Photo-Realistic Paintings of Landscapes Reflected in Sunglasses
Many of Simon Hennessey’s paintings look so lifelike that they are often mistaken for photos. To achieve this level of realism, the English artist spends anywhere from two weeks to seven months on a single piece using an airbrush and acrylic paint. 40-year-old Simon Hennessey started painting landscapes reflected in the sunglasses of tourists in […]
Vietnamese Self-Taught Artist Paints with Chicken Feathers
Dinh Thong created his first chicken-feather painting right after finishing high-school, over three decades ago. He has dedicated his entire life to the unique art form, but has been unable to advertise his talents properly due to lack of funds. Born and raised in the ancient city of Hoi An, Vietnamese artisan Dinh Thong has […]
Man Spends 50 Years Hand-Painting 2,000-Foot Map of Imaginary World
Fifty years ago, Jerry Gretzinger started painting a map of a world that existed only in his imagination. It began as a doodle, but since that first day, he has been adding a new hand-drawn panel to his map every day. Today the masterpiece known as Jerry’s Map numbers 2,600 different unique panels that cover 2,000 […]
Talented Young Artist Paints with Used Coffee Grounds
21-year-old Vincent Francisco Navarro, from Baguio City, Philippines, is an emerging visual artist who uses ground coffee as the main medium of his art. He collects used coffee grounds and recycles them as paint, thus giving the waste product new value and purpose through aesthetics. The city of Baguio produces around 300 tons of garbage every […]
Each Line One Breath – Artist Creates Meditative Drawings One Line at a Time
Each Line One Breath is a collection of morphogenetic freehand drawings by Netherlands-based artist John Franzen. He creates textured artworks reminiscent of wrinkled fabric or water ripples by drawing hundreds of lines from the top of a paper canvas all the way to the bottom. The process of creating a morphogenetic freehand drawing is a very […]
Chinese “Watermelon Man” Carves Images into Watermelon Flesh with a Spoon
21-year-old Qian Wei Cheng, an Automotive Engineering student at Tsinghua University, recently became an internet celebrity after photos of his watermelon flesh carvings went viral. There are a lot of talented food artists out there who can turn watermelons into intricate works of art, but most of them use special tools to carve the tough shell […]
Talented Artist Carves Layered Portraits into Pieces of Cardboard
English artist Giles Oldershaw has a very unique talent. He can take discarded pieces of cardboard, the kind pizza boxes are made of, and turn them into amazing portraits of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe or Marlon Brando using only the cardboard’s layers to highlight their features. 58-year-old Giles Oldershaw is not the world’s first artist […]
Talented Florist Creates Blooming Dress Entirely from Flowers
Lisa Dickinson, owner of Manchester florist Venus Flowers, and her team of four florists spent over a week planning and working on a magnificent dress made entirely of flowers. The blooming gown was worn by Boss Model Eleanor Davies during the opening of this year’s Dig the City festival. We’ve featured a variety of unique garments in […]
Can You Believe They’re NOT Photos? The Wildlife Paintings of Eric Wilson
Eric Wilson is one of the world’s most talented wildlife artists. During the last 20 years, he has painted endangered animals in their natural habitats all over the globe using a variety of mediums, from oil paints to pastels. Growing up in Scotland, Eric Wilson spent most of his childhood days roaming the highland mountains, where […]
The Photo-Realistic Pastel Drawings of Ruben Belloso Adorna
Ruben Belloso Adorna, a young artist from Seville, Spain, has taken the art world by storm with his incredibly detailed portraits of real-life and fictional characters drawn exclusively in pastel on wooden canvas. Painting hyper-realistic works of art with oil paints requires great talent and skill, but drawing them with pastel sticks and crayons seems […]
The Ostrichcopter – A Dead Ostrich Turned into a Helicopter
Remember Bart Jansen, the Dutch artist who stuffed his pet cat and attached rotors to each of his paws to create the Orvillecopter? Well, Bart did it again, only this time he used a large ostrich as a medium for his bizarre art. Last year, visual artist Bart Jansen and technical engineer Arjen Beltman shocked the […]
The Pixel Painter – 97-Year-Old Partially Blind Man Creates Masterpieces with Microsoft Paint
When 97-year-old Hal Lasko was diagnosed with wet macular degeneration, which weakens the sight in the center of the field of vision, he thought his art-making days were over. Then, he discovered the computer and Microsoft Paint, which help him zoom in close enough to see every pixel, and got a second chance at making art history. […]
Artist Uses Paint and Plastic to Turn Humans into Living Breathing Sculptures
Believe it or not, there is a living human being underneath every one of Marie-Lou Desmeules’ artworks. The Canadian artist uses layers of paint and plastic to turn her models into thought-provoking sculptures of modern-day or historical icons. The models of Quebec-born artist Marie-Lou Desmeules act as live canvases and experience a metamorphosis through her […]
Artist Feeds House Flies Watercolor Pigments and Lets Them Paint by Regurgitation
Who knew common house flies could be such talented artists? Los Angeles artist John Knuth discovered their potential and started feeding them sugar mixed with watercolor pigments so they could create stunning works of art through their natural external digestive process. John Knuth is not the first artist to collaborate with nature in order to create art, […]
French Artist Creates Amazing Portraits from Liquid, Solid and Powdered Foods
World, meet Vivi Mac, an amazing artist from France who can use virtually any kind of food to create detailed celebrity portraits. Although she has yet to display her ephemeral masterpieces in an proper art gallery, Vivi Mac has already made a name for herself online. We’ve featured some amazing food artists on Oddity Central […]