I love color palette and line quality in this one.  Brian sent me a larger version than the one on his site so I could see a little more detail.  Sometimes viewing work online can be a little frustrating since I don’t get the same experience as in a gallery.

artist & website: Brian Gonzales – http://illegitimatepress.com/

Paint and Ink on Wood – 48″ x 48″

I have a liking to good figurative works done with inks.  This is a really nice series and Ben just wrapped up his first Solo show in Toronto.  Sorry, I did not find this until after the show ended.

artist & website: Ben Tour – http://www.thetourshow.com/

Tree #1, from the series Photography-Act, 2007

This work reminds me, on a much smaller scale, of Christo’s Running Fence.  I guess the starkness of the white canvas used to cut into nature is where I find the similarity.  One key difference is this piece was designed to have one point of view.  Pieces like this one cause me to think about man made objects and how they interact with and chnage our landscape.

Simple in concept, complex in execution, Lee makes us look at a tree in its natural surroundings, but separates the tree artificially from nature by presenting it on an immense white ground, as one would see a painting or photograph on a billboard.

artist & website: Myoung Ho Lee – http://www.lensculture.com/myoung.html

graphite, coffee, & watercolor on paper – 27″x60″

I would love to see an animated series based on these illustrations.  This is part of his Acid in the Ice Cream series.

artist & website: Zach Johnsen – http://www.zenvironments.com/illustration.html

mixed media on canvas 40″ x 60″

artist & website: TMNK – http://www.flickr.com/photos/5150everywhere

48″H x 96″W – 60,000 quilting pins on prepared wall surface

I really enjoy the fluidity of this installation.  I am also a big fan of using simple objects and repetition to create larger forms and texture.

artist & website: Lisa Kellner – http://lisakellner.com

installation: Resin walls grafted with goat hair and clay.

I love this because I immediatly thought, “gross, what is that?”  The installation looks like something from another world. The texture certainly does not look like clay, and leaves me wishing I could see it up close.  See John’s site for more photos and other great works that deal with interesting textures.

artist & website: John Grade – http://www.johngrade.com

HeHe uses light graffiti to put green clouds on the emissions from local factories.  This was designed to get the public thinking about the environment on a more local level. A full explanation is here: http://hehe.org.free.fr/hehe/texte/nv/index.html

Nuage Vert is ambiguous, as it doesn’t offer a simple moralistic message, but rather tries to confront the city dweller with an evocative and aesthetic spectacle, which is open to interpretation and challenges ordinary perception. Turning a factory emission cloud green, inevitably, leads to questions being asked.

artist & website: HeHe – http://hehe.org.free.fr/hehe/nuagevert/

Oil on panel, 16 x 20 inches

This painting was commissioned by the Wall Street Journal for their special Inauguration edition.  Barber is known for his amazing tattooed portraits and you can checkout his site for those.

artist & website: Shawn Barber – http://www.sdbarber.com/