I wouldn’t have imagined that placing fruit with fish would result in such beautiful paintings. Anne Middleton’s art is influenced from her classical studies of Baroque and Renaissance periods. She even learnt traditional tempera and fresco in Italy. And for her latest work she uses European oil glazing techniques, “which involve the use of many layers of transparent oil paint to build incredible colour intensity and luminosity.” ^[1]

1. "About the Gallery." Annemiddletongallery.com. Retrieved on May 20th, 2013.

Artwork © Anne Middleton

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Jacob Everett’s drawings are based from photographs, and he uses a grid method on paper and then concentrates on one section at a time. “I produce large-scale portraits using an intricate technique of overlapping elliptical marks, which gradually build to represent the subtle contours of the face.” ^[1] 

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1. "About." Jacobeverett.com. Retrieved on May 19th, 2013.

Artwork © Jacob Everett

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These “transparent” boxes are part of a series titled “Trompe L’Oeil; Petite Maison” by Elise Victoria Windsor. Her goal is to combine a physical object (which she addresses as being a sculpture), and layering over a photograph to create a ghost-like effect when its placed to background. This project is similar to Cayetano Ferrer’s “Invisible Mail Packages.”

Photos © Elise Victoria Louise Windsor

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I’ve been keeping an eye on David Walker’s artwork updates through Facebook. And last year and in 2010, I had featured some of his colorfully dimensional spray-paint murals. Within this post, I have included his latest creations which were splashed on canvases and building walls—a few, like the second one down is for a solo exhibition in Paris, France.

Artwork and photos © David Walker

Photographer Winfried Werner loves to take photos of wildlife and natural landscapes in Kiel, Germany. Some of his portfolio pictures include digital manipulation, but for this post, I have only displayed images that are real without photomontage.

Photos © Winfried Werner

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Most of Oriana Fenwick’s pencil drawings have been made for editorial articles in magazines like DWELL, Sneakers, CUT, and more.

Artwork © Oriana Fenwick

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Pantonio’s graffiti art is identified for its black-spray-painted characters with expressive white highlights that look like horse hair and muscle tissue.

See also: “Big Foot and Friends” and “Every Man Dies—Not Every Man Lives.”

Artwork and photos © Pantonio

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Using digital pens, James R. Eads has produced these colorful and rhythmic Goghish-style images. The famous sky spirals of “The Starry Night” are bluntly visible in a number of his work. And besides being skillful with digital art, Eads also has a noteworthy collection of traditional paintings on NY metro cards (see bottom of post).

Top: Digital illustrations. Bottom: Gouache paintings on NYC metro cards.

Artwork © James R. Eads

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I recently spoke with Oliver Delgado to find out if these were genuine photographs or digital montages. He commented that “all images are real. I only adjusted levels in Lightroom.”

Photos © Oliver Delgado