ANNE STAHL

Lately I've been looking at a lot of different artists, mostly contemporary artists, just to see what people are doing and are interested in. More so though, and in particular, I've been looking for artists whose work is similar, or maybe runs parallel to my own work. Most of what I've been looking at lately have been abstract paintings - specifically, paintings that artists are considering to be abstracted landscapes.

FRACTAL by ANNE STAHL

Of course fractals are interesting! I think that's why people are making paintings inspired by aerial images. These paintings she did were made nearly 10 years ago.

Good stuff.

BEAUTIFUL!

A Phytoplankton Bloom off Namibia

Satellite Images of Marine Phytoplankton Blooms

Yep, when I was a little kid, one thing I obsessed over was collecting rocks. I wanted to be a scientist of sorts (geologist or biologist). I still swear that if I could focus the left part of my brain a little better, I'd conduct scientific research. Alas, I can only truly stay focused on art related activities, therefore, I just make friends with scientists (they're the best company for me, anyway). Geology, in specific, is so inspiring.

A mystery person fixed my bike chain! Hmm, was it you?

ALEX EBEN MEYER

illustrations, sketches, sketch blog - good stuff.

I'm thinking about doing still lifes again in advanced painting. Still lifes are fun because I'm a control freak. I want to find things in dumpsters and in junk yards. I want to paint interiors and exteriors, lamps, couches, ceiling fans, etc. If I felt like collaging on depicted lampshades, or on the sides of painted buildings, then I would do that too.