Sleep Elevations

A photo series, which already made its rounds in design blogs many moons ago; 'Sleep Elevations' by Maia Flore has a moody dreaminess, capable of putting anyone into a hypnotic trance.

Embodied Formations

At first glance these images of flowers and butterflies may seem like nothing out of the ordinary, but look closer and you're guaranteed to be mesmerized! Each piece in artist Cecelia Webber's Flower and Butterfly series are a meticulous compilation of countless, photographed and edited, formations of nude human bodies. Cecelia's process includes photographing each pose, rendering and editing the photograph. She also tends to include herself in the composition, by setting the camera on timer. An image can take over two months to complete in relation to the number of precise poses required in each one. 

Talk about optical illusion!

Via mymordernmet

Layered Manipulation

These images by Swedish artist Johan Thörnqvist are one of the most interesting photo-manipulation series I have seen yet! Using a graphics tablet and Photoshop; he creates surreal, dream-like worlds by layering illustration over photograph. Although his cartoon renditions are great; I feel the detailed, multidimensional cityscapes drawn in unexpected contexts and scales are his more exemplary works. I especially love the whimsy and pastel color stories of the last three.

Via My Modern Metropolis 

Transfigured Terrains

Over a couple of months, I've bookmarked some cool outdoor installations/ landscape art/ environmental art. I thought I'd include them all in one big post. No need too elaborate too much on why or what...sometimes art just is...

First up is 'Colored Pencils' by Jonna Pohjalainen. You can find more pictures of her work on environmentalart.net, a whole site dedicated to Finnish art of this genre. Is it a big thing in Finland??  

I love the whimsy of this one created by Mehmet Ali Usyal for last year's 5 Seasons Festival in Chaudfontaine, Belgium.

My favorite has to be a series of nest-like outdoor installations by artist Patrick Dougherty, created through the span of his career.  He has built more than 200 such sculptures around the World. I was amazed by the sheer size of his work which requires "sticks by the truckload". Its also fascinating how he managed to make organic forms, in natural environments, using a basic of-the-earth material; look so other worldly.