I just recently came across Synaptic Stimuli, a blog with the all-too-appropriate tagline of Transmissions of Consciousness and States of Being. In addition to that, they just generally have very amazing, life-affirming content that makes you...
"I think we like to keep it tense. I think we like to keep a really healthy balance of, 'Ohhh, everything could fall apart at any given moment.'" -- Josh Lambert
Gean Moreno‘s website hasn’t been updated in a while (since 2004), but his layered collage works are new to me. The pieces are like erupting geodes, or something — layers of patterned lava flowing outwards and engulfing one another...
When viewed from afar, Seattle artist Ben Beres’ circular etchings read as abstract patterning, but closer inspection reveals elaborate stories arrayed on circular pages. The exterior text is clearly legible, but the writing becomes...
Sean Alexander is a Tacoma artist with some very impressively detailed geometric patterns.
Ever since interviewing Chandra Bocci way back when, I’ve been looking for another 3D artist that utilized shapes and textures in a way that felt equally powerful to me. I haven’t really found one… until today, with the work of...
These symmetrical flurries are only one portion of artist Tatiana Plakhova‘s art portfolio, but they are certainly amongst the most immediately gratifying. Something about these jellyfish-like whirling ornaments just seem comforting. See some...
"I was painting fairly realistic, naturalistic subject matter at that point, and I was frustrated, so I decided I would just use the dumbest material I could find -- something that wasn't meant for art making and wasn't so precise."