Children’s Stoves – Oil on Linen 40 x 60

I crossed paths with Patrick when I featured one of his T-shirts in my post, 25 T-shirts for Artists and Wannabes. I later found out that Patrick is also a talented painter.  Patrick’s paintings are rich in exaggerated color depicting typical suburban American scenes and adding a bit tension it.

I am getting pretty excited about the tools being developed for the iPhone / iPod and have been looking into which of these tools are the best for artists.  As I am looking are, I found the apps that I listed here.  These are apps that I have seen people using and praising the most.

With Christmas right around the corner, everyone is trying to find that perfect gift.  Here are 25 T-shirts for you or an artist in your life.  

Degraw Street Mural, Brooklyn, NY :: Spray Paint & Latex Acrylic 60′ x12′

Damon Ginandes, a Brooklyn based mixed media artist, paints elaborate compositions of portraits intermingling with one another.

Devoid of context and stripped of external identity, they are portraits of souls – ageless, anonymous, and solitary. Their longing stares serve as a mute communication from which a distinct visual and psychological intimacy emerges.

Born in Shandong province, China and graduate of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Liu Bolin uses paint and camera to create these wonderful camouflage works of art.  No trick photography or photoshopping is used to create the illusion of an invisible man. The subject is typically a Chinese citizen covered head to toe in paint to camouflage them in front of the selected scene.

Oil on canvas 30in x 24in

Shawn Barber is best known for his life-like tattoo portrait paintings.   Barber has an extensive collection of work on his site, so make sure you check this guy out.

Just two weeks after the death of the King of Pop, works by visual artists are surfacing, paying tribute to Michael Jackson.  I found many of these, but here are two of my favorites.

16″ x 12″ – Acrylics and markers.

Loving this painting!  I love style and texture and I imagine that my hate for McDonald’s makes me like it even more.  Checkout Matt’s Deviant Art Gallery for more great work.

artist & website: Matt Robinson – http://mattrobinson.deviantart.com

140 x 190cm – Mixed media on wood found on streets and beaches in Dublin, Belfast, Kerry and London

Here is another piece from asbestos that I featured last year.  Make sure you checkout asbestos’ site and asbestos’ Flickr account for more.

artist & website: asbestos – http://www.theartofasbestos.com/