AFTER LEARNING OF ARTIST NADIA Plesner’s drawing Simple Living, which prominently features a Louis Vuitton handbag, the company sued her. The juxtaposition of symbols of incredible wealth beside extreme poverty is a staple of her work. Mass media inspires her. Are children who happen to be refugees more important than […]

After her mural at Sound Transit’s Federal Way Extension Link was slashed by vandals — twice — artist Lauren Iida decided to use the repairs to make a statement. Employing a traditional Japanese visible mending technique called Kintsugi, the damage is acknowledged, repairs are highlighted, and the art becomes something […]

I love this site. Artists create their own versions of movie posters.

One of the most unique websites out there is jeffbridges.com. I came across it years ago, when hearing him talk in an interview. He uses an old drawing pad and stylus. Basically, the text is handwritten, and he includes many drawings and photographs. It is remarkable for its originality. He […]

Thanks to teaching artist Laurie Brown and creative mentor Jade Willis for sending this.

“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” — Maya Angelou

I love learning about people’s histories. Their backstories are often amazing. Such is the case with Onicas Gaddis. Even his name must have a story. “Art saved my life,” says Onicas Gaddis. As a child, he was stuck in the foster home system, a constant cycle of not knowing where […]

“In the late 15th and early 16th centuries — when travel was difficult, dangerous and often doomed to failure — the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer took the common European practice of journeying as a way of experiencing the world and improving his craft.”