Galleries One Nine Eight Eight recently held a Heman themed tribute show. The show featured around 100 pieces contributed  by an array of artist.

Wish I could of attended this one.

Paintings by Pearl C. Hsiung; Taiwan-born, LA based artist. Creating imaginative, cosmic landscapes with some beautiful hues, there’s almost always a central focal point in each painting. She also ventures out into installation pieces and video. Pearl currently has a  show running (Jan 28-31) at the Steve Turner Contemporary in Los Angeles.

Completely edible crayons, and better for you than eating glue. No wax included, these things stick together with marshmallows! Made of corn, strawberries, carrots and other fruits and veggies. Let’s thank Luxirare for these delicious, drawing utensils.

Starting your morning with wheaties in this bowl might make you smarter! These dishes (and other housewares) are created by a young lady named Meredith with a BFA in Ceramics  from Ohio State. Available on etsy.com.

Gracing the cover of Tokion magazine,   Aurel Schmidt is one extraordinary artist.  This native Canadian is now working in New York and making some crazy work. Her drawings are very intricate and a bit creepy; full of flies, roaches, maggots and other disgusting,  little things.  Check out some of her work,  she’s also has a book out titled Man Eater.

Next Tuesday I will be doing live painting at Halo along with Miya Bailey for Art.

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Jackmaster Solomon & DJ RASTA ROOT

Introductory art classes can be a drag…still-life drawings and painting tend to bore me. But these are something different, weapons in a fruit basket? These compositions come from Geliographic; a Russian based studio of artist, illustrators and graphics designers making some really amazing work.

First saw this dude’s work on a cover for Fangoria Comic’s Vampirella a few months back. I love the feel of his stuff.There’s an eary blankness to the women he illustrates,like beautiful golems. Pluse he draws breast very very well I respect that it aint easy. (more…)

Well it’s not really the dark side, but more like the darker side of the art world. Juxtapoz magazine has been pressing out some pretty awesome books lately; Dark Arts is one of them. Dark art is a lot more eerie and unsettling than work we normally see. But this style is surfacing and being taken in by the mainstream. This book includes  work  by Alex Pardee, Irana Douers, Richard Colman and many more. Get your copy here.

work by Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins.

Lois Van Baarel is A dutch illustrator and animator I’ve been a fan of for a while.
The girl dose wonders with a Wacom tablet.
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