Ben Heine: Puttin' Pencil To Photo and Back Again...

Artist Ben Heine came up with a very fun and creative way to marry art and photography, superimposing a pencil sketch of an area in front of it and then snapping the foto. His series is titled "Pencil Vs. Camera" and he has a lot more entertaining images here. 

New Ryden Art: "Awakening The Moon"

A new Mark Ryden painting to start your evening off right. 

“Awakening the Moon” will be at the Frieze Art Fair in London, Oct 14th through Oct 17th, in the Paul Kasmin Gallery booth. Glad to see Mark back into his luscious iconography, a beautifully composed and peaceful piece.

Great Art, Great Cause, Great Buys!

Buy some art. Save some boobs, er... breasts.

And maybe a life or two.

Link for the art auction here.

26 Johns for John's 70th, A Birthday Portrait Gallery

John by Patricia Mitchell

Today, would have been, could have been and should have been Lennon's 70th birthday. Everyone's been talking it up and doing special bits here and there. I thought it might be nice to find all the groovy artworks out there and stash them all on one page. Once started, I was floored to see how many really 

fantastic "Johns" there were out there. 

John would have liked them all. 

Hope you do too.

Lennon by Don Coker

Lennon, roach paper collage by Cliff Maynard

John Lennon by Leonid Afremov

Lennon by Kludoman

Lennon by Andy V. Parry

Lennon by Jeff Clark

Lennon by Bob Harper

Lennon by Debra Hurd

Lennon by Joachim Rick

Lennon by Joe Hendry

Lennon by Paul Leli

John Lennon by Sandy Schimmel

Lennon by Todd Back

Lennon by Vijay

John Lennon by Braldt Braids

Lennon by Andy Warhol

Lennon by Richard Avedon

Instant Karma by Alice McMahon White

John Lennon, paper mache by Carlos Lorenzo

Lennon by Lennon? (not sure, unknown)

Lennon, tape cassette art by Erika Iris Simmons

Lennon by Jeremy Johnson

John by Dan Martin

Lennon by Aaron Johnson

John, sculpted phone book by Alex Queral

A Study of John at 70 by Patricia Mitchell

Happy Birthday, John!

Yarn Art Attacks in the Bay Area

Yarn Attack, downtown Berkeley

While driving around Berkeley, Albany and Oakland lately, I noticed many stop sign poles and other public sign posts were recently adorned in cute little sweaters. Custom knit to fit the poles, they are colorful and strange oddities. Found a little note on one crediting "Streetcolor" , an anonymous knitter who documents his or her work on the Streecolor blog. A little web research reveals these yarn attacks are known as yarn bombing...


From Wikipedia - Yarn bombing, yarnbombing, graffiti knitting or yarnstorming is a type of graffiti or street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted cloth rather than paint or chalk. While yarn installations – called yarn bombs or knit bombs – may last for years, they are considered non-permanent, and, unlike graffiti, can be easily removed if necessary. The practice is believed to have originated in the U.S. with Texas knitters trying to find a creative way to use their leftover and unfinished knitting projects, but it has since spread worldwide.


There is a wealth of weird yarn bombing pix here at Yarn bombing. It has become a worldwide movement that aims to “improve the urban landscape one stitch at at time”.

Albany yarn bombing

Eclectix Volume 4, "H2O" -The Water Art Issue

Take A Dip!
Features Include (posts added weekly):


• H2O, A Water Inspired Online Exhibit: Artworks relating to water; ocean art, octopus art, underwater art, mermaid art, surf art, fish, sea creatures, etc. The biggest and best online collection of water art anywhere!
• Water Drops: factoids of Interest
• Artist Interviews: Latest include Michelle Waters, Judith Schaechter, Mark Bryan and Isabel Samaras
• Art book links
• Related art news posts: Jacques Dequeker's underwater photography, jellyfish, body art, crocodile cove, sand castle art
• Eight Days A Week: Selected current art events and exhibits
• Chandeliers by Adam Wallacavage
• Video Fix: Amy Winehouse by Phil Hansen
• Surfboard art
• Shop Around: Indie and artsy wares for sale
• Jason Freeny's Nemo sculpt


Eclectix has new posts every week, related to the current issue's theme. 
Plus a gallery of original art for sale. 


Online now here: 


Fabulous artists included in H2O: Lois Van Baarle, Jason Jacenko, Chris Buzelli, Judith Schaechter, Michael Brown, Eric Fortune, Christine Benjamin, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Annie Leibovitz, Dan Quintana, Zoe Lacchei, Chris Ryniak, Diane Ozdamar, Jacqueline Gallagher, Amy Sol, Vladimir Kush, Dan May, Mizz Draconia, Sarah Joncas, Lauren K.Cannon, Howard David Johnson, Kaspen, Ryan Firchau, Ray Caesar, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Kelly Louise Judd, Patrushka, Colette Calascione, Camille Rose Garcia, Mark Bryan, Lilla Martin, Sheila Wolk, Robert S. Connett, Boris Koodrin, Jennifer Wildermuth, Kassandra, Jennybird Alcantara, Natalie Shau, Sergey Urlapov, Imaginism, Vivek Ram, Scott Radke, Zena Holloway, Niklas Rhose, Bobby Chiu, Boris Vallejo, Joel Nakamura, Joshua Oshua, Nouar, Jeff Soto, KMNDZ, Bill Carman, Steve Jung, Annie Owens, Asia Eng, Eric Ryan, Annie Leibovitz ...

El Cerrito Art Association Show, This Weekend...

Posted some preview pix of the show opening tonite.
Check it out, a wonderful mix of eclectic art,
styles and mediums.

Above is one of the selections:
"Feed Your Children" by Ben Witzke

Click here for the preview.

Pinocchio Tattoos: Funny, Gross and Sexy?

While doing a Pinocchio search, found these tattoo images and just had to share. Not sure I would like to see him staring at me but it's a riot. And the nose surely grows...