 "Wonder Club" Acrylic, Ink, and Spray Paint on Fine Canvas, 42x60in If these rainy days leave you feeling blue, Wonder Club at the White Walls Gallery in San Francisco will put the bounce back in your walk. Sickboy’s show consists of large canvases full of bright colors, playful as well as angstful antics, and dreamy fun. . . . → Read More: “Wonder Club” by Sickboy at White Walls Gallery in San Francisco  
When it comes to Renaissance art, the humble staple rises to the occasion. Paris-based artist Baptiste Debombourg uses the small metal slats to creates elaborate Renaissance-style murals. Using just a white wall as his backdrop, Debombourg recently placed 450,000 staples to compose his most recent mural, “Aggravure III,” inspired by drawings from 16th century engravers Hendrick . . . → Read More: Renaissance-style murals made from staples by Baptiste Debombourg 
People walking up skyscrapers, strolling along paths composed of clouds, and sitting atop suspended concrete blocks – clearly, the laws of gravity were meant to be broken in the work of Russian artist Eugene Soloviev. Using muted tones, dark clouds and fog, Soloviev composes digital images with an ominous apocalyptic feel. Their strong narratives leave the . . . → Read More: Surreal urban landscapes by Eugene Soloviev  Seinfeld – Monk's Cafe Few things are as comforting as staying home and watching a re-run of a favorite show in your pajamas. Austin-based serigraph artist Tim Doyle evokes that warm fuzzy feeling in his debut solo show at the Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco. In “Unreal Estate,” Doyle re-visits television’s most iconic places in . . . → Read More: “Unreal Estate” by Tim Doyle at the Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco 
Hong “Red” Yi is an artist who “likes to paint, but without a paintbrush.” Her knack for making portraits with unusual materials has already resulted in a sunflower seed portrait of artist Ai Weiwei, as well as a portrait painted with a basketball of basketball star Yao Ming. Now, the Shanghai-based artist has done – what . . . → Read More: A portrait made from coffee stains by Hong “Red” Yi 
Remember having to make a diorama from a shoebox in elementary school? Constructing a landscape scene in a box is a childhood rite of passage. Instead of a shoebox, UK-based artist Kyle Kirkpatrick has chosen to use discarded books as the building block for his dioramas. In his hands, books become transformed into exquisite landscapes complete . . . → Read More: Kyle Kirkpatrick carves dioramas out of books 
I’m no fan of the Bic pen: for me the ink flow seems weak and the pen tip too scratchy. But I do love these Bic pen drawings by artist and photographer Sarah Esteje. Using nothing more than that humble pen, Esteje created these wonderful portraits of different . . . → Read More: Bic pen drawings by Sarah Esteje  The Thinker is "connecting the dots of knowledge." How’s this for whimsical book art? a clay sculpture of Rodin’s “The Thinker” sitting upon an altered book. Tennessee-based artist Daniel Lai creates these endearing pieces where “The Thinker” is ensconced on a book which has been transformed into a playful pedestal. In one of my favorite pieces, . . . → Read More: Daniel Lai creates “The Thinker” sitting upon re-constructed books 
Using a technique known as quilling or paper filigree, artist Lisa Nilsson constructs detailed anatomical cross-sections of the human body. In quilling, narrow strips of paper are rolled and shaped with a slender pick-like tool. Quilling was first practiced by Renaissance nuns and monks who would coil and shape gold-gilded paper remnants discarded from the bookmaking . . . → Read More: Anatomical cross-sections of the human body quilled by Lisa Nilsson 
At the right moment, a bird soaring high in the sky is a sight to behold. London-based artist Claire Brewster comes close to re-creating that feeling of awe, but instead of gazing up for birds, you’re looking at one of her marvelous flying creatures cut from a cartographic canvas. Brewster pins her cut-outs directly to a . . . → Read More: Claire Brewster cuts birds from old maps |
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