one could stand on its own

Ronald Kurniawan draws, paints and sculpts wild and imaginative scenes and characters.

Looking for a new sketchbook, I decided to venture out from the normal black hard cover acid free books that I usually buy.  I spent some time looking and reading about various sketchbooks and found many great choices.  I realize that there are many more options than I have listed here, so if you know of an awesome one that I missed, please let me know in the comments below.

While writing 22 Beautiful & Creative iPhone Apps I found many wonderful apps exploring different aspects of user interaction with art, imagery and sound. Experimental Art applications like these are not new, but user access to them and how they interact with them is.

First stage of a themed journal that will be created with the WAFA collective.

Jenkins is a mixed media artist that pumps out works of art like a machine.  The volume of wonderful work that comes from his hands is staggering.

Justin BUA paints the urban culture of NY, NY in vibrant color and beautiful distorted realism. The paintings are rich with detail and each one tells a unique story.

Here for Alba

Anish Kapoor creates large-scale sculptures which have an architectural quality about them. His sculptures are more about the artist’s expression than it is about expressing an idea or message.

Tapumes

Henrique Oliveira uses recycled “Tapumes” (sidings made of plywood in english) to create his sculpture and installations. Full of texture, color and movement, these pieces reflect a work path he chose while in school.

80 in x 160 in - From the Filigree series - Acrylic and sumi ink on hanging cut papers

I seem to be on a kick for revisiting artists that I have previously featured. 😀  I have really enjoyed looking back through old posts and finding how each artists work has evolved. I featured a piece, Growth I, by Katherine Mann in 2008, and I was thrilled to find new work from her in my inbox.

Ink and watercolour on paper, 5x7 inches

I first featured Marc Johns’ drawing, the boxes we put people in, in 2008 and I am so happy that I took the time to revisit his website.  Johns’ comedic drawings are as creative as they are funny.