Peanuts Inspired Norah Jones Poster by Matt Leunig

via Scraped Knee

Animated "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane

I swear the notation looks as good as the music sounds...



Also check out this awesome animation of Giant Steps by Michal Levy

Departure - An Art Trip Painting

Departure ~ Acrylic on watercolor paper - 15 x 20 inches - $125 - Inquire arttrip@live.com - More paintings here

The painting must be destroyed...

I really wanted to like this painting since I painting it outside in my garden, but alas, I don't like the way it turned out...



Acrylic on watercolor paper - 15 x 20 inches

I'm Diggin' Yellow

Some works in progress...

Judith Klausner Creates Art Out Of Food

Ah crap, I just ate that Oreo...I didn't know it was art, honest...


More images here

This painting has nothing to do with Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Richrd Prince, Larry Gagosian or Jerry Saltz (but maybe Google will find it now)

This painting has nothing to do with Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons, Richrd Prince, Larry Gagosian or Jerry Saltz (but maybe Google will find it now)~ Acrylic on Canvas - 60 x 72 inches

Okay, you stole that awesome painting from the musuem...

...now what do you do with it? Now you know!



"The consensus in the media is that there’s no market for stolen art. Not so!"

“I’ve met with fences from all over the world,” said Christopher Marinello, executive director of the Art Loss Register in London. “People who will buy stolen art from you on five percent of its value and then try to move it on. Once it goes into the underworld, criminals will trade stolen artwork. We’ve found evidence that stolen art is used in the trade for international terrorism, exchanged for guns and weapons, things like that.”

Full article here

Sensetive Landscape with Useless Morphism (Greece) - An Art Trip Painting

Sensetive Landscape with Useless Morphism (Greece) - Acrylic on paper - 22 x 30 inches - $250 - arttrip@live.com - more paintings here

Huichol Indian bead-dazzled Volkswagen Beetle

Wow!!



via Boing Boing

Whenever I want to do a minimal painting I get the heebee-jeebees and end up with something like this II - An Art Trip Painting

Whenever I want to do a minimal painting I get the heebee-jeebees and end up with something like this II - Acrylic on Paper - 20 x 35 inches - $200 - arttrip@live.com

Paintings available for sale here

Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow - Anselm Kiefer

Sophie Fiennes' highly unconventional documentary "Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow" takes you inside the symbolic and apocalyptic world of German artist Anselm Kiefer, who has spent almost 20 years building a dreamlike city to house his paintings in the south of France.



Review here

More clips here

Supposed Continuation - An Art Trip Painting

Supposed Continuation - Acrylic on Watercolor paper - 22 x 30 inches - $200 - arttrip@live.com - more paintings here

Van Gogh - The Fine Print

It funny how Van Gogh always looks good no matter what the presentation...done by repeating Genius in very fine print.



via Huy Lam

Three-Way Incident - An Art Trip Painting

My Three-Way Incident ~ Acrylic on Canvas - 24 x 36 inches

My Three-Way Incident ~ Detail


Three-Way Incident ~ Acrylic on Canvaws - 24 x 36 inches - $500 - arttrip@live.com - more paintings here

The Art Market is less Ethical than the Stock Market

Can only be described as fascinating if somewhat removed from my reality.

Whenever I want to do a minimal painting I get the heebee-jeebees and end up with something like this

Whenever I want to do a minimal painting I get the heebee-jeebees and end up with something like this I - Acrylic on Paper - 22 x 30 inch - $200 - arttrip@live.com


Whenever I want to do a minimal painting I get the heebee-jeebees and end up with something like this I (detail)

Paintings for sale here

Jesus Painting Found in Motor Home

This is pretty cool....

"Praise Frosty! That's the name of the 73-year-old man who had a priceless portrait of Jesus Christ sitting in the closet of his Tennessee motor home."

"The painting, which has been missing for 150 years, was based on the "Veil of Veronica" — according to legend, a sweat cloth that a Jesus groupie dabbed upon his face right before his crucifixion, imprinting his likeness into it and imbuing it with magical powers. It's therefore thought to be an actual painting of Jesus Christ's face."



Full story here

Effective Apparition of Modular Shape - An Art Trip Painting

Effective Apparition of Modular Shape - Acrylic on paper - 20 x 27 inches - $200 - arttrip@live.com - more paintings here

Arty Bollock Generator

Where was this when I needed it in art school????



Generate some art bollocks

Future of Desire in Development - An Art Trip Painting

"The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost" ~ Arthur Miller



Future of Desire in Development - Acrylic on Paper - 22 x 30 inch - $200 - arttrip@live.com - more paintings here

Why Creative People Are So Vain

Don't know how much of this I believe, but it is a good read.

"A new study shows that while highly creative people may be more open-minded than regular joes, they also tend to be more arrogant."

"According to MSNBC, psychologists subjected 1,300 college students to "a personality test and various creativity questionnaires." Of the six personality traits they looked at, they found that openness to new experiences was most strongly correlated with creativity. Extroversion and creativity were also linked. However, creative people were somewhat less likely to be humble. Says study author Paul Silvia, "Our research didn't find a huge effect, and we certainly aren't claiming that all creative people are insufferably arrogant but, on average, people with a lot of creative accomplishments were less humble and modest." Silvia explains that a little arrogance in creative people could be a good thing, allowing them to withstand the constant criticism that comes with their vocation. But overly arrogant people may have trouble learning and improving."

via Jezebel

Trancendental Shade under Construction - An Art Trip Painting

Trancendental Shade under Construction - Acrylic on Paper - 22 x 30 inch - $200 - arttrip@live.com - more paintings here

Realistic Hand Paintings

These are pretty cool.






More here

Pittsburgh's Bleeding Color (Polish Mourning ) II - An Art Trip Painting

Pittsburgh's Bleeding Color (Polish Mourning ) II - Acrylic on Canvas - 16 x 20 inch - $150 - arttrip@live.com - more paintings here

The 50 Things Every Creative Shoud Know

My favorite, "Get out of the studio"



The other 49 are here

She was the love of his life and he became obsessed with painting apartment buildings (Kansas City) - An Art Trip Painting

She was the love of his life and he became obsessed with painting apartment buildings (Kansas City) - Acrylic on Paper - 22 x 30 inch - $200 - arttrip@live.com - more paintings here

Paintings for sale here

Photographer Daniela Edburg

"Daniela’s work addresses a world on the verge of destruction on both the micro and macro level. Using jolting imagery, wit and and beautifully crafted scenes the user is is invited on a journey takes us from shock to sympathy. Her photography beautifully surface the ills of modern society and the it’s never ending production of reckless ego’s feeding on self destructive behavior. She makes the warning clear, if we are willing to accept the message."

Full article via The Dirt Floor

Atotmic Picnic

Death by Sweetner, Photography by Daniela Edburg
Death by Slim Fast,

Death by Oreos