Burgerman Mural

Ben Frost Mural

Sketchknots

This is an amusing little animation from Jon Burgerman that reminded me a bit of Nick Parks "Creature Comfort" films because of the recorded voices it uses. It starts off with an artist trying to think up an idea for an urban art painting then goes off on one.....the random ending made no sense to me but it did make me laugh.

Simone Lia

Whilst browsing through Tom Gauld's Website the other day I came across the work of Simone Lia. Simone graduated from the University of Brighton in 1995 where she studied illustration, she then went on to do a masters at the Royal College of Art in London where she met Tom Gauld. They later formed Cabanon Press and the rest is history.

I really like the varied line in her work and the bright flat colour pallets she uses, in contrast to Tom Gauld there is little or no shading which gives her work a certain charm.

Exposing the invisible

I have just watched a really interesting lecture on Ted Talks by Nick Veasey.

Nick uses x-ray machines to take pictures of anything from large machinery, nature and normal everyday things.

I was shocked to find he is literally suffering for his art because he has been exposed to radiation on two occasions, but despite the dangers the results he can achieve are truly outstanding. He gets under the surface and shows us the beauty and complexity of anatomy in a way we have never seen before.

Nick Veasey: Exposing the invisible | Video on TED.com

The painter and the pendulum

Tom Shannon is an artist who merges science, nature and art together to create fascinating works of art.

He uses a pendulum with an elaborate remote control device to control the flow of the paint on the canvas once gravity takes over.

He first started experimenting with pendulum painting back in the 1970's.

Tom Shannon: The painter and the pendulum | Video on TED.com

Seasons Animation

Here is a short animation I collaborated on entitled 'Seasons'. We used oil paint on glass and used cut outs to create the changing season.