Somebody calling themselves cardboardia recently submitted this post to beautifulart.com Their grammar isn’t perfect, but this is an amazing little story. Thanks for sharing! I’d like to tell you about an unusual journey through two different towns of one big country, one of which was in Kosice (Slovakia) and the second in Perm (Russia). Country Cardboardia materialize in unexpected places all over the world – in a few days the [...]

I stumbled upon the art of Christer for the first time today. He is an awesome manipulator of photos with a great dark sense of humor. I love the repetitive occurrence of muted tones that perfectly set the mood for each witty piece of conceptual art. I like to imagine myself standing in each of these pictures. I like to pretend that each one of these is part of the real world. [...]

The internet has done harm to a lot of antiquated industries. Maybe none so much as the crash of the encyclopedia markets. What now? What do we do with all of these books? Finally a solution to the ever growing useless encyclopedia problem. Artist Alexander Korzer-Robinson carves these amazing murals using nothing but recycled encyclopedias. Awesome. “Through my work in the tradition of collage I am pursuing the very personal [...]

The results are in. After suspenseful deliberation the judges have chosen their winners in this years Scotch Tape Art competition. Okay, I am going to be honest. I had no idea that this competition was going on until after it had already closed. However, I am happy that it happened.  Another awesome example of creative medium in art. The winner of the competition was Jake L. of Manheim, Pennsylvania. “The inspiration behind [...]

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Sarah LOuette is a French emergent photographer who makes dream-like pictures of a totally unusual kind. Between lights and shades, innocent and irony, her artwork depicts our so many human emotions.Every scene is thus an allegory of a feeling that takes us far beyond our everyday reality. She is currently represented by Galery Photo-Originale, in Paris, and is among the photographers selected for the festival “Itinéraires Photographiques” in Limoges.   [...]

There is nothing more compelling than realism that is created using an unexpected and unconventional medium. Korean artist Seung Mo Park hand cuts layers of wire mesh, to create some of the most beautiful and realistic large-scale portraits I have seen. There is a depth to each of these pieces that cannot be replicated using any traditional methods. Each one of these creations started with a beautiful photograph taken by Seung. He [...]

No better way to start off a weekend then with a creepy photo of a faceless man surrounded by the number 12. As you may know, I am a sucker for photo manipulation and the amazing work of Xetobyte is no exception. Norvhic Fernandez Austria aka Xetobyte is a self taught artist from the Phillipines. “My Favorite style of art is Surreal. I always try to express my thoughts, feelings, [...]

This is a great example of how many potentially artful things that we take for granted on a daily basis. Every morning I put on my socks and every evening I throw them into the dirty laundry basket. Not once have I ever stopped to think about what sort of art I could make with them. Lucky for us the beautiful artist Hong Yi  (red) had these exact thoughts and [...]

I use a wide range of mass-produced materials in my work to create a dueling dialogue between the natural and urban landscapes. In most cases there is an intentional reference to water and its destructive capabilities. However, the extreme calm and order seen in the works communicates a certain level of control over or complacency towards the threats of water. I am interested in placing the creator in comparison with [...]

Nobody makes a story come alive quite like Su Blackwell. These amazing sculptures are are crafted using nothing but antique books. Su has exhibited her exquisite work extensively, and is currently working from her studio in London on an ‘illustrated book of fairy tales’, which will be published this October. ”I often work within the realm of fairy-tales and folk-lore. I began making a series of book-sculpture, cutting-out images from [...]

At first glance at these photos by Pol Úbeda Hervàs all may seem normal in the world. After a few seconds you will notice that there is an invisible man at play. There is no reason for the shadows, or the shoes for that matter. This collection entitled “I’m not there” presents an eerie proposition. I’m not sure rather this is supposed to represent loneliness, self image, and perception… Or if we [...]

When walking into the Mustang Art Gallery in Alicante, Spain one almost feels like they are stepping into the matrix. Artist Ana Soler carefully suspended 2000 tennis balls in mid air. Perfectly spacing them to track the natural trajectory of a moving ball. Her installation piece entitled “Cause and Effect” manages to take the viewer into a world where time stops and anything is possible. Ana is a 39 year [...]

It’s not often that I get a chance to look at street art in person. One of many downfalls that come from living in suburbia. Kids in my neighborhood get arrested if they color outside the lines.  Thankfully Os Gemeos (The Brothers) twins Otávio and Gustavo Pandolfo are not from my neighborhood. What started on the streets of Brazil has now landed on the walls of museums all over the world. [...]

This is the first time we have ever posted 2 galleries by the same artist. When Natalie Shau showed us a few new fashion photos she had recently taken, we just couldn’t help ourselves. The last time we featured Natalie it was for her beautiful, dark, sexy, illustrations. This time it is for some beautiful, dark, sexy, photos. Okay okay, almost the same thing. Natalie Shau is mixed media artist [...]

It amazes me that Alexander Jansson has not yet been grabbed up by a major motion picture company to design characters. His illustrated characters have a beautiful sense of existence. Their personalities seem to come across in every scene.  Each one is able to stand alone, yet together they seem to tell an incredible story. These are the sort of characters that could easily fill the walls of a nursery [...]

This collection from Mariana Palova is entitled “Moon Tales”.  Each of these pieces seems to have a symbolistic mystery contained within the beautiful art. It’s almost as if the artist knows something that we do not. She allows us to visit a world of sad moons, half rabbit temptresses, and dark keepers of the universe. Mariana Palova is a 21 year old female living in Aguascalientes, Mexico. At the age of 16, with very [...]

The body of work from Anton and Ina spans from traditional photography to strange conceptual digital art and manipulation. They are able to tell a full story in a single photograph. There is a spiritual nature to their work. The viewer gets a sense that they are looking slightly beyond the veil. They manage to provide everything from a whimsical happiness in “Insemination” to an unbearable anguish in “Desperation”. Anton [...]

At first glance you may have thought these were photographs or perhaps digital art, but all of these are done with acrylic on cavas. A beautiful example of emotion and realism in traditional art.  Each of the people that Truls Espedal paints seems to have their own struggle. Each of these pieces have an energy that draws you in and after a prolonged period of staring tends to leave you speechless. Truls Espedal [...]

The Imagination of Anton Semenov may be a dark place, but the way he is able to convey the pictures from his head into actual art is nothing short of beautiful. Each one of these pieces offers a glimpse into the dark corners of the artists mind. This is mixed media at its best. A perfect cross between traditional painting and digital manipulation. Anton is 27 and was born in the city [...]