortunately, I have to be in the mountains this weekend but if you are here in Denver, do try to make it out to his show and offer support. He deserves the attention. Congratulations Jason.
Migy wrote in to inform me that he is still ‘smashing stuff’ with an update to his portfolio and website with new illustration work.
New Jerseyy gallery founder, Tobias Madison created some very unusual work for his latest exhibit entitled, ‘Yes I Can!’
About the artist from Wikipedia:
“Dustin Yellin (born Los Angeles, July 22, 1975) is a contemporary artist living in New York. His artworks are based on a unique process of painting 3d forms in resin. Common subjects in his artworks are biological imagery. While historic artists like Leopold Blaschka and Ernst Haeckel have used their techniques to represent real biological forms, Dustin Yellin’s artworks exist as permutations of natural life and form. His paintings use a method to represent 3d forms that is reminiscent of both lenticular images and rapid prototyping. The technique approximates a static volumetric display and is autostereoscopic as his artworks appear three dimensional without the use of special glasses or viewing equipment.”
Really fascinating approach resulting in beautiful art.
Via Synaptic Stimuli.
Brooks Shane Salzwedel is an artist and accessories designer who lives and works in Los Angeles. He creates his unusual work by layering graphite, tape and resin. It gives his imagery a strange and dream-like misty effect that works perfectly with his nature inspired themes. You can also buy his wares at Shane On You.
As opposed to me butchering a decent explanation as to how artist Richard Galpin produces his unusual and amazing artwork, here is his own explanation from his website: “
Richard Galpin’s complex art works are derived from the artist’s own photographs of chaotic cityscapes. Using only a scalpel Galpin intricately scores and peels away the emulsion from the surface of the photograph to produce a radical revision of the urban form. The artist allows himself no collaging, or additions of any kind – each delicate work is a unique piece made entirely by the erasure of photographic information.”
If you are looking for a way to celebrate Independence Day tonight you can head down to the Fabric Lab and the Shoppe to take in some local art and music with some good people at the East Colfax Artwalk. It is guaranteed to be a good time and my friends behind the Fabric Lab are some of the nicest people I know here in Denver and believe very much in our local art scene. The party kicks off at 6pm and will go until 10pm.
Happy 4th.
Jason DeMarte’s biography:
“Jason DeMarte was born in Louisiana in 1973 but spent most of his childhood in Colorado. Growing up in Colorado’s natural beauty had a profound effect on Jason, an effect that is evident in his work to this day. While Jason has been making pictures since he was 11 years old he was originally interested in biological sciences. After attending school pursuing a degree in science Jason decided he could investigate his interests in the natural world better with Photography. Jason DeMarte is now an established artist currently on leave from Mississippi State University and teaching photography at the University of New Mexico. He received his B.F.A. in Photography from Colorado State University and then his M.F.A in Photography from the University of Oregon. Previous to teaching in Mississippi, Jason taught photography for three years at Zayed University, an all Muslim women’s University in the United Arab Emirates. Working overseas allowed Jason to travel to over a dozen countries, giving him an insightful and unique perspective to work from. DeMarte’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums including the Chelsea Galleria in Miami, the Pacific Northwest Center for Photography in Portland OR. the Meridian Museum of Art, the New Life Gallery in Berlin Germany, the University of the Art Gallery in Philadelphia, the Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography in L.A., the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art and the Total Arts Gallery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His work has also appeared in journals and publications including Photography Now, Photo Review and the Wynwood Arts Magazine. He recently received honorable mention for Jen Beckman’s “Hey Hot Shots” competition, and was accepted into this years Review Santa Fe and the Photo-Eye gallery showcase in Santa Fe NM. Lastly Jason was nominated for this years PDN 30 emerging photographers.”
Discovered via But Does It Float.
Illustrator/artist Jason Asato emailed to let me know he has put up a series of 8.5 x 11 inch prints for sale entitled, ‘Ridonkulous‘. The prints are high quality and very reasonably priced. Asato has a pretty unique sense of humor that shines through his work and website.
This was in my email inbox this morning:
“Axtor Disney was an american cartoonist, illustrator, musician, and magician. Elder brother of Walter E. and Roy O. Disney, he along with his brothers founded The Walt Disney Company in 1923.
After many heated and sometimes violent discussions, mostly due to his very peculiar and strange work methods, and especially because of his children illustrations which can only be described as ‘queer’, he was fired from his own company and expelled from the core of the Disney family itself, situation that made him change his very own last name from Disney to “Majesto” His brothers made sure to wipe each and every piece of work that could credit his existence, burning all his sketches and his macabre collection of deformed animals.
Secluded in the darkness and mentally supressed, Axtor decides to give birth to a new company named “Espeluzland” in order to compete with the overly friendly and fantastic world of his new enemies, the Disney brothers.”
It was just too weird not to post.
Sculptor AJ Fosik is currently exhibiting at the White Walls Gallery in San Francisco until July 10th. His psychedelic sculptures are really unusual and constructed sometimes from found objects and wood tiles. He had a studio here in Denver briefly at the Andenken gallery that I took over for a short time after he moved to Philadelphia. He left behind a bunch of really cool old boom boxes and some choice tapes that I ended up taking with me when I left the studio. I still have the boom boxes in my office at Cactus.
If you can make it to White Walls, stop by to check out his work. It isn’t really like much of anything else that is out in the so-called ‘lowbrow’ art scend and definitely leaves an impression on the viewer.
Elna Frederick has some really unusual javascript art up to play with. It’s not often you see something like this and whether you like it or not, it’s an interesting idea to generate interactive art via javascript.
Hugo Arcier was trained in 3D graphic arts at the Supinfocom school (Valenciennes). His work is just bizarre but really interesting.
Yes, the work of Eric Yahnker is undeniably strange. This much is true. After the initial weird out has happened it begins to sink in that works like the pieces shown above were actually created in graphite. That’s right, they were drawn. When that realization occurs, it’s hard not to deny some keen talent and a really amazing eye.
