Thomas Doyle's Small Scale Creations

These small-scale works take my breath away. Check out his website for many, many more beautiful pieces.

oh my god.

I can't stop looking at pictures of the largest digging machine in the world.

"This is the largest digging machine (or trencher or rotating shovel) in the world. It was built by Krupp and is shown in one of the pictures, crossing a road in Germany on the way to its destination, an open air coal mine. Although at the mine the treads are unnecessary, it was cheaper to make the machine self-propelled than to try and move it with conventional hauling equipment. Some factoids:

* The machine is 104 yards high and 235 yards long (almost 2.5 football fields in length)
* Weight is 45,500 tons (that's equivalent to a bumper to bumper line of jeeps 80 miles long)
* It took 5 years to design and manufacture at a cost of $100 million
* Maximum digging speed is 10 meters per minute
* Can move more than 76,000 cubic meters of coal, rock, and earth per day"

Catherine Ryan

Another great artist discovery, thanks to my love for you is a stampede of horses.

"Catherine Ryan's drawings investigate the relationships that exist between humans and animals
and the tension created when wild creatures are viewed in close proximity with mankind.
The anthropomorphized animal imagery in her work often emits more dignity and elicits more empathy than its human counterparts. Ryan's dark observations on life (and death) utilize animals as symbols of intensity and power, while at the same time raising questions about man's role as predator and consumer."
From Catherine Ryan's site

Taylor White

Spent more time than I could afford wrapped up in Taylor White's blog. This American lady works as an illustrator in Norway. Not too shabby.

Long Time Gone at MASS MoCA

"Brooklyn-based painter George Cochrane will present the original drawings of the first two chapters of Long Time Gone, a 24 chapter graphic novel he is creating with his six-year-old daughter, Fiamma. The core narrative of this autobiographical work is one 24 hour period, with each 24 page chapter depicting one hour in the day."

See a pdf brochure of the work here

From the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

Fernanda Cohen

I snipped the piece, On Love, out of a magazine over a year ago because I thought it was so fantastic. Today, I found the artist's portfolio featured on Gawker Artists by Fernanda Cohen.

One quarter of a century

Birthday 25 brings a mish-mash of some rad images from my love for you is a stampede of horses

Some reassuring words from Jen Renninger



Wow, big surprise - more hanging decoration that I want to live with. Images from the Carmichael Gallery of Contemporary Art show, "the times won't save you (this rain smells of memory)"

A little confidence boost from David Fullarton.

Illustrations by Dan Park

Once again, sharesomecandy introduces me to my new favorite artist. Lots of beautiful illustrations by New York artist Dan Park at his website.

Lisa Golightly - Portland Artist

From the blog of Lisa Golightly - "If you are in the Portland area, the original paintings of these new pieces, as well as a few others, are now available at Noun. I am so excited to be showing there! They carry an amazing selection of really, really great stuff and as a bonus St. Cupcake resides in the back!"

I dig these prints. Tons of art available at her etsy shop. We'll probably be best friends in the future.