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fatmalovestodraw: WIP. 5AM. Good night/morning, Tumblr.

expatty — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:30:52 -0400

fatmalovestodraw:

WIP.

5AM. Good night/morning, Tumblr.

elinka: Stones within wood by Wolf Brüning

expatty — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:28:53 -0400

elinka:

Stones within wood

by Wolf Brüning

iheartmyart: Leanne Eisen

expatty — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 13:53:37 -0400

iheartmyart:

Leanne Eisen

lomographicsociety: City Band: Outstanding Gargantuan Pencil...

expatty — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:17:30 -0400

lomographicsociety:

City Band: Outstanding Gargantuan Pencil Drawing by Chris LaPorte

One man, 1,200 hours, over 100 pencils, and a monumental work of art. This was how the folks over at This is Colossal summarized the amazing work of an American artist, and it could never be more accurate. Read on and take a look at the pencil drawings of Chris LaPorte, jaw-dropping in scale and skill!

thepixelatednerd: Movie Illustrations by Massimo Carnevale

expatty — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 11:25:42 -0400

thepixelatednerd:

Movie Illustrations

by Massimo Carnevale

explore-blog: Gorgeous vintage ads from 1950s Japan

expatty — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:14:45 -0400

explore-blog:

Gorgeous vintage ads from 1950s Japan

from Wikipedia Life and Art Tjaarke Maas started to paint since...

expatty — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:05:15 -0400

from Wikipedia

Life and Art

Tjaarke Maas started to paint since her early childhood, in Tasmania, Australia, where her family had immigrated from Holland. At the age of 17 she came back to Europe and went to Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam**, and later continued her studies in New York, where she was introduced to the art of iconography, studying with iconographer Vladislav Andrejev, who wrote:/…/ Besides the beauty and artistic quality I see in each work of Tjaarke a profound meaning…. She manages to reunite in her paintings the elements of the spiritual and the material worlds… her research and her art can be identified as the spiritual philosophy./…/^[11]*** The Russian sacred art, literature and philosophy greatly influenced Tjaarke’s life and work. At the age of 18, she was married, and to support her family began to work, as a model, travelling extensively throughout Europe, visiting Japan and Australia. Influences, especially of Japanese wood prints, could be traced in Tjaarke’s etchings and paintings.

After 1996 she lived in Florence, Italy, where she was accepted into the Accademia di Belle Arti (Academy of Fine Arts) She graduated from the Academy in 2003 with diploma cum laude^[12] and continued to paint intensively and to work on iconography. She combined writing about icons with studying the theology of the image — these forms the basis of her personal spiritual pursuit. At the same time, she also wrote poetry, prose and fairy-tales for children.^[13] She produced more than 500 artwork, consisting of paintings, etchings, drawings and sketches.

[edit]Last Years

At age 26, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had to cope with this illness for the rest of her life. A few years later, Tjaarke found refuge in the forests surrounding the Hermit Monastery of Saint Francis of Assisi (Eremo del Carcere) to continue her work on icons as commissioned by the priest Don Gino. Her death came about after the strong impact of her fall on one of the slopes of Subasio mountain, where she was found on 8 July 2004. In a small cave, where Tjaarke was dwelling, her work on the unfinished icon was found — it was an icon of the Transfiguration.

/…/ Artists are not ‘dying’ - they just move on from one studio to the other” so the artist Lev Meshberg writes about Tjaarke. /…/ Her talent was God’s given, she was in no pursuit of fame /…/ any stroke on canvas or wood constituted a true spiritual act /…/ She was a genuine born-to-be painter, a subtle draftsman, she was longing for harmony – with no hint of cheap tricks or vulgarity /…/ Her works were alive, pulsating, with the profound combination of the gift and intellect, which are the essence of the art./…/^[14]

alecshao: Lei Xue, Porcelain Rubbish, 2007 Via

expatty — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:47:20 -0400

alecshao:

Lei Xue, Porcelain Rubbish, 2007

Via

booksmut: The Key of A

expatty — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:10:48 -0500

booksmut:

The Key of A

mikasavela: A scale model of Illegal Architecture (in 1:40) by...

expatty — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:24:48 -0500

mikasavela:

A scale model of Illegal Architecture (in 1:40) by Wang Shu and Hsien Ying-Chun. Now displayed at the Asian Urban Portraits Exhibits pavilion in the 2011-12 Hong Kong and Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale. The project, consisting of both architects’ technically illegal but in reality quite sensible designs (other on the roof top, other in between the buildings) for an existing city block, utilizing used furniture and recycled objects, as “an homage to the phenomenal illegal constructions throughout Taiwan”.

jacobvanloon: Neu

expatty — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 07:40:27 -0500

jacobvanloon:

Neu

ordovicianfauna: Pen drawings by Joan Saló

expatty — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:59:48 -0500

ordovicianfauna:

Pen drawings by Joan Saló

rinkokawauchi: ちょうどいいバランスを保つっていうのが目標。

expatty — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:43:32 -0500

rinkokawauchi:

ちょうどいいバランスを保つっていうのが目標。

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expatty — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:07:17 -0500

gaksdesigns: Moleskine doodles by Lex Wilson

expatty — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:09:01 -0500

gaksdesigns:

Moleskine doodles by Lex Wilson

havisham: Gatsby, recoverd by Ian O’Phelan, Ryan Collier, Caree...

expatty — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:45:05 -0500

havisham:

Gatsby, recoverd by Ian O’Phelan, Ryan Collier, Caree Michel & Bryce Wilmer.

expatty — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:58:01 -0500

phedia-mazuc:

©Phedia Mazuc

artchipel: Xavier Delory - Formes urbaines | Barre d’ilot_01....

expatty — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:16:52 -0500

artchipel:

Xavier Delory - Formes urbaines | Barre d’ilot_01. Photographie numérique contre-collé sur Aluminium 1 mm, Tirage Lambda Durst, 30x45cm (2010)

available here >

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expatty — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:29:35 -0500

axisorbit: George Myers - People - Agency - YCN / found at...

expatty — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:12:18 -0500

axisorbit:

George Myers - People - Agency - YCN / found at http://bit.ly/ywBPj1, January 23, 2012 at 12:55PM