3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
Ted Vasin is a Russian-born artist raised and based in San Francisco creating a wide range of works, often bound by their digital origins, presented as painting or as sound. His work combining representational drawing skills with colorful abstract forms is oftenly psychedelic or hyperrealist with a frequent use of self portraits.
Fashion and beauty photographer from New York - Sergio Kurhajec shoots for leading fashion editorials
Inspiring lifestyle and fashion photography from Huston-based young photographer Tamara Lichtenstein. Also has several works available for purchase through etsy
Seattle-based sculptor Dan Webb uses wood as a handy and plasticity material. Just take a look what can be done using wood carving
Portland based sculptor Peter Gronquist sits with "new surrealists" if speaking of labels but huge heads of bison, goats and other species, with their horns replaced with gilded weaponry and often delicately wrapped in floral ornamentation speak for themselves. Gronquist’s juxtaposition of death, nature and destruction calls forth many pertinent questions about humans’ relationship to the environment; the animal heads seems so real, yet so artificial and manipulated.
Despite all of those digital trends we have been following last days, we believe that the main reason the art "made in classic materials" still exist is the selfless dedication artists give themselves everyday on blank paper. This statement is again proved by an artworks of Huguette Despault May from Maryland, US with her intense love to charcoal as a medium. Just take a look at the series of abandoned hawsers lines reflecting on a life of a simple rope that likely has a sea-wolf stories.
Talented artist Boris Pelcer from American Moscow city attracted us with his latest pencil works available for admiration and purchase
Nature is something we will never understand, so the feeling of its primary force won't leave you after visiting photography portfolio of Kevin Cooley
If I go mad and decide to make a tattoo I choose Wendy's art for it no matter how it may dispose in time. Check her art on http://eatsleepcreaterepeat.tumblr.com/
Complex and complicating drawings of Cane Dojcilovic show the master's work with pencil and other materials in a quite surreal way.
Erik Marinovich is a letterer and designer based in San Francisco. He is a co-founder of Friends of Type and has worked for clients such as New York Times, New York Magazine, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, Wired, Metropolis magazine, GAP, Diageo, Nike; while also freelancing for various studios such as: Landor, Brand Union, Greatworks, Anomaly in New York.
"CLOUD is a large scale interactive installation by artist Caitlind r.c. Brown that appeared September 15th as part of Nuit Blanche Calgary in Alberta, Canada. The piece is made from 1,000 working lightbulbs on pullchains and an additional 5,000 made from donated burnt out lights donated by the public." via Colossal
http://vimeo.com/49748983
"Christy Lee Rogers is a self-taught photographer from Kailua, Hawaii. Her obsession with water as a medium for breaking the conventions of contemporary photography has led to her work being compared to Baroque painting masters like Caravaggio." As stated in personal bio, not sure what to do with Caravaggio or copywriter there but her photography is definitely worth to see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfHClCbgCrI&feature=player_embedded
Awesome hand-writing graphic and typography designer Jon Contino shows off his skills on personal website and in intimate video directed by Kevin Steen
http://vimeo.com/49155684
Rory Kurtz has been illustrating since he was old enough to hold a crayon. Self-taught and focusing in pencil, ink and digital paint, Rory has carved out his niche as a unique voice in the illustration community. His influences are spread out across the respective worlds of literature, fashion, art, film and music.
"Max Shuster is a photographer & designer from Nashville TN, USA. He mainly works on psychedelic themes with installation mixing things you wouldn’t imagine combining. When a phone and an octopus meet, a keyboard and a disco ball, or even when some pills team up to create a bowl, you’ll find in his creations a quite original aesthetic" via Whitezine
Herring & Herring is american studio is born in NYC from the meet up of Dimitri Scheblanov & Jesper Carlsen. The Russian-American & Danish-American artists are passionate about photography and fashion. Creating great images, they ended up working with big media and brands from around the world, including Vice, Zink, Surface Magazine & Gucci. via Whitezine
"Considering San Diego as the finest city in the US, Kevin Andrew Falk entitled his new project America’s finest timelapse. From its urbanism to its street passing by its landscapes or its famous Zoo, you’ll get to see a whole new San Diego you’ll love. Discover it in HD in the article (Go Full Screen for better visualization) and head up to Kevin’s website for more." via Whitezine
http://vimeo.com/48502577
