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160 Artstories

New Generation Of Paintings, Drawings and Murals

— June 11, 2009 — Art & Design
The art examples featured here are culturally rich, and in same cases greatly influenced by technology. The international art world is exhibiting expressive paintings, drawings and graffiti. As is usual in art, much of the inspiration for these pieces comes from everyday people and events.

Artists use a vast variety of mediums, from canvas to street walls, to express themselves, bringing to life their inner fantasies. This cluster provides a peak into the new generation of up-and-coming, and in some cases already famous, painters, from psychedelic surrealism to politically provocative graffiti.
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Subway Car Room
Subway Car Room
Michal Tatarkiewicz's Mural
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Street-Side Showering
Street-Side Showering
Artist Above Shows 'The Naked Truth' With Graffiti
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Glam Mole Portraits
Glam Mole Portraits
Bev Hogue Makes Old Glam With Blue and Beauty Marks
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Graffiti to Fix Landmarks
Graffiti to Fix Landmarks
‘Angel Of The North' To Become Street Artist Canvas
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Renting Fine Art
Renting Fine Art
Credit Crunch Produces Test Drive Paintings
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'Guess Who?' Graffiti
'Guess Who?' Graffiti
Kids' Board Game Gets a Street Art Touch From Surplus Bargains
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149
Drumstick Paintings
Drumstick Paintings
Benetton Artist Beats Up Art
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Pausable Art
Pausable Art
‘Khoda' is a Psychological Thriller with 6,000 Individual Paintings
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Lyrical Graffiti
Lyrical Graffiti
'Bittersweet Symphony' as Told Through Street Art
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146
Extreme Mural Houses
Extreme Mural Houses
Architectural Canvases
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White House Canine Art
White House Canine Art
From Obama Dog Paintings to Portuguese Water Dogs Pet Rocks
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Painting With Fireworks
Painting With Fireworks
Surrealist Art By Rosemarie Fiore Is Truly Explosive
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Paintings of Dioramas
Paintings of Dioramas
Amy Bennett's ‘Lakefront Series' Travels Down Memory Lane
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Hire A Graffiti Artist
Hire A Graffiti Artist
Graffiti4hire Lets You Outsource Street Art For Marketing Or Your Home
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T-Shirts with Paintings
T-Shirts with Paintings
Simon Henwood's Artistic Creations
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Spun Hair Portraits
Spun Hair Portraits
Blue Lines Replaces Faces With Backs of Perfectly Styled Hair
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Graffiti Bobble Men
Graffiti Bobble Men
'The London Police Crew' 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition
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Floating Graffiti
Floating Graffiti
'Airgraffities' by Lichtfaktor Let You Tag Without Vandalism
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Living Fashion Paintings
Living Fashion Paintings
Artistic Ads for Lanvin Menswear S/S '09 by Craig McDean
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Peace Murals
Peace Murals
LA vs War Installation
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Little Director
Little Director
Children's Drawings Made into Movies
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Researchers Create Drawings On Water Surface
Researchers Create Drawings On Water Surface
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Crowd-Sourced Graffiti
Crowd-Sourced Graffiti
Cape Town Election Street Art Spurs Activism Through Stencils
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Personalized Cartoon Portraits
Personalized Cartoon Portraits
Ashley G Turns Your Photos Into Tooned Masterpieces
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Surreal Illustrated Editorials
Surreal Illustrated Editorials
“Practice Makes Perfect!” in Commons & Sense Mag
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Cinematic Paintings
Cinematic Paintings
Dawn Dudek Transforms Film Scenes Into Dramatic Art on Canvas
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Icing-Inspired Paintings
Icing-Inspired Paintings
Allison Schulnik's Unusual Thickly-Painted Canvases
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Illuminated Graffiti
Illuminated Graffiti
New Guerrilla Street Art From Posterchild Fights City Debate
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Rubble as a Canvas
Rubble as a Canvas
Brazilian Graffitti
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Tentacular Headdresses
Tentacular Headdresses
Alessandro Pautasso's 'Come to the Water' Art Channels a Modern Medusa
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Hypnotic Mosaic Murals
Hypnotic Mosaic Murals
Adam Face by Lewis Lavoie
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Artistic Modern Psychedelia
Artistic Modern Psychedelia
Fantastically Strange 'Fried Paintings' by Michael Williams
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Ambiguous Shadow Portraits
Ambiguous Shadow Portraits
Gary Hume Art Show at Matthew Marks Gallery
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Blue Skin Portraits
Blue Skin Portraits
Bev Hogue's ‘Blue or Nothing' Pop Surrealism Exhibit
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Wii Graffiti
Wii Graffiti
The 'WiiSpray' Project Aims to Make Virtual Graffiti Mainstream
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Customizable Murals
Customizable Murals
'Surface View' Home and Office Murals Offer Largescale Prints and Blinds
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Subversive Icon Fashion
Subversive Icon Fashion
Stussy 'Great Minds' Series Gives Shakespeare & Freud An 80's Graffiti Mak
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Satellite Graffiti
Satellite Graffiti
TV Show Inspires 60-foot Phallus That's Viewable From Google Earth
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Sketchscapes
Sketchscapes
Edgartista's Subway Ride-Inspired 'New Millennium' Drawings
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NewsNudes for Charity
NewsNudes for Charity
Revealing Paintings by Today Show Cast To Benefit Charity
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Celebrity Faux-Pas Paintings
Celebrity Faux-Pas Paintings
Peter Howsen's Madonna Portrait Isn't Too Appealing
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Disaster Drawings
Disaster Drawings
Adam Haynes' 'Paintings 2009' Give a Peek at Nature's Dangers
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Flaming Graffiti
Flaming Graffiti
Fire Tagging NYC Street Artists Set Their Graffiti Ablaze
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Cyberspace Portraits
Cyberspace Portraits
Kristi Ropelski Paints the Human Side of the Internet
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Giant Monster Murals
Giant Monster Murals
Pete Fowler's 'Monsterism Island' is Massive
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Fat Bloody Jewelery
Fat Bloody Jewelery
Strange Fatty Paintings by Chen Fei Feature Sausage-Like Humans
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Giant Pictures as Awe-Inspiring Murals
Giant Pictures as Awe-Inspiring Murals
Surface View Funks up Your Wall
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Graffitied Offices
Graffitied Offices
D*Face Gives Magazine HQ A Cloudy Street Art Makeover
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Edgy 80's Pop Surrealism
Edgy 80's Pop Surrealism
Vladimir Kato's 'Don't Fight the Feeling'
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Psychedelic Digital Collages
Psychedelic Digital Collages
'CitizenOfThePlanet' by Martin Denker
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Female Vulnerability As Art
Female Vulnerability As Art
Ben Tour's 'Electric Orphans' Paintings Show Troubled Women
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Mixed-Media Street Art
Mixed-Media Street Art
Zach Johnsen's 'The Wanderers' Blends Psychedelic Cartooning and Graffiti
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Breakfast Hats
Breakfast Hats
Rogue Artist Dan Lacey's Peculiar Pancake Portraits
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Your Drawings Stuffed With Recycled Material
Your Drawings Stuffed With Recycled Material
Stuff Your Doodles
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Viral Urban Graffiti
Viral Urban Graffiti
GTA IV NYC Wall Murals
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$75 Stick Figures
$75 Stick Figures
Justin Swaby's Childish Drawings Are Selling For Pretty Big Bucks
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Recycled Headlight Murals
Recycled Headlight Murals
Staircase Light Installation
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Wacky Watercolor Masterpieces
Wacky Watercolor Masterpieces
Wrestler And Budgies Paintings by Rhys Coren
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Anatomical Street Art
Anatomical Street Art
Biological Graffiti Inspiration
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Illusory Self-Portraits
Illusory Self-Portraits
Danny Roberts' Eye-Catching Photography and Paintings
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Slacking Police Portraits
Slacking Police Portraits
Unusual Authoritative Poses From Jansson Stegner
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Psychedelic Exploding Heads
Psychedelic Exploding Heads
David Choe's 'Death Blossom' Exhibition
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Freaky Graffiti Books
Freaky Graffiti Books
Limited Edition "Freak" Art Book Showcases Titi Freak's Best
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Abstract Artwork
Abstract Artwork
Valentina De' Matha's Paintings Are Splashtastic
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Fan-Created Canvas
Fan-Created Canvas
Paintings of the Stars, From Rihanna to Robert Pattinson
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Sprint Graffiti
Sprint Graffiti
Anonymous Chicago Street Artist Depicts Former Governor Blagojevich
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Modern Life Oil Paintings
Modern Life Oil Paintings
Peculiar Realism Masterpieces By Andrew Ek
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Mash Pop Surrealism
Mash Pop Surrealism
Vladimir Kato's Funky Artworks Mix Horror, Humor and Hip
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Psychedelic Polka Dots
Psychedelic Polka Dots
Yayoi Kusama Takes Avant-Garde to the Next Dimension
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New Surrealism
New Surrealism
Neo-Gothic Romanticism Gives Way to Bold Vivid Fantasies
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Street Art Showcases
Street Art Showcases
‘Whole in the Wall' Exhibition in New York Features Great Graffit
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Gay Watercolor Portraits
Gay Watercolor Portraits
Colorful Artwork Celebrates 'You, and Other Unknowing Subjects'
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Blogger Portraits
Blogger Portraits
Stunning Artwork By California Based Painter Danny Roberts
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Photorealistic Erasable Art
Photorealistic Erasable Art
Comic Book-Inspired Pen-and-Ink Works by Minni Havas
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Politically Provocative Graffiti
Politically Provocative Graffiti
Daring 'Gafista' by Graphic Designer Patrick Thomas
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Social Commentary Graffiti
Social Commentary Graffiti
Street Art Comments On Bristol's Drinking Laws
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100 Mile Drawings in the Sand
100 Mile Drawings in the Sand
World's Largest Human-Made Art by Jim Denevan
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Murals of Distraught Nudes
Murals of Distraught Nudes
Haunting and Desolate Spanish Street Art by David de la Mano
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Chandelier Art
Chandelier Art
Conceptual Paintings by Lorraine Peltz
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Masculine Gloom Drawings
Masculine Gloom Drawings
Hand Drawn Anatomy Art Featuring Intricate Muscle Detailing
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Bug and Human Love
Bug and Human Love
Naughty Creepy Crawler Drawings By Javier Verdugo
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Kaleidoscopic Monster Art
Kaleidoscopic Monster Art
Psychedelic Paintings by 'We Kill You' Artist Justin Pape
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Graphic Icon Portraits
Graphic Icon Portraits
Amazing Drawings By Gabz Add Pop to Famous Faces
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Graphic Monster Arts
Graphic Monster Arts
Ed Pincombe's Illustrations Turn Scary to Eccentric
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Quirky Doodled Street Art
Quirky Doodled Street Art
20-Year-Old Graffiti Artist Takes His Talent Outdoors
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Rubbish Paintings
Rubbish Paintings
Photorealistic Junk Masterpieces
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Doodle Art
Doodle Art
Carl Baratta's Paintings Mimic Strange Colourful Dreams
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Surrealistic Pillows
Surrealistic Pillows
Cutting Edge Modern Art Through Needlepoint by Maria E. Piñeres
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Fine Art Graffiti Artists
Fine Art Graffiti Artists
Charming Baker's Paradoxical Street Art in London
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Origami-Inspired Drawings
Origami-Inspired Drawings
The Delaunay Raster
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Morbid Makeup
Morbid Makeup
Matthew Bone and Brian Viveros Flaunt Fascination With Macabre Art
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High Art Graffiti
High Art Graffiti
Canada's Montreal is a Serious Hotbed For Deviant Art
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Surreal Steampunk Jewelry
Surreal Steampunk Jewelry
Bjørg's Hypnotizing 2009 Collection Channels Dali
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Cigarette Drawings
Cigarette Drawings
Smoking Kills More Than Hitler & Bin Laden
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Anachronistic Artwork
Anachronistic Artwork
Joanna Kustra's ‘Paintings' Photo Series
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Faux Painting Photography
Faux Painting Photography
Beautiful Snow Landscape Photos Look Like Oil Paintings
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Cutesy Pop Surrealism
Cutesy Pop Surrealism
Tado's Artwork is Stealthily Subversive
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Peep Shop Window Paintings
Peep Shop Window Paintings
Agent Provocateur Storefront Art by Chris Acheson
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Zombified Portraits
Zombified Portraits
Andy Prior's Paintings Have a Disfigured Sense of Humour
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Animalistic Heritage Sketches
Animalistic Heritage Sketches
Scottish Stag and Owl Drawings By Susie Wright
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Disfigured Street Art
Disfigured Street Art
Morbid Portraits of Pop Icons
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Biomorphic Oil Paintings
Biomorphic Oil Paintings
Bizarre People-Free Portraits
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Guerrilla Graffiti Film Promos
Guerrilla Graffiti Film Promos
"Watchmen" Street Art Pops Up All Over NYC, Toronto & London
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Deceptive Architecture
Deceptive Architecture
3D Murals
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Portraits of Swingers
Portraits of Swingers
Terry Rodgers' Artwork Celebrates Youth & Decadence
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Star Wars For Posterity
Star Wars For Posterity
Intergalactic Photoshopping Puts Characters In Famous Paintings
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Modern Mirror Canvases
Modern Mirror Canvases
'Self-Portraits by Contemporary Urban Artists' Exhibition
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Casual Photo Paintings
Casual Photo Paintings
The Art of Amanda Basl Features Everyday Beautiful Women
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Color Pop Portraits
Color Pop Portraits
Corno's Dubai Exhibit is Filled With Dazzling Faces With Big Lips
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Cassette Tape Paintings
Cassette Tape Paintings
Iri5's 'Ghost in the Machine' Series Depicts Famous Media Icons
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Photorealistic Pet Illustrations
Photorealistic Pet Illustrations
Insane High-Detail Drawings From Paul Lung
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Interactive Erotic Drawings as Art
Interactive Erotic Drawings as Art
Cuerpos Dóciles
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Felt Pen Street Art
Felt Pen Street Art
Ozmo Wall Paintings at Pure Evil Gallery
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Custom Avatar Paintings
Custom Avatar Paintings
Matt Held Paints Your Facebook Profile Picture (If You're Friends)
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Picturesque Kitchen Mosaics
Picturesque Kitchen Mosaics
Tiled Backsplash Murals Jazz Up Sterile Kitchens
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Cartoon Surrealism
Cartoon Surrealism
Todd Schorr Explores the Dark and Twisted Side of Art
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Cotton Candy Landscapes
Cotton Candy Landscapes
Will Cotton's Scrumptious Pop Surrealism Looks Like Pink Heaven
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Anatomical Broken Hearts
Anatomical Broken Hearts
Kristin Kaplowitz's Sharpie and Colored Pencil Drawings Are Amazing
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Exposed Anatomy Art
Exposed Anatomy Art
Skin Peeling Paintings by Valerio Carrubba
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Super-Sized Street Art
Super-Sized Street Art
Alexandros Vasmulakis' Grandiose Graffiti
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Anatomical Portraits
Anatomical Portraits
Fernando Vicente Goes Under The Skin For 'Anatomias'
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Eco-Stunt Photo Tricks
Eco-Stunt Photo Tricks
Earth Hour 2009 Light Graffiti From WWF on Flickr
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Faceless Portraits
Faceless Portraits
London College Of Fashion Illustration Students Final Art Projects
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Felt Tip Pin Ups
Felt Tip Pin Ups
Alluring Line Drawings of Female Bodies By Lucie Bennett
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Ethereal Graffiti
Ethereal Graffiti
The Mac Infuses Modern Mural Art With Female Sensuality
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String Art
String Art
Sebastien Preschoux Uses Acrylic and String to Make Lines Pop
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Pencil & Paper Graffiti
Pencil & Paper Graffiti
New Banksy Drawings Released
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Recreating Womanly Paintings
Recreating Womanly Paintings
‘La Esencia de Klimt' Given a Modern Spin by Kattaca
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Human Oddity Paintings
Human Oddity Paintings
The Sketchbook Of Travis Louie Showcases Peculiar Portraits
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Next-Gen Psychedelic Surrealism
Next-Gen Psychedelic Surrealism
Is Artist Larry Carlson a Modern Salvador Dali?
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3D Murals 2
3D Murals 2
Fine Art Graffitti (UPDATE)
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Cutting Edge Restrooms
Cutting Edge Restrooms
Shocking Bathroom Murals
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Alice In Wonderland Inspired Art
Alice In Wonderland Inspired Art
Julie Nord Paintings Capture Adolescent America
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Surrealist Editorials
Surrealist Editorials
Genlux Magazine Images Inspired by the Art of Rene Magritte
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Vibrant Photorealistic Paintings
Vibrant Photorealistic Paintings
Diego Gravinese's Pop Art is Exceptional
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Latex Octopus-Puppies
Latex Octopus-Puppies
Kariwan's Surreal Hybrid Animal Costumes
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Psychedelic Art Exhibitions
Psychedelic Art Exhibitions
'Ryan McGinness Works' Opens Up at Deitch Projects in NYC
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Psychedelic Floral Illustrations
Psychedelic Floral Illustrations
Nadia Flower's Exquisite Artwork is An Explosion of Color
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Photorealistic Graffiti
Photorealistic Graffiti
Humanized Street Art in Europe Looks Like Digitalized Photos
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Magazine Art Portraits
Magazine Art Portraits
Stunning Mixed Media Collages by Gabi Trinkaus
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3D Garbage Portraits
3D Garbage Portraits
Bernard Pras Makes Art from the Most Random Found Objects
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Kid Drawings Made Realistic
Kid Drawings Made Realistic
The Monster Engine
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Hallucinogenic Paintings
Hallucinogenic Paintings
The Psychedelic Vision of Alex Grey
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Recreating Iconic Paintings with Children
Recreating Iconic Paintings with Children
‘Old Masters' by Rainer Elstermann
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Dripping Portraits
Dripping Portraits
Molly Brill Masters The Art Of Emotional Water Colors
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Anime Street Art
Anime Street Art
Manga Graffiti from All Over the World
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Psychedelic Home Exteriors
Psychedelic Home Exteriors
Graffiti Artists Channel Bad Acid Trips to Attack Scottish Castle
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Sexy Surrealism
Sexy Surrealism
Miles Aldridge's Scary but Sensual Photography
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Pin-Up Girl Robots
Pin-Up Girl Robots
Hajime Sorayama's Chrome Paintings Look Like Sexy C3P0s
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Photorealistic Pencil Sketches
Photorealistic Pencil Sketches
Pinched Flesh Drawings by Cath Riley Look Too Real
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Surreal Photo Manipulation
Surreal Photo Manipulation
Josh Sommers' Awesome Digital Artwork
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3D Illusion Chalk Drawings
3D Illusion Chalk Drawings
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5D Galaxy Ceilings
5D Galaxy Ceilings
StarMurals Have Actual Shooting Stars
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Recreating Famous Paintings With Photography
Recreating Famous Paintings With Photography
Julianne Moore by Peter Lindbergh for Harper's
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3D Floor Murals
3D Floor Murals
10 Incredible Optical Illusion Designs to Floor Your Friends
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