A painting can tell you a lot about the subject, the artist and the time and place it was made. Sometimes, they seem like perfect windows into another world. But what about how they were made? A painting is meant to be seen as a finished product, and the process of their creation is largely […]
Modern society is entertain an Age of the Beard. Hipsters, athletes, family men and business men are all rocking facial hair. To honor this obsession, on October 25, 2014, the annual World Beard and Moustache Championships were held in Portland, OR. Men with artful facial hair competed to be crowned and to have their luxurious […]
Some people may think that puns are the lowest form of humor. I, on the other hand, think they are hilarious. It takes a special kind of person to be able to expertly exploit several meanings of a word in one attempt. (I am not that kind of person.) This is a collection of some […]
Amy Guidry’s landscapes almost look familiar, with blue skies, clouds and distant mountain ranges. But what’s populating them is entirely different. Her hybrid creatures, disconnected (though still alive-seeming) animal parts and eerily calm human faces let the viewer know that something else is going on here. Something much larger. That’s the point, though. In her “In […]
We know that photo trends can come and go. The selfie endures, but the bathroom selfie is generally considered bad form. Before this, a slew of MySpace-related techniques existed that, in retrospect, were part of a shameful time. One of the stranger photo trends happened back in the early days of photography. It wasn’t as […]
Playing with your food is a bad thing, right? Wrong. We know that your mother told you not to, but these days if your food doesn’t look as amazing as it tastes, well, you might as well not bother stepping foot in the kitchen. Take a look at these amazing works of food masterpiece art and […]
We all know how it goes. You start the Halloween season with high hopes of crafting a costume that will blow everyone away. You carry the image of it in your head. You tell yourself that this will be the weekend when you finally get to the store to put your masterpiece together. This never […]