Art

I usually have a great respect for people in touch with their artistic side. I was more in touch with mine when I was younger, but I think over the years I've spent too much time on the logical side and my creative side has atrophied. It used to be that you couldn't stop me from doodling or making up stories or something. Anyway, I digress. Here's to appreciating those with artistic talent.

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Miscellaneous

Frank Buchwald (lamps) - More than just lamps these are objects d'art.

D*Face (urban art) - He's got a pretty cool style.

Eric Feng "Fenric" (drawing) - His surreal tech-organic drawings are a trip.

Eishi Takaoka (wood sculptor) - His sculptures of heads are so simple yet he captures so much expression on their pouty or grumpy little faces. They're round and organic with a pinch of cool.

Josh Simpson (glass) - Josh Simpson makes some crazy glass objects. He does so many things that it's difficult for me to pick a favorite. What's especially cool is his stealth art project called "Infinity Project". Hopefully Lynn and I will be able to participate in it and document it someday soon.

Lawrence Northey's Robot Art (metal sculptor) - Cute metal robot sculptures.

Zoom Quilt (digital art project) - This is an interesting example of one of the many possibilities of digital art.

Banksy (urban art) - Banksy's antics are legend in the United Kingdom. His web site documents some of the crazy things he's done.

Space Invaders (urban art) - Invader created the coolest stealth art concept I've ever seen. Be sure to check out his invasion of Paris. If you like urban art check out Social Pest, which is where I found out about Mr. Invader.

Daniel Merriam (painter) - He uses watercolors to paint amazingly detailed pictures of usually whimsical scenes. There are some you could stare at forever and still notice new details.

Adam Homan (metal sculptor) - Unique metal designs, my favorite work of his that I've seen is of a gargoyle smoking a cigar.

Dharmapala Centre - School of Thangka Painting - Thangkas are Buddhist iconographic paintings used as visual support for meditation practice. They can also be extremely beautiful works of art. Dharmapala Centre makes some of the best looking Thangkas I've seen, and they have a lot of Thangkas to look at. Some pages even have explanations as to who or what you're looking at.