When I first spotted the thumbnail photo for this ebay listing for a James Wallace Pondelicek nude, I thought that the lines were illustrated legs… Turns out, the “lines” are not drawn upon the photo, but thin pieces of vegetation on the beach The photo, titled The Bather, is rare hand signed original double-weight sepia [...]
Collecting
Review: The Painted Backdrop: Behind the Sitter in American Tintype Photograph
Have you ever thought about the painted backgrounds in antique and vintage photographs? No? Well, you aren’t alone. Until I read The Painted Backdrop: Behind the Sitter in American Tintype Photography, by Jim Linderman (with an essay by Kate Bloomquist), I hadn’t either. In fact, the story of and between 19th century painters and American [...]
Altered Art
An Interview With Ghosts In The Machines Creator Erika Iris Simmons
I so fell in love with the stunning art made from cassette tapes by Erika Iris Simmons that I just had to speak with her and learn more about her incredibly iconic works. Erika, I don’t like to ask a lady her age — especially right at the start! — but in this case I [...]
Woodwork
Pretty Colored Pop Culture Woodcuts
Lisa Brawn does more than pop culture icons, but those portraits are my favorite. Maybe you’d prefer to “crow” over her lovely birds?
Illustration
Vintage Celebrity Caricatures
I find caricatures amazing things; so few lines precisely capturing the essence of a person’s appearance. (Via It’s All Happening…)
Digital Art
Housecleaning Is A Drag
I was looking for images of Freddie Mercury in drag, and I found this portrait. I think it was a digital creation.
