The Seven Deadly Sinners

Happy Father's Day!

Did you remember to give your daddy his Father's Day cake?

Charming, alarming artwork grabbed from The Horrors Of It All blog.

Lori Field

Kamala writes:

The work of Lori Field is GORGEOUS. It's encaustic/mixed media that is ... really really good. The medium is color pencil drawings (NOT just like, printed, appropriated images) cut out and embedded within encaustic paintings.  It's filled with kids & women, animals, flowers, decorative elements and symbols all mashed up together in a beautiful, multi-layered, surreal floating world which manages to feel positive yet dark at the same time. That description was kind of lame. Here are her own words, which sum it up much better: "...By depicting seductive creatures in psychedelic settings, I suggest a place that seems as yet untouched by the human species, but which evokes a flawed, human fragility nonetheless..."

I may get to see some 'for real' in a couple weeks when I go to LA, which I'm very excited about since if it looks this cool on the computer, imagine how it'll look with my very own eyeballs!

Los Angeles - In Studio

The work-space of artist Joshua Levine - freshly hatched mystery critters look up in blank-eyed wonder. Or mute stupefaction. Or in a horror which has no name. Or possibly just looking for a tasty snack.

Yes, questions.

"I don't have answers. I just do eyes." - Hannibal Chew - Blade Runner.

(Kling-klang image to engorge.)

Trouble on Wheels

Trouble on Wheels, from a flickr set called Albino Squirrel Heaven:

Sam Sanfiliipo has created a taxidermied utopia to help keep the minds of the grieving occupied. His world of dioramas exists in the basement of an unassuming funeral home in Madison, WI. Enjoy this brief photo tour of some of the squirrel dioramas. The museum is also home to hundreds of other trophies including fish, raccoons, and at least a couple of badgers.

If you'd like to visit, just contact Cress Funeral home at 608-238-8406 to make an appointment. Tell 'em Extreme Craft sent you!

Thanks, Kelly!

Walker Rock Garden

I can't believe I lived in Seattle for 6 years and never knew about this place until I moved away. It's amazing! I can't wait to go check it out next time I'm back up there. This is the kind of stuff I really want to make in our back yard... total fantasy land.

Both Sweet and Illicit - works by Amy Rice

The upcoming June show at Bluebottle Art Gallery in Seattle looks like a winner with delicate and beautiful illustrations by Amy Rice.


Be Proud of What You Nurture and Grow
 Size: 18" x 24"
 Medium: spray paint, acrylic, ink


Bluebottle Art Gallery
415 East Pine Street
Seattle, WA, 98122

Medusa Jellyfish Lamp

Amazing jellyfish lamp by Timothy Horn (via Neatorama)

And for more jellyfish fun, porcelain jellyfish are here.

Large Scale Thievery Uncovered

Illustrator Luc Latulippe alerts us to some shady shite going down regarding the outright and wholesale theft of artist's work.

Click the above link to get the lowdown and help spread the word.

Underground Culture from all parts of the World

Published by Shoeisha, 2008, Edited by Mohri, supposedly available in Kinokuniya Bookstores here in the States.

"Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley ... draws a fairy tale painting by using the watercolor and the acrylic. In her artwork, marine biology, Art Nouveau, childhood experiences, religious art, Japanese Prints, nostalgia, and kitsch, etc. are combined. Because only strange materials are combined, the plant and the flower might look like genitals that come out in the Japanese old obscene picture. Her artwork is Gothic-Lolita that eeriness is coexistent to beauty."

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Also in it are some artists whose work I've admired for a long time - Joe Sorren, Dave Cooper, Ray Caesar, Camille Rose Garcia, Jonathon Weiner, Heiko Muller...

Slideshow of many more images of and from the book here if you're curious.

James Jean

Kamala writes:

I'm sure this guy has gotten enough exposure already, but, I have to point him out anyway for those who might not have seen his amazing work. Wow, wow, wow. And he's not even 30 yet! Depressing. He's done a lot of comic work, as well as winning a ton of prestigious illustration awards and something big lately for Prada (?). I saw his book recently and it's gorgeous. His lines, the curves, the colors, the people, the creatures... I can't say anything bad, and I'd rather you look at his work than me try lamely to explain why it's so good. Go see more!