New Artwork – Ian Rogers – an Implausibility of Gnus
Another collective noun - today, an Implausibility of Gnus. A bit out of order as I should have done H today, but I will circle back to H for the next installment. There is something improbable about the gnu, also known as…
Robert Polidori
Robert Polidori is an American photographer born in Montreal, Canada, who lives between Paris and New York. He’s been a staff photographer for the New Yorker for more than a decade, and has won a heckload of awards including a…
New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Gatling of Woodpeckers
Another collective noun - today, a Gatling of Woodpeckers. I hadn’t really thought about it before but the sound of a woodpecker’s TOK TOK TOK TOK TOK TOK TOK TOK does kind of sound like one of those old-fashioned hand-crank machine guns….
Martin Wittfooth – update
A while ago I wrote about Martin Wittfooth, but to recap: Martin Wittfooth is a painter who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He was born in Toronto, Canada in 1981 but spent most of his childhood in Finland. He’s a…
New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Fesnyng of Ferrets
Another collective noun - today, a Fesnyng of Ferrets. Although it is difficult to track down the strict etymology of the term and there are many conflicting sources, some consensus exists that it arose from a transcription error in Middle English of…
Michael Cho – Back Alleys & Urban Landscapes
Michael Cho is a Canadian illustrator based in Toronto. He has been at it for a long time, winning awards with his impressively wide range of work for a substantial roster of clients. Perusing one of my favourite art blogs,…
New Artwork – Ian Rogers – an Erst of Bees
Another collective noun - today, an Erst of Bees. “Erst” is another term for what is known as the “first swarm” or “prime swarm” – when bees leave their hive en masse looking for a place to build a new hive. “Erst”…
The Visual Metaphors of Sébastien Thibault
One of the things I like about many illustrators is the wit in their visual metaphors. Sébastien Thibault is an illustrator based in Matane, Quebec who has this in spades. He’s won a bunch of impressive awards and has a…
New Artwork – Ian Rogers – a Dole of Turtles
Another collective noun - today, a Dole of Turtles. When turtles are basking in the sun (as reptiles will do), they will crawl atop one another, jockeying for advantage. Or perhaps they just like it. The turtle lives ‘twixt plated decks Which practically…
Chie Aoki
I saw a picture of Chie Aoki‘s work on the Art Listings Professional blog and was pretty much blown away. These peculiar transformative sculptures are failry opaque to me in terms of meaning but as visual object I find them,…
