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Ombre Is The New Tie-Dye
Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:00:00 -0400
Once a cheap way to make colorful clothes, high-end designers have brought back tie-dye and even given it a new name.
'Great Outdoor Fight' Flows From Web To Page
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:39:00 -0400
Chris Onstad's web-comic Achewood may be modeled on stuffed animals, but it's anything but cuddly. The new print compilation of the strip highlights The Great Outdoor Fight — featuring three days, three acres and 3,000 men.
Sandbag House Wins Humanitarian Award
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:08:00 -0400
This week, the Curry Stone Design Prize was awarded to a South African architecture firm that figured out how to make a cheap house with a timber frame and a whole lot of sandbags. The houses are energy efficient and easily assembled, and could replace more hazardous structures in the shantytowns around Cape Town.
Howard Bingham: Photographing Ali And America
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:20:00 -0400
Howard Bingham describes himself as the "Forrest Gump of photojournalism" — frequently "popping up" at just the right time to document some of the greatest moments in U.S. history. He is best known for his portraits of boxing great Muhammad Ali.
Artist Taps Into Anger At Corporate CEOs
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0400
A Brooklyn artist is giving Wall Streeters the opportunity to vent their irritation with corporate America. Geoffrey Raymond takes his over-sized paintings of CEOs to Wall Street, then asks passers-by to write comments on his artwork.
In San Francisco, Making Art At The Dump
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:30:00 -0400
San Francisco recycles or diverts 69 percent of its trash, but sends 1,800 tons of garbage to the landfill each day. One way the city makes a dent in its landfill load is through an unusual program — sponsoring artists who turn garbage into art.

 

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Adame, Susan - California artist presents watercolors, oil and acrylic paintings and works in pen and ink. Textile art, photography and flying pig boxes are also featured.

Adamovich, Misha - Displays painting, sculpture, jewelry, digital, and standard movie formats.

Adams, Amy - Many samples of her illustration, design, and photography, with comments.

Adams, Mike - Gallery of abstract paintings and cast bronze sculpture by the Seattle-area artist.
Meta Description: [ A Digital Gallery of Paintings and Sculpture by Mike Adams ]

Addy, Randy - California artist presents cast bronze, paintings, and drawings.
Meta Description: [ California Contemporary Artist, presents,cast bronze,paintings,drawings, art in public, water elements gallery and studio ]

Adrian, Babette - Sculpture, paintings, and drawings by this artist and instructor, who is based in East Grinstead, West Sussex, United Kingdom. Also features information on classes offered.
Meta Description: [ Painting classes, life drawing, sculpture workshops, and art for sale. ]

Adriani, Susan - Featuring illustrations and pet portraits. Color digital designs, watercolor and pencil works are also presented.
Meta Description: [ Graphic Illustration and Design by Susan Adriani ]

Afioni, Lila - An Australian painter whose work also includes etching, mixed media drawings and handmade dolls.

Aiken, Rodger - Art and poetry of multiple genres by a teenage philospher.
Meta Description: [ Art - community of artists and those devoted to art. Digital art, skin art, themes, wallpaper art, traditional art, photography, poetry / prose. Art prints. ]

Akinbolaji, Yisa - Winnipeg based artist of color paints in oil, watercolor, acrylic paintings, mixed media, drawings, wall mural and mosaic.
Meta Description: [ Yisa Akinbolaji has extensively engaged in numerous solo and group art exhibitions (local and international) for more than two decades. His maiden exhibition was held at the National Museum, Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria. Yisa is particularly renowned for his oil paintings, watercolor, acrylic paintings... ]

Alavi, Seyed - Many documented installations and public art projects. Alavi's work is often engaged with the poetics of language and space and their power to shape reality.

Albrigtsen, Roy - Samples of paintings, studies in pencil and pastels, woodcuts and prints of nudes by this Norwegian artist.
Meta Description: [ a homepage for the painter Roy Albrigtsen,works presented made in oil,acryl,aquarelles,drawings and woodcut prints. ]

Aleta, Francois - Provides examples of videos, installations, performances and poetry.
Meta Description: [ Francois aleta. Video Artist web site. Videos, installations, performances, poetry, music, sound, online art. Last projects. ]

Alexander, Victoria - Canadian artist exhibits stylized figurative mixed media paintings, and drawings.

Alexandrovsky, Andrey - Oil paintings, works in tempera and pastels on paper, sculptures in bronze, alabaster and aluminum and medals are presented by this member of the Moscow Union of Artists.
Meta Description: [ A gallery of contemporary Russian artist Andrey Alexandrovsky - paintings, sculptures, medals ]

Allen, Pamela - Gallery of assemblage, collage, and mixed media paintings.

Allen, Su - Landscape images in oils and pastels are presented along with abstract paintings and giclee prints.

Amabile, Anthony - Contains works in pastel and oil paintings by this American artist.
Meta Description: [ The artwork of Anthony Amabile including; pastel paintings, oil paintings, digital graphics, pastel portraiture, mixed media and animation. ]

Ammons III, Troy Tillman - Presents oil paintings, photographs and architectural renderings. Includes surrealist paintings, portraits, abstracts, still lifes, and photography. With an introduction, short statement, and list of favorite artists.
Meta Description: [ Ammons, Troy T. - ArtWorx - Paintings by Troy Tillman Ammons III ]

Anastasia - Profiles the history and media coverage of this Italian artist whose sculptures, paintings and drawings emulate the Italian Renaissance masters.
Meta Description: [ online gallery and profile of artist Anastasia the great ]

Ancic, Marina - Croatian painter/designer exhibits paper mache works, combined techniques, and postcard design.
Meta Description: [ Portofolio of croatian artist Marina Ancic, a painter and designer from Zagreb Croatia and her work include paper meche's designs greeting cards and tapestries... ]

Anderson, Kari-Ann - Fantasy and wildlife paintings and drawings.
Meta Description: [ ORIGINAL FANTASY/WILDLIFE PAINTINGS/DRAWINGS ]

Anderson, Richard Ryan - Digitally manipulated photography, computer generated illustrations, traditional visual art, cartoons, and animations and sound work.
Meta Description: [ Holistic Forge Works :: Tacoma's Original Freelance XHTML/CSS Web design, Cartoon Illustration, and DIY Propane Foundry for The Past 117 Years. ]

Anderson, Ronny R. - Samples of oil and watercolor paintings, alabaster and bronze sculptures, wood carvings and jewelry, plus the artist's biography.

Anema, Erna - Paintings and jewelry, bowls and vases inspired by visits to Nepal are shown by this Dutch artist.

Angier, Jeremy - Displays samples of his animations, computer graphics, figurative and non-figurative drawing, painting, and sculpture.
Meta Description: [ Official Personal website for Jeremy Angier. machinegraphics animation and computer graphics. Art galleries and archives for Jeremy Angier, including figurative and non-figurative drawing, painting and sculpture. ]

Anhorn, Sharon - Combination of copper/aluminum repousse' with stained glass; registration for workshops.
Meta Description: [ Artist, metal worker, coppersmith, glass artist, Sharon Anhorn ]

Anichtchenko, Angela - A showcase of work by a Russian artist, now living in Australia, featuring Russian folk art of traditionally painted objects such as spoons, plates and eggs, jewelry, abstract paintings and art using found objects from the sea.

Anka, G. - Original paintings, ranging from abstract, to stylized figurative. Also includes digital art, and poetry.

Ankiewicz, Kristen - Features fine art, fun art, and creative experiments.
Meta Description: [ travel,travel photos,photography,photographs,beach,kona,hawaii,guatemala,mayan temples,sea turtles,mona island,frogs,puerto rico,california,sea shells,whites tree frog,frogs,primary colors,firebelly newts,rat pictures,caves,taino petroglyphs,paintings,clarksville cave,cuevas,storm sky,lightning,p... ]

Anttila, Hanna Maria - Portfolio of video, photo and installation based artworks by this Finnish artist.
Meta Description: [ Hanna Maria Anttila: Selected Works. Portfolio of time and space based contemporary art ]

Aoki, Katherine - A tour of her fine art, computer art and multimedia instruction. Katherine is based in the Silicon Valley.

Appleton, Chris Monette - Featuring painting, drawing, and illustration in mediums such as watercolor, acrylic, oil, pen and ink, graphite, and charcoal.

Arakkal, Yusuf - Sculptures and paintings by the artist from southern India. Includes list of exhibitions.

Arango, Maria - Original woodcut prints and drawings; information about development of a print studio.
Meta Description: [ Printmaking artist Maria Arango showcases original woodcut prints and drawings; invited artists show free, printmaking mural, methods, studio notes on paper, woodcut method, reference library, links to the printmaking world. ]

Arendt, Erhard - Sculpture, architecture, design, social criticism, graphics, and painting.
Meta Description: [ Arendt Erhard, Künstler, Plastiken Grafik, Malerei,Lichtobjekte, Kunst am Bau, Lyrik. Über 1600 Abbildungen geben einen Überblick über 30 Jahre Arbeit als Künstler. ]

Armstrong, Linda - The Bridge Series - Acrylics on canvas and photographs based on a historic pair of bridges in Pasadena, California.

Arna - A gallery of three wings displaying drawing, painting and illustration.

Arnao, Pat - Her figurative painting explores the inherent dual nature of the human spirit--loss, fear, and ambivlance coupled with the will to survive at all costs. Also exhibits her graphic designs.
Meta Description: [ Pat ]

Arndt, John W. - Presenting figurative art in clay, acrylics on polymer, and papier mache.
Meta Description: [ National Endowment for the Arts grant winner John W. Arndt, who never had any formal art instruction, has created 2 and 3-dimensional works of art for 25 years. Enter this site to view his portfolio. ]

Arnesson, Peter - This site is about the poetry and images by this Swedish painter. Including prints, sculptures, paintings, biography and story.

Arnold, Brent - Conceptual installations and paintings in oil, acrylic, and mixed media.

Arrieta, Nadine - Oil paintings and drawings of French Basque artist. Includes a brief biography and galleries.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to Arrieta's Art - introducing the paintings and drawings of Nadine Arrieta. ]

Ars Lucida - Gallery of digital art, done mostly in Painter and Photoshop, and traditional b/w photography.

Ash, Melissa Leith - Hand painted and hand sculpted ceramic items and paintings.

Ashley, Louise - Artist displays hand painted porcelain and china, oil, acrylic and watercolor paintings, ink drawings and quilts.
Meta Description: [ One of a kind, Hand-Painted, Fine China, Porcelain & Paintings by an Experienced Artist. ]

Atkinson, Beth - Boston area graphic and fine artist specializing in web design/development, graphic design, illustration and traditional painting and drawing. Flash required.

Atkinson, Dale - Contemporary British expressionist creates works in several media which emphasize the human figure. Includes images, curriculum vitae, and biography.
Meta Description: [ Dale Atkinson, Artist, Contemporary British Figurative Painter, Painting, Drawing, Galleries ]

Aubé, Joycelyne - Multidisciplinary artist, painter, sculptor, draughtsman and a wood craftsman making traditional and modern style furniture.
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Augustynowicz, Artur - Showcase of paintings and computer collages, executed in a dadaistic spirit.
Meta Description: [ The assemblies of art online, artists run online gallery showcasing contemporary art, painting, drawing, digital art. ]

Augutis, Scott - Contains samples of the surreal drawings, paintings, photographs, three-dimensional constructs, and poems.
Meta Description: [ This site contains samples of the surreal artwork of Florida artist Scott Augutis. Included are drawings, paintings, photographs, three-dimensional constructs, poems and other assorted creations. ]

Auszenkier, Claire - French artist displays paintings, etchings and sculptures with an emphasis on the human figure and portraiture..

Avila, Maria - Artist presents original art including oils, acrylic, mixed media, collage and assemblage. Includes biography and resume.
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Aviv, David - Painting and sculpture gallery. Different styles of contemporary and abstract art, including manga, erotic art and art mix.
Meta Description: [ David Aviv is an Israeli- American manga artist designer. His astonishing artworks in painting, sculpture and practical styling explicitly feature the enduring beauty of women’s bodies and explore sexuality and desire without stigma or constraint. ]

Aydiner, Betul - Showing watercolors, ceramic murals and sculptures.
Meta Description: [ art,arts,ceramics,ceramic arts,watercolors ]