British Artist Paints Masterpieces On Swan Feathers

20 Most Inspirational Quotes by Steve Jobs

The world lost a visionary yesterday. The outpouring of support and admiration has been remarkable. In the words of Seth Godin, ‘there’s too much to say, too many capable of saying it better than I ever could.’ So instead, the Sifter will remember these words of wisdom from Steve Jobs himself. Below are the 20 most inspirational quotes from a hungry and foolish man.

In The Surf

We humans are drawn to the shoreline, to live and to play. Some of us have even found a home in the waves, riding on gentle swells or braving roaring mountains of seawater. Surfing has been a part of human lives for centuries and is enjoyed around the world today. The stormy summer we've had this year provided some spectacular (if dangerous) conditions for surfers, many of them captured in photos below. Gathered here are images from the past several months of people (and animals) in the surf, including professional surfers, amateurs, spectators, and more. [38 photos]

Australian Mick Fanning rides a wave during a round one heat at the Billabong Pro surfing competition, on Saturday, August 20, 2011 in Teahupo'o, Tahiti. (AP Photo/Association of Surfing Professionals, Kirstin Scholtz)  

Paintings by Anne E. Shoemaker-Magdaleno

35 Best Autumn Pictures And Photos

Autumn is a lovable, colourful and breathtaking season of every year. In a way autumn is seen not as a time of decay, But a season of complete ripeness and fulfillment. Many cultures feature Autumn as harvest period. Autumn is becoming especially spectacular season for photographers to take a dazzling snaps of nature with its very original color. We feel autumn is a symphony of colors and it is a dramatic entrance of nature.
Today I am presenting 35 best autumn pictures and photos for this everlasting season.

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Amazing Rainy Day Paintings by Gregory Thielker

Gregory Thielker’s awe-inspiring oil paintings explores the sensation of seeing through a car windshield while driving through the rain. His paintings are so realistic that you can almost feel the wet and cold weather.

Gregory Thielker says:

My most recent paintings and drawings explore the sensation of seeing from a car while driving through the rain. I am fascinated with the constantly changing, yet particular landscapes seen from the car and also the way that the water on the windshield interacts with that landscape. The water creates a shifting lens for the way we see the environment- both highlights and obscures our viewing. Perspectives slip and compress, while shapes and colors merge into one another. I also work with relationships between surface and depth, between flatness and illusion. These works are born out of real experience and have a close relationship with the medium of painting- its fluidity, transparency, and capacity for layering, mixing, and blending. I draw upon a lineage of painters from Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter.

The paintings themselves are compiled from hundreds of photographs taken while driving in rainstorms with the windshield wipers turned off. While these moments are commonly ignored or deemed a necessary part of reaching our desired destination, they are powerfully charged with weather, light, and color- all experienced at a great velocity. This combination of speed and subdued calm, as the world goes past, creates a kind of transcendental moment that I hope to tap into with the fluidity of the painting medium.

Gregory Thielker was born in New Jersey in 1979 and he currently lives and works in Watertown, Massachusetts. He studied art history and studio art at Williams College before training in painting at Washington University in St. Louis. Moving to Boston was an important but familiar change that allowed him to refocus his interests on views the urban landscape. 

Paintings by Lyubomir Kolarov

Amazing oil paintings by Lyubomir Kolarov from Bulgaria.

 

45 Amazing and Creative Typographic Portraits

 For any design to be appealing and captivating, typography must be well-integrated within the design. Typography not only provides information but it can also be used as an integral part of the design.
Here we have gathered some amazing and eye-catching typographic portraits for your inspiration. Enjoy this collection and feel free to share your opinion.
Gateway to our soul

Majestic HDR Photography by Spreng Ben

The photographer of these stunning HDR images is  Spreng Ben from Tokyo, Japan. Ben does not consider himself to be a Photographer but he somehow loves the power that lays in a simple click that possibly lasts only a breath of a second but on the other hand gives authority over true Art and real style.

The Impossible Stone Balancing Art of Adrian Gray

Adrian Gray has been developing his art of stone balancing for many years. His ability to create almost impossible to believe compositions has created wonder and left witnesses in awe and mesmerized.

By very carefully feeling the balancing point of each rock he handles - a process that requires awesome skill and patience - Gray is able to arrange them in ways that seem incredible. 'The trick is putting together stones which look like they couldn't possibly sit on top of one another. Only then can you you make something extraordinary' , Gray explains.

All the stones in these pictures are balanced, strictly without the aid of adhesive, pins or computer manipulation. They remain in place through the natural force of gravity and friction. ‘Nature’s glue’ sustains them in these seemingly impossible positions and it is the capricious natural forces of wind or waves that returns them to obscurity amongst their fellow boulders.

Christina lihan: Paper shadowbox sculptures

'uffizi', a paper shadowbox sculpture by christina lihan

originally trained as an architect, US-based artist christina lihan creates elaborate paper relief sculptures,
mounted in shadowboxes and ranging from two to six inches deep. as subjects she has taken buildings ranging
from the eiffel tower and taj mahal to private residences and american cities.

all carefully assembled in detailed layers, the artworks are composed of unpainted, 300lb. coldpress watercolour paper.
lihan begins her work by photographing and sketching the site, generally creating scaled charcoal drawings
that she then enlarges to the planned size of the finished piece. she lays out the buildings directly over these sketched forms,
and cutting out details in place and ultimately assembling all the components into the finished composition.
all carving, scoring, cutting, and folding is completed by hand, and lihan admits that, basing her work
primarily on its aesthetic effect rather than on mathematical measurement, she frequently resizes the pieces
over the course of production to achieve the most accurate perspective.

Surrealist Universe by Vladimir Kush

Vladimir Kush was born in Russia and he is well-known in America and in the world now. He is a surrealist artist and his paintings invite us in a charming and strange universe.

Magnificent and impetuous horses painted by Vasko Taškovski

“On his paintings in oil technique, and pencils in color, Vasko Taskovki realizes a plastic connection between the fact experienced visually, but expressed with spirit. On the other hand, he thinks that everything should be present on his painting: the form, the light, the domain of the intelligence and sensitivity, the dynamics and the steadiness, following the scientific geometry that contributes for the complete harmony of the architecture of the painting, but all the time taking care not to paint any real aspect of the things, as I already mentioned.”

 

Beautiful Wall Flower Themes Decorating

This is collection on beautiful and amazing interior room wall designs. These wall designs is so lovely for eyes. Are you looking for natural interior decorating ideas? Floral theme wall decor will be a great idea to create natural interior design. Those will bring nature beauty into your home despite its beautiful and romantic shade that presented by those floral theme wall decorating. This beautiful floral theme wall decorating ideas also truly fit to be applied for any room in your home starting from living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom or even bathroom. Floral theme like roses, tulip, lily, calla lily, jasmine, orchid, lotus, wild flower or just petals from various kind of flowers that available in their original colors make your home looks more stylish and trendy. Here are 20 beautiful floral theme wall decorating ideas that will be your option to decorate your home interior.

 

25 Most Weird Architecture Building Designs

Good architecture is a way to impress people. There are some buildings and sculptures that really don’t seem real, being as impressive as they are. Sometimes you might think it is impossible for a building to look like that, as some models look so twisted. Of course besides them having weird shapes and designs, architects have to think about their usability and safety. Architecture might seem rigid from the design point of view, because of the factors I have already mentioned, but creative people always find a workaround and they make their creations fun and at the same time safe to use. This is why they are up to break all the rules and go for something impressive and strange at the same time. Check out a series of photos depicting amazing architectures from all over the world. I myself was impressed to be honest.

 

30 Most Incrideble Foodscapes Artwork

Today  this collection is really o amazing and shocking unbelievable. Have a look  really very nice artwork created by clever and creative minded artist and photographers.   Everything in these scenes was constructed entirely out of things you can eat.  British photographers creates remarkable foodscapes: landscapes constructed totally from fruits and vegetables, cheeses, breads, fish, meat and grains. At first fleeting look the landscapes seem real, and it is only on second glance that the observer realizes that the scenes are made exclusively out of food. The Chocolate Express is a real-life landscape constructed entirely out of chocolate that is crafted for your inspiration by photographer and designer. Some scenes are made of vegetables, meat, dairy and fish, this foodscapes look so real you truly have to take a second look to distinguish what nourishment you are really looking at! We have compiled 30 Examples Of Most Incrideble Foodscapes Artwork.

 

Surreal zodiac by Vasko Taškovski

Vasko Taškovski was born on 31 August 1937 in the village of Nižopole, Bitola. In 1958 he completed the Secondary Art School in Skopje. He graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade in 1964.
In the period between 1966 and 1991 he worked as a set designer in the Macedonian Television. Apart from paintings in oil, he also works in watercolours and graphics. Occasionally he makes graphic design, too.
He has had 40 one-man exhibitions, and has taken part in a lot of group exhibitions in the country and abroad

Hot air balloon festivals in France and U.S.

From the International Lorraine Mondial Air Ballon Festival, to the Great Texas Balloon Race, to the QuickChek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning, it's the season of hot air balloon races. (19 images)

A balloonist fires the burners as he takes off in Chambley-Bussieres, eastern France, Sunday, 31, July 2011, during the International Lorraine Mondial Air Ballon Festival. AP / Mathieu Gucnot

 

Selected Work of Josh Keyes The New Salvador Dali!

The Cerberus Project
30"x40", acrylic on panel, 2011

Golden Examples Of Sunrise Photos And Pictures

Our most favourite moment in our daily life is sleeping in the early morning, But the most golden moment in our daily life is to look at the east side for sunrise. In my childhood days I love to read the poem about sunrise is the grey began to fade, As the colors filled the sky, The chill began to warm, As the sun began to rise. This is not the only poem about sunrise, there are more than thousands of poem written about sunrise because of the sunrise lovers.
For the people never look out the sunrise before :) and for sunrise lovers I am showcasing here golden examples of Sunrise photos and pictures.

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