Tessa HullsPatte Loper has a diverse assortment of work on her website, but her pieces are united by an intersection of naturalist technique and a sense of almost unsettling magic. Many of Patte’s pieces depict animals wandering through abandoned human...
Vee Hua 華婷婷Dogs are the name of this game, with dogs reflected in sunglasses and dogs licking earlobes galore. I’m not entirely sure how the chaps in this video can stand having puppies make out with their peanut buttery necks, but it’s okay...
Kitties in trees! Kitties with glasses! Kitties playing keyboards! So much adorable I don’t even know how to handle it! Anke Weckmann’s sweet illustrations are pretty much perfect.
Finnish artist Jarmo Mäkilä has some creepy artwork, but in the most subtle of ways. They’re creepy because they often depict human beings tromping around, completely oblivious to all of the animals around them that are lazing around, having...
A large-scale watercolor by Walton Ford, who has been at it forever. Allow this image to speak heaps about his capabilities:
Falling Bough : 3′ x 9′ : 2002
Justin Gibbens is an artist we’ve mentioned before, but his new show, Hydras and Basilisks, is certainly worth mentioning again. Justin has been making amazing work throughout Washington for years, and his new show at Punch does not disappoint...
Fuzzy little leftover childhood treasures get a fresh face, fur, and skin when Aida Gamez is done working with their rumpled, crumpled selves. Graphite pencils turn cute things into the type of cute things that are only cute because they’re...
This week’s recommended picks! Go to the website for the Seattle International Film Festival for more details. Some Days Are Better Than Others Four Portlanders with different — yet very Portland, Oregon-esque — lives spend their...