Super sweet still life paintings by Melbourne-based artist Dane Lovett, have a young, fun quality not unusually attributed to this style of painting. 2011 was a big year for Lovett, after being featured in RUSSH magazine’s art issue, the artist was invited to exhibit his first solo show, ‘Peach on Peach’, at Colette in Paris…. Read more »
Andéol (a special project of Think Positive textile designer Emilie Cacace) recently visited India to shoot its latest collection ‘Veda Maya’. The launch of ‘Vedas Maya’, a 20-piece digitally printed scarf range, will be accompanied by an exhibition of textile, illustration and photography by Andéol and friends. Along with music by SLOWBLOW, food by SandwichFace,… Read more »
Paisley is one of the most iconic and recognisable prints. The paisley motif originated in Kashmir, India, where it is known as the symbol of fertility, taken from the early shoots of the date palm. The design became very popular in Europe, particularly in the United Kingdom, in the mid-1700s. Original paisley shawls from Kashmir,… Read more »
[iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/15246975?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0″ frameborder=”0″ width=”600″ height=”400″></iframe] Australian artist Kate Shaw has extended her work on landscape painting creating a video titled ‘The Spectator’. The melting, moving quality of her paintings is brought to life as clips of pouring paint are layered with footage of natural disasters of the 21st century. Fascinated by the way the pouring… Read more »
Trippy collage art by Japanese New York-based artist Hisham Akira Bharoocha.
After admiring all of the hand painted signs of India we recently discovered a site that is working to preserve the art of Indian street painters. Many sign writers and street painters are rapidly going out of business with the development of desktop prints. Hand Painted Type works to collect the original font sets of… Read more »