
These glow-in-the-dark paintings by Japanese artist Que Houxo are incredibly awesome! Bright florescent colors bounce off Houxo's murals, walls, and floors with the help of UV producing black lights. It's cool to see how the li…
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Added by Eugene on October 13, 2009 at 11:30am —
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Here at theMET, we feature a lot of digital art and photography. While all of that is great, we also have a passion for more traditional forms of art. Belarusian painter Leonid Afremov created these beautiful paintings usi…
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Added by Eugene on October 12, 2009 at 11:00am —
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One of my favorite things I like to do on this site is share the work of amazing artists. These seven artists were chosen because each has the ability to create paintings so realistic they look like pictures. These mind-blowing,…
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Added by alice on September 18, 2009 at 10:00pm —
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Inspired by hot chicks, sparkles, and punk rock music, Polish artist Natalia Fabia takes us on a voyeuristic journey. Her self proclaimed fascination of hookers fuels her painting of sultry women.
I really admire how Fabia t…
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Added by Eugene on September 14, 2009 at 1:30pm —
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Luke Chueh's “Inferno” opened last night at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. Chueh's latest exhibit is based on the first…
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Added by Eugene on September 10, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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Amy Sol's wood panel paintings are incredibly soft and innocent. Through her pieces, she takes us to a heavenly place surrounded by the beauty of nature and kind animals.
Sol is an American artist of Korean, English/Irish, a…
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Added by Eugene on August 31, 2009 at 11:00am —
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The Soundtrack

Luke Chueh's pieces are really cute in an eerily disturbing way - and that's exactly why they're so great. Featuring sad and/or tortured characters, Chueh's work stems from the intolerance he suffered as…
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Added by Eugene on August 29, 2009 at 11:00am —
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Perhaps the most interesting thing about Allison Torneros' paintings is the thought process behind her pieces. Letting…
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Added by Eugene on August 25, 2009 at 11:30am —
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One of our favorite artists Melissa Haslam revealed these new paintings at the opening of the group show "Call of the Wild" this last weekend at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight in San Francisco. Her pa…
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Added by Eugene on August 23, 2009 at 7:30am —
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Hope you all enjoy this amazing painting (not photo) and this beautiful weekend.
Alyssa Monks. 30x50, oil on linen, 2004
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Added by alice on August 8, 2009 at 10:20am —
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Here's an excerpt from Mail Online's story on Kieron Williamson: "A street scene from the paintbrush of a child usually involves triangle-topped boxes for houses. And often an unnaturally large dog.
But Kieron Williamson's attempts are so beautifully rendered that artists ten times his age will be filled with envy.
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Added by Kevin Chung on August 2, 2009 at 1:00pm —
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According to artist Jonathan Viner, young Russian women like to listen to music in the buff. Wearing high fidelity headphones, some of the girls seem to be calmed by the music, while others lo…
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Added by Eugene on June 26, 2009 at 10:00am —
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There's something mysterious yet sexy about the works of Canadian artist Sarah Joncas. Her use of dark colors sets a somber mood in her otherwise beautiful portraits. Sarah was born in 1986 and grew…
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Added by Eugene on June 20, 2009 at 12:30pm —
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Peter deSeve

Artist Cory Godbey started a blog called…
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Added by alice on June 11, 2009 at 5:30am —
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There's something really refreshing about the artwork of Erin McCarty of Portland. Her colorful paintings exude a great deal of vibrance, artistic freedom, and life. I like how she doesn't keep her work "inside the box", but instead allows herself to untap what's going on in her su…
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Added by Eugene on May 8, 2009 at 11:00am —
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Small diptych on orange / 4x6, 4x6

With over thirty years of experience, Quebec born artist Corno knows how to create large scale faces that leave the viewer stunned, that awaken an emotion in the vi…
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Added by alice on May 6, 2009 at 9:30am —
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Chinese-born Zhang Haiying paintings are based on photographs that he found on Anti-Vice Campaign websites aimed at cracking down on prostitution and pornography in China. Zhang's paintings neither adv…
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Added by Eugene on April 30, 2009 at 5:00pm —
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I love art. But more than that, I love smart art. Alie Ward is a witty visual artist based out of Los Angeles. She works mostly on wood, but has recently made a transition to cotton for her new apparel line that showcases customizable tattoo designs - for those who fear the commitm…
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Added by Taylor English on April 25, 2009 at 8:01pm —
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Mc Big Boy at Big Ben

World renowned arist Ron English is at it again. His latest show “Lazarus Rising” will run at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in London from May 8th through June 6th, 2009. The new exhibition, with its deliberately provocative theme of resurrection,…
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Added by Eugene on April 21, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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What's completely amazing about these murals is that it unites hundreds of artists together to create one unified masterpiece. Started in 2004 by Lewis Lavoie, Phil Alain and Paul Lavoie, mural mosaics are…
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Added by alice on March 21, 2009 at 10:00am —
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