'Angel Wings' Bookends Look Heavenly

These ethereal looking bookends are some of the most gorgeous.They are laser cut from metal, and powder coated using glossy white paint. The ‘Angel Wings’ bookends are available for $10 at Etsy.
Via: Lustik, Via: JazJaz

Interactive Murals By Ernest Zacharevic

These awesome murals by Ernest Zacharevic really make the buildings on which they’re painted come alive, and add a whimsical touch to the town. Ernest’s paintings range from entire walls to subtle little pieces, and they all look like they’re interacting with the environment, and objects, around them.
Link –Via: Hi Fructose, Via: Neatorama

Kate Middleton painting sells for £20,000

A British artist has painted a homage to the Sex Pistols' infamous God Save the Queen record sleeve featuring Kate Middleton. LINK: Youtube

Painted Handgun

The Tampa-based artist known as P$ynner painted this handgun. It’s a Bersa Thunder .380 caliber semi-automatic.

Via: The Breda Fallacy | Artist’s Website | Via: Neatorama

Incurable Optimism: 100 Portraits

www.patricktheoptimist.org

"QUOTE" This video of me, my family and my quest to paint 100 portraits of incurable optimists before I die. Visit my website to find out more about the portraits. LINK: Youtube

Universe Painted in Light

In 1080p, enjoy the unusual visual style in this adaptation of the ground-breaking "Science on a Sphere" production, including depictions of Earth. From NASA and NOAA, with additional images from ESA Hubble.

We perceive light--we see it—but what we see and what it means are not the same. Without context, detail means nothing.

Oh, there are so many factors at play here: what wavelengths of light can we see, how well can our brains take what we see and turn it into something we understand?

And also, how do we compare ourselves to the thing we're observing? What tools do we use to help us capture information? How do we turn light into data, data into pixels, pixels into meaning? Start with a planet. LINK: Youtube

Finger Painting on Apple iPad

http://davidkassan.com A quick Apple ipad live fingerpainting demo that I streamed live from my Brooklyn studio on Monday June 21st. 2010, The model sat for 3 hours as I painted and answered questions on how I use the iPad and the Brushes app. Just thinking of creative uses for the ipad. LINK, Via: Youtube

Sistine Chapel Virtual Tour

The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City is famous for its architecture and its decoration which has been frescoed throughout by the greatest Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, and Sandro Botticelli.

Under the patronage of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo painted 12,000 square feet of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. Today the ceiling, and especially The Last Judgement, are widely believed to be Michelangelo's crowning achievements in painting. LINK: The Presurfer

Take an incredible Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel.

Victorian Apple iMac

“A true work of Art that had many hours to construct. Hand painted faux marble finish base cover. A rare opportunity for an awesome setup. Just slip on your computer (installs in seconds) and you will have one beautiful hand built wood desktop. Prefect for the home, office or business.” w/ photos. LINK

This Snow Leopard Has a Naked Lady On It

You will never find this snow leopard in any Apple promotional shot. Why? Because there's a naked woman in there. And a very sexy one at that. Can't you see her? She's right there, completely nude. Not yet? Look closer:


Yes, now she's very hard to miss. And in three-dee! No amount of Photoshop work could fix this one. [Painted Alive—Thanks David Keyes], Via: Gizmodo

Zipper Shot Glasses

“Half-empty or half-full? Half-opened or half-closed? These zippered shot glasses will certainly get the conversation started. Features hand-painted zipper teeth up the side and an actual zipper-pull affixed midway.” LINK

20 Years Anniversary Fall of the Berlin Wall November 9th 2009 "Domino Wall"

On November 9, 1989, thousands rushed through the ruins of the Berlin Wall, celebrating the unity of East and West. 20 years later, millions across the world watched as one thousand seven-and-a-half foot tall dominoes fell marking the occasion.

About six months ago, those Styrofoam dominoes were sent all around to world and painted by school children and artists. Today they were reunited in a 1.5km line where the Berlin Wall once stood. And just like the wall did so many years ago, they fell to deafening cheers. [Dominoaktion and news:lite] Via: Gizmodo, Via: Youtube

Hand Painted Chair Finished!

Here is the sunset hand painted chair with a dock painted on the seat and continuing up on the back of the chair.

The distant background in the painting is a sailboat going by the Lynde Point Lighthouse in Old Saybrook, CT. LINK

Marilyn Monroe Painted in Paintballs

Andy Warhol's "Marilyn" is one of the most recognizable pieces of art produced in the last century. In this clip, another artist recreates Warhol's work with a squadron of paintball gunners.

Sure, the Mythbusters' insta-Mona Lisa is more impressive from a sheer technical standpoint, but watching Colombian pop artist Bon Yurt spearhead a legion of paintbulleters to meta art bliss is worth, well, something. We think. Or at least we think we're supposed to think. [Bonyurt Via: Geekologie Via: Neatorama Via: Youtube Via: Gizmodo]

Ancient rock art from around the world

"Even 15,000 years ago, humans were compelled to decorate their abodes"
South African rock reveals history of the San.

Painted walls and overhangs in South Africa are helping scholars piece together the millennia-long history of the San, a group of hunter-gatherers who became extinct after European colonization in the 19th century. More than 40,000 paintings in 500 rock shelters have been discovered. They depict animals such as the eland – a type of spiral-horned antelope – and hunters and are thought to represent religious beliefs of the San. Researchers hope that by firmly dating the paintings, they can see how the people changed over time. LINK

The artist with the feather-light touch

Painted onto elegant swan quills, these beautiful examples of feather-art really are fit for a Queen.

Painstakingly created by English artist Ian Davie, each individual piece painted over the royally protected bird's feathers can take up to one week to complete.

Using feathers collected during the regal birds' annual moult from a swannery near to his home, Ian has spent the past four years perfecting his craft. LINK

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU

The new short film by Blu: an ambiguous animation painted on public walls.
Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche).
Music by Andrea Martignoni
produced by Mercurio Film
assistant: Sibe. LINK: Youtube