Bill Martin Gallery is a good site for some interesting art. Bill Martin's art works are exhibited worldwide from the USA to England, France, Japan, Canada, Australia, India and the Chech Republic. His paintings are in the public collections of American Telephone & Telegraph, San Francisco International Airport, Boise Museum of Art, Oakland Museum of Art in California, Neve Galerie der Stadt in Germany, Corning Glass in Ohio, Capital Research and Management in Los Angeles, and the Vesti Corporation in Boston, among others. He is the author of the books "Paintings 1969 -1979", "The Joy of Drawing" and "Lost Legends". He lives and works in California at the edge of the Pacific Ocean.

Says Bill:

There seem to be two distinct but compatible directions in my art. The first is concerned with the depiction of imagined realities. The other is the depiction of perceived realities. By observing the existing subjects I am drawn to paint, I find new underlying currents in my own subconscious. Thus in my art I explore the conscious, subconscious, and the intercommunication between.

Labels: expressionism, nature, oil on wood, oil paintings, webpage art

This is pretty cool. It's a site made by a guy named António Jorge Gonçalves who travels around the world drawing sketches of people on Subways. The flash site itself is well put together and interesting. He has been to Tokyo, Lisbon, Stockholm, New York, London, Moscow, São Paulo, Cairo, Athens and Cairo. António Jorge Gonçalves is mostly a comic strip artist and illustrator. He says

When people are shut in a subway carriage they look for something to do during their journey. They read the paper, listen to music or brood on something unpleasant said to them at work. I prefer to draw the other people.

This is portrait of a woman in a Subway in New York. The portrait drawings are varied and unusual from all of the cities in the world and it is worth checking them out.

Labels: António Jorge Gonçalves, drawings, flash site, subways, webpage art

Martina Ströebel has glorious work! It's called "vector artwork". The entire site is in German but you don't need to understand it in order to cruise through her artwork! It's really mesmerizing and lovely. Digital Art and Illustration. Not much can be found by way of an Artist's statement, but she is
a talented artist who creates very interesting and bizarre vector art. Many of her works have themes of flight and life. It is as if she lives in a parallel universe. Here is the link to the art gallery.

Amazing!

Today I will just show you about some art sites I have stumbled upon. First Pencil Artwork has some very interesting sculptures. Then the Chinese Harbin Snow and Ice Festival Sculptures are quite intriguing. Here are some amazing food sculptures. Incredible hand art is here (really cool!) Peter Callesen and his paper cut sculptures are wunderbar. This is cool- the CN tower time lapse photo as you move your mouse over it and it changes to different sun positions or night. Lots of sand sculptures are here. Sandsational... (ugh). Ray Caesar is really bizarre. Eric Drooker of the New Yorker has an awesome site. Kenneth Parker's photographs are beautiful. Makoto Komatsu has some unusual porcelain casting sculptures. Here are some life sized horses in driftwood.David Goode has clever bronze sculptures (Lord-of-the-rings-ish) So those are just a few sites I found today. Enjoy!

Blue Birches
oil painting
60.9 x 121.9 cm

Eva Lewarne is an artist, painter, pastelist and portraitist from Toronto, Ontario.
She says:

I was born and raised in Poland and I live presently in Canada, a graduate of OCAD,

I have always painted.

In the last couple of years, I have received a Medal from France in a Painting Festival in Avignon. (Grand Prix). Not my first there. Some of my work was stolen from the Grand Palais in Paris, before that.

I paint energetically and intuitively, to avoid thinking until a piece feels finished. Then I look to see what is there, as surprised as anyone else.

Light can only be seen when viewed against a background of rich and dark hues..

I want to capture intense light, both as an abstract concept and intertwined with our lives.

This is the reason for my newest series:

Abstract in Red &
Almost Abstract in Blue

Here are some of her new abstracts.

I also like this one


Acrylic on canvas Red Cloud

Piero and Arlekin Abstract Art by Izabella Pavlushko Baku Azerbaijan acrylic on paper. framed - 12 Inches x 16 Inches. Found on art.la-passerelle.net I can see the pierrot and the harlequin - or I supposed that is what it is :)

Izabella was born in Baku, former USSR. For 10 years she has been working in the field of geometrical abstraction and exploring the potential of geometry in art. In her work she connects geometry with spirituality and creates forms that provide the same emotional power as a musical composition.
Izabella says that:

All our life as well as my art is geometrical abstraction. It’s a matrix of transition to nowhere and back. Geometrical abstraction is symbols of ancient civilization and space mysteries. Its each element is a key opening or locking a new space. I penetrate into this world trying to open another one.

I find her other works interesting and clever. They remind me of the E.A. Abbott book, and now video called Flatland.

La-Passerelle is a complete Art Gallery of resources. It has an art directory of all the latest art sites around the globe. Cathryn Brimhall is the creator of this site and it is incredibly comprehensive with lists of Paintings, Pastels, Portraits, Nudes, Watercolors, Sculpture and Photography. She also includes Abstract Art, Drawings, Art Classes and much more.
This is your portal for the arts.

Cathryn says:

This selected directory of contemporary fine art is a window opening on a selection of the best art sites, creations and resources for artists. You are invited to discover as you wish...

You can enter your own art site into her Directory of Contemporary Arts or search there for sites that interest you. There is an Artist's Forum where artists can discuss many topics. This site is a huge resource for Artists and Art lovers alike. It is so interesting to just click around and find many new intriguing sites and people. It is a true Artist's community. Cathryn has done a supurb job bring together the many facets of Art and the spirit of creation into one amazing site. Her site is definitely worth a visit.

For more about Cathryn Brimhall see her Contact page.