Weightless Nature?

The German artist Cornelia Konrads is a sculptor that works in the field of land-art.  She often creates works that make you feel like nature has a weightless feeling to it.  Let me know what you think of her work.

So what do you think?  Are they cool, interesting or not your style?  If you could make something in nature appear like it is floating what would you do?  Do these make you think of anything else?

Even I could never do this...

There are not many art techniques out there that I look at with so much awe and amazement that even I would not try to touch it, but I think I found one of those.  The sculpture artist Tomoko Shioyosu has created these beautiful panels of paper with such delicate cuts that you can see through the paper like it is a window, but at the same time it has these abstract images cut out of it. 

Well see for yourself and then you tell me what you think...

So what are your thoughts?  Do you think they are amazing or just okay?  Would you be willing to tackle a project like this?  What would you carve into the paper?

Patience, paper and an xacto knife

I have stumbled upon the Japanese artist Noriko Ambe.  I highly recommend you take a moment an google her.  She takes these incredible stacks of paper or books and cuts them with an xacto knife page by page.  Her cuts are so precise that it looks like the books and paper are these deep caverns inside of an alien planet.  But I'll let you take a look and decide for yourself.

My question is, if I never told you that these were paper would you have been able to figure it out?  What do you think they look like?  Do you think you would have the time or the patience to just sit down and create one of these works of art?  What would you cut out if you could do this?

Paper and Nature

So what happens when you take paper and add nature?  You get ART!!

Or at least that is what these works are trying to combine.  Very beautiful or at least interesting things can happen when you mix different mediums.  Or at least I think so, but you let me know what you think after you check them out.

What do you think?  Do you like the drawing with the natural elements added on top, or do you prefer the sticks and the squirrels?  Or do you think both of them are no where near close to art and that this is something that you never want to even try to create?

Art that Rocks!!

I am hoping that most of you have heard or have seen or even found some of the painted rocks that people are creating and then leaving around for others to find.  But what if that was taken a step further and those rocks were attached to wood, canvas or anything else and used as art.  Check out these rocks and let me know what you think.

So my first question is, are they art?  If so, why?  If not, why not?  Do you think they are cute and creative or a waste of someone's time?  What would you paint on a rock if you could?

Does their mother know they did this?

Have you ever made such a mess that you were grounded for a very long time?  Maybe some of you still are...

Well these three works of art might be right up your alley.  I couldn't find if they were real or who created them, but I thought they were lots of fun and kind of interesting and I wanted to know what you thought.

So what do you think of these?  Is this something that you would like to try?  Do you think he threw only one cup of paint to create that splatter or did it take him several, if so, how many?  Do you like only the black paint or would you try other colors?  Do you think the canvases would look as good if you move them away from their walls?

Abstract magic

While surfing Pinterest, yes this is where I get most of my great ideas, I came across the abstract artist Cody Hooper.  Cody is an American Abstract artist that started in watercolors, but has since branched out to working with a variety of mediums to create these beautiful abstract works of art.
Why don't you take a look at a few of them and then let me know what you think?

So what are some things that you notice about his work?  Does he have any common techniques that you can see?  What do you like or dislike about them?  Do you like them more or less if I told you that most of these are for sale for a few thousand dollars each?  Do you think you could create them?