Lawn Graphics. Art or Not?
on Jun 5, 2009 in art artistic home art lawn art lawn graphics painting The latest summer fad sweeping homes and neighborhoods all over the nation. Someone thought it would be cute to spray paint the grass in front of your house and charge you money for it. I hope this stuff washes off without having to replant the front...

The art of origami
on Jun 3, 2009 in art alternative art arts crafts origami paper art Art or craft? Or something entirely different? Pegasus Fat Pot Phoenix Land Shark Devil Crane T Rex credits listed in order of appearance: Robert J. Lang Origami Joseph Wu Origami Eric’s Origami Page Origami.com Tweet This Post ...

Crop circles - spooky, but artsy too!
on Jun 2, 2009 in art artistic crop circles england land art telegraph Crop circle making has got to be some of the weirdest art in the world. But art it is, at least in our opinion. Today, the Telegraph ran a story about the first ever jellyfish-looking crop circle found in Oxfordshire, England, seen below. Pretty amaz...

Crop circles – spooky, but artsy too!
on Jun 2, 2009 in art artistic crop circles england land art telegraph Crop circle making has got to be some of the weirdest art in the world. But art it is, at least in our opinion. Today, the Telegraph ran a story about the first ever jellyfish-looking crop circle found in Oxfordshire, England, seen below. Pretty amaz...

Weather Photography: True art form, or merely a glorified hobby?
on Jun 1, 2009 in art alternative art art trends arts photography weather photography A few posts ago, a reader asked us whether we considered weather photography to be an art form. Thinking about it for a while, I still cannot be certain, so I’ve decided to open up the discussion to our visitors… Well? Is this art?

Brain surgery turns man into artist… O’RLY!
on Jun 1, 2009 in art artists artonot arts brain surgery drawing painting Saw this story on the Daily Mail today. This one really begs the question… Art or Not? You can judge the painting below for yourself, while I go dig up the name of Alan Brown’s surgeon, you know… just in case. Until the stroke, Alan...

Pencil Art by Jennifer Maestre
on May 31, 2009 in art alternative art art trends arts pencil art sculpture Never seen anything like this before. Very intriguing collection of sculptures made entirely of colored pencils. I guess there are multiple ways for one to use a pencil in creating art. More at Jennifer Maestre Tweet This Post ...

Street Sign Art
on May 30, 2009 in art alternative art artistic artistry arts new art painting street art street signs urban art Just when I thought I had seen every kind of street art there is, signtologist of Denver comes up with yet another way of decorating trivial public property. It’s catchy, original, and it’s way easier on the eyes than a damn STOP SIGN (es...

Alive but silent. Living statues contest in Sochi.
on May 29, 2009 in art art shows arts contests painting russian art sculpture sochi sochi russia statues Got art? These people think they do. When a statue is not really a statue but a decorated human being… is that still art? Am I asking stupid questions? A living statues contest was held in the Russian city of Sochi earlier this month. Looks pre...

Potato Faces
on May 28, 2009 in art arts drawing faces food art painting papas portraits potatoes vegetables Ginou Choueiri’s potato portraiture has been mentioned on several art blogs already, but we thought we’d cover it here as well since the topic fits so well within our alternative arts theme. The artist’s justification for defacing (...