Monday 31 December 2018

huguette caland


i can't imagine why i'm not tripping over images from huguette caland everywhere. it's easy to lose a few hours just dipping a toe into what she's done. sublime

Sunday 30 December 2018

Saturday 29 December 2018

Friday 28 December 2018

fabienne verdier


fabienne verdier serves up a slab of geological red. i can't resist....

Thursday 27 December 2018

nancy eckels


nancy eckels - couldn't see past this colour

Wednesday 26 December 2018

Tuesday 25 December 2018

Sunday 23 December 2018

Saturday 22 December 2018

Friday 21 December 2018

gabriele meyer


gabriele meyer is a professor of mathematics who likes to crochet hyperbolic forms in her down time. if that's not art i don't know what is!

Thursday 20 December 2018

Wednesday 19 December 2018

Tuesday 18 December 2018

isao tomoda


really quite taken by the portrait work of isao tomoda. his pictures of cats maybe not so much but where the internet goes....

Monday 17 December 2018

michalis shammas


this is just sublimely beautiful. i could listen all day. michael shammis

Sunday 16 December 2018

Saturday 15 December 2018

Friday 14 December 2018

talon abraxas


browsing through talon abraxas' i', reminded of that phrase from miss jean brodie that 'for those who like that sort of thing that is the sort of thing they like'. so while i may not be taken with some of his iamges i did like this.

Thursday 13 December 2018

shomei tomatsu


shomei tomatsu - like getting a glimpse into a time capsule

Wednesday 12 December 2018

Tuesday 11 December 2018

Monday 10 December 2018

arne svenson


if someone was to ask me how photography fitted into the canon of western art i could do worse than direct them to arne svenson. i could look at these all day. interesting contrast/comparison to the previous post on miroslac tichy

Sunday 9 December 2018

Saturday 8 December 2018

Friday 7 December 2018

miroslav tichy


miroslav tichy - problematic in so many ways but his images are so arresting. you be the judge. that's what art's all about maybe?

Thursday 6 December 2018

irving penn


the classics. yes, i look at them too

Wednesday 5 December 2018

Tuesday 4 December 2018

antonio palmerini


it may seem as if antonio palmerini has one subject but even so i can't look past these blurry double exposures (and all the other work he has going on) ....

Monday 3 December 2018

vivian maier


what can creativity look like when it's outside sales, galleries and academia? like vivian maier that's what. i love the lack of biography for her, i love the fact she most likely wouldn't be happy about the attention she's getting now. and i love that because all it does is focus attention onto the images.

Saturday 1 December 2018

Friday 30 November 2018

moriyamo daido


i can't find anything to say about moriyamo daido's work except to say i can't say anything about it because it's just so wide in scope

Thursday 29 November 2018

eikoh hosoe


welcome to the world of eikoh hosoe

Wednesday 28 November 2018

Tuesday 27 November 2018

michelangelo di battista


michelangelo di battista works in fashion photography so his work is inevitably infected by that state of mind, i liked this tho. google for more. think michael bay movies and you won't be too far away.

Monday 26 November 2018

Sunday 25 November 2018

Saturday 24 November 2018

Friday 23 November 2018

arslan ahmedov


yeah i'm a sucker for scratchy blurred image. here's arslan ahmedov

Thursday 22 November 2018

ed ross


got to love an old school image. no specific site for ed ross but a bit of care with your googling. there's a healthy dose of male gaze here and the results will almost certainly will contain content that's nsfw

Wednesday 21 November 2018

Tuesday 20 November 2018

lloyd kwila


i couldn't find any information on lloyd kwila. likewise i don't really have the lexicon to discuss it. but here it is, whatever it is, and i'm glad to have come across it....

Monday 19 November 2018

akira kusaka


i'll tell you one thing - doing this blog has definitely pushed me more towards the figurative and illustrative end of the spectrum. so here's akira kusaka who i like for many of the reasons i like shaun tan but also just to remind myself that's there's whole different strands of illustrtation in japan

Sunday 18 November 2018

Saturday 17 November 2018

so, yes, i breathed

and i kind of missed doing all of this. definitely check out that matthew herbert sequence in the actual film. i love the soundtrack but the sequence itself is beautiful and transformative.

so, a kind of a start (again). maybe there'll be a bit less text - i don't want to just get caught up in a mess of superlatives! or maybe i'll get more verbal. who knows. enjoy

matthew herbert

Saturday 6 October 2018

and breathe....

and that, for the time being, may well be that. i've got house moves, new jobs and all manner of other upheaval going on so a post a day just isn't feasible any longer! that said i'd only intended to do it for a year so it's surpassed the time i'd anticipated for it!

so thanks for coming along for the ride. doubtless there'll be other posts but maybe just not as frequently! watch this space....

Friday 5 October 2018

jakub rozalski


there's something about jakub rozalski's game based steampunk realism that makes me feel all is right with the world. visual art can often take itself way too seriously. for me rozalski defines that combination of skill, application, a sense of play and just having a laugh

Thursday 4 October 2018

lee bontecou

where has lee bontecou been hiding all my life? if this is your thing you're in for a proper treat!

Wednesday 3 October 2018

edie nadelhaft


i'm not normally a fan of hyperrealism even if i can admire the technique. macro-hyperrealism tho - edie nadelhaft blows it out of the water!

Tuesday 2 October 2018

malgorzata stanielewicz


i'm delighted that not only can you see malgorzata stanielewicz's graphic work she does costume also. excellent!

Monday 1 October 2018

erik gonzales


i was taken by this image by erik gonzales because of how much it reminded me of a grain of pollen or a butterfly egg.

Sunday 30 September 2018

Saturday 29 September 2018

Friday 28 September 2018

nava lubelski


big splashes of paint, bold use of thread. nava lubelski - what's not to like?

Thursday 27 September 2018

zao wou-ki


i thought zao wou-ki would be some young lad but that couldn't be further from the truth. ahead of his time and no mistake!

Wednesday 26 September 2018

heather murray


yes, it's pictures on sticks. but i've really fallen for these by heather murray. there's something sad and whimsical...

Tuesday 25 September 2018

Monday 24 September 2018

jean noviel


 i can't find any details on jean noviel so i'm not sure if these are paintings or photographs that have been worked on. whichever, if there's a time when i'm stuck for some narrative it's here i'll be looking!

Sunday 23 September 2018

Saturday 22 September 2018

Friday 21 September 2018

nicola samori


nicola samori - neo baroque i think they describe her as. i don't much care for that term. what she does do is play with the classics in such a way as not to seem over artificial but engages the viewer both in her perspective but also the originals she works from

Thursday 20 September 2018

Wednesday 19 September 2018

veronique vandevoorde


virtually no details online for veronique vandevoorde. an image search more than makes up for that!

Tuesday 18 September 2018

Monday 17 September 2018

france jodoin


maybe just a bit too representative for me but you can't argue that france jodoin's works aren't just lovely

Sunday 16 September 2018

Saturday 15 September 2018

Friday 14 September 2018

ruth rae


 i look at ruth rae's work and i fell, yes! more of of this sort of thing!

Thursday 13 September 2018

Wednesday 12 September 2018

sarrita king


more from south of the hemisphere, this time sarrita king. i'm really taken by this image, surprsingly maybe given how much she does in blue - absolutely be doing an image search!

Tuesday 11 September 2018

paul klee


it's paul klee. i don't have to say more! weirdly, when i was young i wasn't much for klee. these days i could spend the whole day browsing his images

Monday 10 September 2018

ouzo kim


these images by ouzo kim are described as a renaissance collages. but kim does loads more....

Sunday 9 September 2018

Saturday 8 September 2018

Friday 7 September 2018

richard burlet


richard burlet's work is not what i'd maybe think that i'd be taken with, but the colours! the textures! i love these

Thursday 6 September 2018

mira schendel


i'm having a blue end of week, not least because of this by mira schendel. i'll be getting my paint out shortly and trying to achieve something like this! luminous!

Wednesday 5 September 2018

leston japaljarri spencer


this is called warnu jukurrpa (snake dreaming). i have no idea what it symbolizes to leston japaljarri spencer but it's so similar, yet at the same time different, to some of my own drawings i couldn't look past it. if i had this on my wall i'd hypnotize myself!

Tuesday 4 September 2018

Monday 3 September 2018

tetsuo aoki


i like tetsuo aoki's figures but i particularly like this image because, for me at any rate, getting these circular things balanced and looking natural is always tricky

Sunday 2 September 2018

Friday 31 August 2018

Thursday 30 August 2018

jiyoung chung


i've only recently come across jiyoung chung and opened up to myself a new world of korean paper and paper art. loving it!

Wednesday 29 August 2018

erling gustaffson


i can't remember how i stumbled across erling gustaffson but i'm glad i did as i find his work uniformly lovely. i also admire his commitment to handcrafting his materials both in paper and textile

Tuesday 28 August 2018

scott andresen


 i don't know how scott andresen made this image but it's no surprise he started off years ago in quilting. his website is worth checking out just to see how he's progressed and developed as an artists. in addition the work is rather good!

Monday 27 August 2018

dorothy robinson napangardi


it's difficult to make any comment on an image that comes from a culture so different from your own so it's best to say nothing and just look. this from dorothy robinson napangardi

Sunday 26 August 2018

Saturday 25 August 2018

Friday 24 August 2018

chin h shin


it's that big street of colour chin h shin uses here that's a winner for me

Thursday 23 August 2018

cody hooper


not as swirly or as splashy of colour as some on his website but i'm still loving the rush red panels on this by cody hooper

Wednesday 22 August 2018

Tuesday 21 August 2018

Monday 20 August 2018

berlinde de bruyckere


there's something about berlinde de bruyckere's sculpture that's both disturbing and magnetic at the same time. plus as someone who deals with bodies professionally there's a veracity here that's compelling

Sunday 19 August 2018

Saturday 18 August 2018

Friday 17 August 2018

sabatina leccia


you've got to love the embroidery of sabatina leccia - there's also a nice wee vid in the link about her process

Thursday 16 August 2018

Wednesday 15 August 2018

anne tholstrup


i know why i'm here and you know why i'm here - dots and lines. anne tholstrup, i thank you

Tuesday 14 August 2018

ulrike wathling


i look at ulrike wathling's work and i'm filled with the sense of possibility. time to pick up a pen!