It is a special gift bestowed upon artists to take what is ugly and make it beautiful. In his Recycle series, photographer Cristobal Valecillos uses every day materials to craft the fashions and sets he then photographs, so that what…
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Collage seems to be the “it” medium these days. And why not? It takes a gifted eye for composition, color, and visual texture to make a collage that stands out amid the throng. French artist Pascaline Dargant’s collages are…
21st century humans are over thinkers. In this age of almost unlimited information access, we Google it, Wikipedia it, overanalyzing most anything and everything that comes our way. The moments in which we just lose ourselves to what is…
Sometimes the amount of garbage we accumulate in a week completely shocks us. We wonder how in the world two adults could create so much waste. We do try to be aware of our consumption and curtail it wherever…
Perhaps some pretty flowers arrived at your house yesterday? Maybe not ones of the Christy Kinard variety ( but if so, LUCKY!! ), but the sweetly scented kind. Pray tell, what did you do with your floral treasure? Please…
Happy Valentine’s Day, Artsies! Back in my singleton days, February 14th brought out the snarky cynic in me. I even owned and regularly sported a “Love Stinks” t-shirt. But ever since Mr. Forager finally realized he loved me, I’ve…
I hope you don’t mind if I get personal. Something has been missing from my life. I was seeing it every day from all points, sharing with you when I found it elsewhere, yet finding it lacking for myself.…
After my grandmother died, there were a few pieces of her clothing that I kept just because they reminded me of her. Even a few years after she was gone, you could catch the faint scent of her perfume…
Note: There seems to be an issue with EIL, as this Artist Watch has not been published as scheduled. Working to get it fixed! There is so much to be proud of in our history, yet there is much…
Something that draws me again and again to abstract work is how it, more than any other style, tends to be about outward expression of an inner life. Artists using their canvases and paints to work out what is…