Brooding Beauty
art and design with an axe to grind
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Recessionism in the University of Chicago Magazine - 146 days ago
Guess what, everyone: my Recessionist artwork is being featured in my alma mater's magazine! They are using my artwork to illustrate this month's issue because it focuses on the economy. To see the article, click the link below: Peer review:... Topics: recessionism, shameless self-promotion
Widget Wednesday: The "Thank You, Mario" generator - 147 days ago
Depending on when you started playing video games, you may remember the Super Mario Brothers games for the original Nintendo or Super Nintendo consoles. They all were a quest to rescue the kidnapped Princess Toadstool (who you'd think would have... Topics: Widget Wednesday
My first public art project - 149 days ago
I've been keeping this a secret, but now I can finally unveil my first public art project: a painted rain barrel! And when I took this picture of it, the sprinkler was on and a little rainbow appeared in the mist. At first I had no clue what I was.. Topics: art, painting, synchronicity
Why go to art school? - 181 days ago
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2009/02/03/dont-try-to-dodge-the-recession-with-grad-school/#comment-180378 http://www.etsy.com/storque/spotlight/artistic-endeavors-words-of-wisdom-for-art-school-grads-3947/ Topics: art
Artists you should know about: Hector Hernandez - 183 days ago
This morning I got an e-mail from a former classmate about his new website. Hector Hernandez is a superbly talented figurative artist who works in painstaking detail. I gained an even great appreciation for his work after seeing his labor-intensive... Topics: art, other artists, painting













