James Maybe

Tim Biskup grows ever so slowly more talented.

Pastoral in a Future Passed by Rob Sato.

Nouar’s edible world of art is round and colorful,  childlike, anthropomorphic and cannibalistic. Also, it makes me laugh.

by Paul Torres.

Prolific artist Martin Wittfooth uses animals and human artifacts to create moody paintings which inspire a feeling of emptiness and desolation, worlds of decay where cranky, suspicious, or indifferent chimeras roam though 20th century ruins. Shown above: “Sandcastles in the Tide”.

In general I prefer not to bother readers of this blog with personal entries: the artwork I post is far more interesting than anything happening in my life, and twitter is a much better place to find out what people had for lunch. That said, I’ve been absent from the blog so often that an explanation (or at least some BS excuse) seems in order. Also, I’ve gotten some emails wondering if my obsession for dangerous fish finally took me down.

That is, however, not the case. I’m fine-ish. I’ve just been slaving away in my not-so-dank arbitrage cave, obsessing about numbers and algorithms until my head cries our for sweet liquid relief, coffee or beer or what can you bring me? I tend towards the lazy, simple life, so I build these extrodinarily complicated tools to save me from thinking and effort. Problem is, creating those tools isn’t so simple. The savings from my labor saving devices are supposed to pan out in the long run, but everyone knows what happens in the long run.

At any rate I feel ready to emerge from my coding-cave and step back in the world of color and image. Hopefully my devices are now are ready to be left to their own devices, we shall see.

Shown above: a photo from the Robot Series by photographer Markku Lahdesmaki.

Shannon Bonatakis takes a blood oath to keep painting creating colorful women with thin necks and oversized heads. Shown above: The Fear of Forgetting or of Being Forgotten. I couldn’t resist posting one more of her images, read the rest of the entry to see her take on the old lady whispering “Hush”.

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Although nearly unvaried in theme, and blatant their use of symbols, it’s worth spending some time with one of Brian Viveros‘ smoking ladies. Take in her finely detailed tattoos, her over-painted eyes, her beautiful skin marked with cuts and streaks. Let her enchant you, then let her go.

by R. S. Connett.

by psychedelic color machine and master of presumably ironic or parody display blatantly overused cheesy symbolism Oliver Hibert.

Once insanely famous, now mostly forgotten 16th century Italian painter Guiseppe Archimboldo painted fruit people, including the woman above, known as “Summer” and one of four seasonal depictions.

Dave MacDowell mashes up Jules Winnfield and Eraserhead. The result is more violet, more violent.