Wolfgang Bloch
I’ve been obsessing over Wolfgang Bloch as of late. Not sure if it’s due to my recent trip of hawaii, and finally learning how to stand up on a surf board or not. But they sure are beautiful. I’m not usually a fan of art that utilizes found objects - but this isn’t any kind of junior art school experimentation.
Ric Stultz
Ric Stultz dropped me a line the other day, and I’m extremely happy that he did. Giant turtles, space craft, huge celphapods. It’s got a little Barry McGee but less street and more “left-field what-the-crap imagination.” He’s got a deep catalog, which means dedication. He’s from Milwaukee Wisconsin, a great up and coming art town (if you’re from Milwaukee let me know what’s happening). Stultz belongs to the very cool Burning Artist collective with other Sharks favorite, Andy Ducett. Spend some time looking at his work and you’ll find an awesome R2D2 + CP30 drawing.
Chad Robertson is cooler than you.
In our world, on the surface, we go about our daily lives
breathing, thinking, sleeping, constantly moving, body
mass fluctuating bigger, smaller, hair growing, eyes
blinking. A never ending pattern of movement and growth.
~Taken from Chad Robertson.com
Vanessa Prager sees moments
Venessa Prager sees the fleeting. Her paintings are warm and humane. They capture a fleeting moment where her subjects are exposed and unaffected. Her straight portraiture is what gets me really excited. Enjoy it.
Bambi popscicle
Check out the work of Josh Keyes. I’ve been on a bit of an eco kick, and Josh Keyes is the perfect finale. His paintings and drawings are surreal and quirky. They reference eco ideals and the whole nature vs man relationship without being heavy handed. I really wouldn’t mind mounting one of these stags on my wall (if you know what i’m saying).
Erkut Terliksiz
Erkut Terliksiz is a Turkish painter. His paintings have a comic influence, almost as if Robert Crumb got really drunk, microwaved some paints and went to town. They’re bright and colorful, yet kinda horrific with hearts and fingers and noses going every which way. I’m not entirely sure I like them, but I’m sure that I don’t entirely not like them. I think that’s why I like them. (did you follow that?)
