Palestinians artists and occidental sympathisers have adopted the urban portion of the Israel security Fence as a jumbo billboard canvas despite divisions of consensus among the West Bank art community.The political aspect though toxic and flammable, does act as a framework for the artists to express themselves outside the limiting effect of a pressure sealed [...]
Urban culture possesses its own art aesthetic with regard to graffiti, the subversive and restless cousin of municipally sanctioned mural art. In Tel-Aviv that expression finds its voice of insurgency despite the weight of cultural karma. Israeli graffiti artists have generally avoided using the security fence as a painting surface in part because of [...]
Equivalent to the combined annual budget of Atlantic Canada, the discovered 1 billion of assets pales with what appears to be Clouseau trained forensic accountants inability to locate the mother lore. No public information is available on where and what the Madoff clan has hoarded in valuable art, that could have been purchased through [...]
Petal Porcelain is a clear, thick, high gloss glaze , water based and non-toxic suitable for numerous craft applications. Competing companies have re-branded similar or inferior formulations into various smaller re-sell formats to considerable success at the expense of the original product.The Plaid product can add transparency , resists cracking and is non-yellowing but is [...]
Folk Art High Definition is a new paint line from Plaid Enterprises that is a case of mistaken identity which could give Sherlock Holmes a bad rash According to artist Tracy Moreau the quality of this dimensional acrylic paint is equivalent to elite fine art materials with respect to consitency and pigment load. High Definition is a [...]
A judicious application of mixed media through the integration of fine art, faux finish and decorative techniques has enabled Willow Wolfe to create a unique catalogue of decorative art. Willow has distinguished her art by a number of varied and bold styles such as the use of a pen and ink approach that emphasizes non-traditional [...]
Linda Lock is a Vancouver based decorative artist who has helped define modern decorative art.By introducing avant-garde elements of altered art such as Somerset Studio influenced collages she has been able to succesfully employ image transfer onto a painting. In addition the work is often embellished with dimensionality in the form of texture pastes, molds [...]
Art-O-Mat is a brainy and somewhat subversive idea of Clark Whittington which consisted of converting retired,homeless and vagrant cigarette machines into selling original works of art for $5 bucks each.Clark has repaired and restored the original units to even the smallest details.The machines are highly unusual in that each of the 82 operating vending units is unique and [...]
We are having a new paint brush made for us to be called the ”Le Blender” series which has been inspired by beat poet,businessman and artist Lawrence Ferlinghetti. His spirit of renewal and resistance which finds both visual expression in his paintings and through the spoken word is exactly what a paint brush needs to [...]
Studio Backsatge in Montreal is a new body painting and artistic makeup business that incorporates other strains of airbrush related art in their palette. The basic business projection of founder Danielle Huard is very viable as a business model. She has the experience and the contacts to see what can be achieved. The issues are [...]
