Tag Archives: Portraits

Known for her uniquely styled women’s portraits that are a clever combination of delicate beauty with a twist of gloom and darkness, Robyn Cummings seeks to explore the essence of human femininity without exposing the women’s face.  Using an array objects including dead creatures, coarse hair and flowers, she blends feminine textures with society’s materialist Continue Reading

Check out the works of New York artist Michael Mapes. By painstakingly pinning down hundreds of small circular cut outs and then tediously placing them in manner that somewhat reflects the art of pointillism, each simple image beckons you to take a closer look as you start to understand how skillfully assembled the composition truly is. Continue Reading

Remember our previous posting on artist Nick Gentry? Well it seems that he is back at again, making stunning works of art out of old and overlooked floppy disks, transforming them into remarkable large scaled works of art.  The pieces pop out at you, somewhat beckoning you to take a closer look as they engage you with Continue Reading

For her latest project, political artist Mary Ellen Croteau has transformed a collection of used and overlooked caps into her medium of choice for a impressive portrait slightly reminiscent of a Chuck Close painting. By layering some of the smaller colored caps inside of the larger ones, she was able to play with one’s interpretation Continue Reading

Artist Federico Pietrella  has proven that stamps, when used creatively can do a lot more than simply date a page. Born in Rome and now living in Berlin, Pietrella has put together an amazing collection filled with large scale portraits and scenic views created by using a rubber time stamp and acrylic! Pounding it meticulously Continue Reading

What can you be inspired to create over a morning cup of coffee?  Innovative designer, artist and architect Hong Yi , a graduate from the University of Melbourne, Australia took on the challenge of constructing a remarkable portrait using coffee as her medium of choice. How was it creating such a unique piece? Taking around about 12 hours Continue Reading

American painter Cayce Zavaglia has recently began to take on an all together different medium of choice for creating impressive lifelike portraits, wool. The amount of detail in her workings is undeniable as the realistic pieces are threaded using a multitude of colors and sewn together with precision to give the impression of tonal value and Continue Reading

What an innovative take on the traditional family portrait, photographers take note and be inspired! Ulric Collette, a photographer based in Canada, has come up with an ingenious way of taking family photos. Using photoshop, he blends together the images of two relatives and the twisted result is a must see. The portraits take me slightly aback Continue Reading

What can you create with a Bic ballpoint pen? Spanish Artist Juan Francisco Casas has managed to capture and recreate the candid quirky sporadic moments that are filled with so much life and energy. The photos, at least for me, all bring you back to a time where nothing was pressing, everything was done in leisure and Continue Reading

He’s not your typical knitting ninny, no these hand embroidered portraits sewn together by Massachusetts based fiber artist and painter Daniel Kornrumpf are pretty amazing! Though they are finely detailed, in person, the pieces are actually quite small leaving one to wonder how exactly so much detail could be put into such a small frame. Continue Reading