Artist: Sebastiaan Bremer

Discovered some rad artwork by New York-based (Netherlands-bred) artist Sebastiaan Bremer today. Starting with vintage photographs from his idyllic childhood family vacations in the countryside, he adds a sprinkling of translucent rainbow confetti ink to create a wholly unique image that's layered in memory to produce something entirely new and fresh.

Photography: Jasper James

Not to be confused with Jasper Johns, photographer Jasper James's series of City Silhouettes are fantastic. I love the sense of calm and quite that comes through in these silhouettes pictured high above the hustle and bustle of the Beijing cityscape that we get the slightest glimpse of through their ghostly figures.

All images courtesy Jasper James.

Photography: Laina Briedis

I love a good nature excursion and photographer, Laina Briedis, captures some surreal moments that pretty much sum up the feeling of wanderlust, dreams, and the awesomeness that is the outdoors.

All photos courtesy Laina Bredis and her flickr photostream.

Some early January inspiration...

Zander Olsen: Tree, Line

Some pretty rad site specific landscape interventions by artist Zander Olsen. Trees are "wrapped" according to the visual relationship between tree, not-tree and the line of horizon according to the camera's viewpoint.

Sound of Silver

100th Post

The eyes have it.

Via (OvO)

Super Rad

Another Claustraphobically Agrophobic find.

More Gemstone Inspiration: Carly Waito

I love the natural, effortless beauty of these raw minerals that artist Carly Waito captures in her hyper-real oil paintings. As stated on her website, I love that Waito's small paintings (about 6x6") indulge a lifelong fascination with the natural world – especially the little parts we feel compelled to pick up and keep. I would happily collect and adorn my walls with all of these treasures.

Tip-Toe Through the Tulips

If only all farms looked like the technicolor patchwork of these tulip farms in the Netherlands.

 

 

Art: Gerhard Richter

Often referred to as a painter in a photographic age, the work of influential twentieth and twenty-first century artist Gerhard Richter is one whose work still resonates today. I'm particularly fond of his photography based paintings, especially the Firenze series, whereas he smears multi-colored paint over photographs and found images to create these dreamy abstracted landscapes. Enjoy!