joao ruas

i would bit off a finger to be able to draw like joao ruas!!

helen terry

worth spending a bit of time with helen terry as she explores a full gamut of techniquer in her approach to the environment

ibrahim el salahi

ibrahim el salahi - old school modern, would've loved to have seen this at the tate

lee morgan

witch

tomas saraceno

impossible trips i might like to make - a voyage round the inside of tomas saraceno's head

hush

if i was emperor this would be what the streets looked like. check out hush

sam reveles

squiggles, wiggles and lines again. so!!? sam reveles - sublime

nandipha mntambo

i love these and it makes me just want to run out, buy some gear and make something similar. in my head it goes smoothly, then i think about it and it all becomes much more tricky! she does all manner of other things besides. check her out.

mary sibande

textile's never a bad way to start the week and mary sibande smashes it out of the park

dave pike

basil kirchin

loyiso mkize

loyiso mkize's portfolio is, unhelpfully, blocked so you'll need to do a bit of googling for more images. i really like his commitment to the face

electronic system

ghada amer

if anyone ever says stitch can't be subversive then step up ghader amer. these are beautiful to look at but she's got an agenda that just doesn't give up. makes me want to cheer!

diane victor

what would you call these - smoke portraits? these are great images to get involved in but diane victor's about way more than just these

brooks salzwedel

if brooks salzwedel was only doing botanical illustration these would be powerful images but he's about much more than that

piero piccioni

alessandro alessandroni

helene amouzou

textile, pattern, erasure, negation - what's not to like with helene amouzou?

sokari douglas camp

you've just got to love the plurality of narrative happening in sokari douglas camp's work. looking at this stuff not only do i get a sense that something is right with the world but also about what art could be.

dorothy ashby

majida khattari

i fond, after a browse thru majida khattari's images, that they stay with me, popping up in other thoughts, making ne think about the way i look at and represent the world around me.

faithxlvii

faithxlvii - amazing! if you don't know her work get off and make a cup of tea, sit down and take some time browsing

nasser shamma

this is a playlist rather than an album but lsten anyway. nasser shamma - amzing!!

rabih abou khalil

creighton michael

if it's got dots, spots or circles and that microscopy feel chances are i'm going to be up for it. creighton michael doesn't fall short even if i can't find this image on his website

gabor szabo

ephrem solomon

 and we'll just keep on with the figurative. not least because i don't have enough wood/linocut on the site. lokking at ephrem solomon's work is me lookand learning!

dawit abebe

i'm not usually the biggest fan of figurative painting but i really like the strong grpahic elements in dawit abebe as well as the feeling of narrative undercurrent

mainly ethiopia

all that ethiopian music and some more besides...

alberta bamonte

it's great to see someone else doing something similar to what you do yourself but coming up with a different set of methods and solutions. more images here