Tag: Painting

This First Transgender Doll Aims to Educate Kids About Gender Identity

To an adult, a child's toy may appear to be nothing but a colorful piece of plastic that clutters the lounge room floor. But in reality, a simple toy can be an incredibly powerful educational tool for the young minds that engage with them. That's why a toy manufacturer in Canada has developed Sam, the world's first transgender doll. Sam is designed to educate, not...

This New Digital Urn Makes us Approach Death in a Radically Different Way

The traditions of burial and cremation after death are near universal practices that have come to be recognized as fundamentally human signs of respect for our dead. We have buried our dead for over 100,000 years and traditions of cremation stretch back 20,000 years; these are ancient signals of love, empathy, and belief in afterlife utterly unique to our species and culture. However, as...
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French Artist Creates Paintings With Single Drops of Ink & Water

French artist David Bayo uses a delicate technique of drawing images onto paper with water, before dropping tiny amounts of ink into it. The way...

Maria Aristidou Turns Coffee Spills Into Works of Art

Maria A. Aristidou has always been a talented artist. One day while working on a piece, Maria spilled her cup of coffee - an...

Step Inside the Rainbow Dream World of Aaron Glasson

''Science has explained so many mind bending things, but there's an equal amount that I don't think we will ever understand. I'd like my...

The Dark & Sensual Paintings of Lena Viddo

"The Cesar A. Cruz’ quote “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable” speaks to me." New-York based artist Lena Viddo carries a sensual...

This 16-Year-Old Painting Prodigy is Taking the Art World By Storm

Dimitra Milan completed her first painting at the age of 1, before many children learn to walk or talk. Growing up with the support...

How To Make $100k Selling Paintbrushes

Kyle Webster is an accomplished illustrator. He regularly contributes his illustrations to publications like The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal and has...

This Video of Milk, Paint and Soap Mixing is Like a Massage for Your Brain

French artist Thomas Blanchard's latest video project 'Memories of Painting' takes a simple science experiment often enjoyed by children, and turns it into a...

This Artist Can ‘Paint’ Your Favorite Songs Because of a Rare Neurological Condition

Melissa McCracken is a visual artist who doesn't paint what she sees. Instead, she paints what she hears. McCracken has an incredibly rare neurological...

These Psychedelic Paintings Explore a Higher Dimensional Reality

From a very young age, visionary artist Myztico knew he was different. A powerful connection to spirit is something that has been with him...

This Painter Explores Pleasure With Dripping, Sensual Portraits

Ivan Alifan is a Russian-born artist who is fascinated with sex and sensuality. Growing up in a culture where sex was very much taboo, Ivan...

Artist Gives History’s Most Infamous People a Hilarious Makeover

Scott Scheidly is an Ohio-born artist who wants us all to take life a little less seriously. In his website biography, Scott begins by...