I was amazed by these beautiful oreo cameos by Judith G. Klausner, and then respectfully repulsed by her other unusual art (like Victorian fancywork made of fingernails and baby teeth!) She also embroiders needlepoint green mold on pieces of toast, makes quiltwork with pieces of chex cereal, and wallpaper patterns with condiments. WOW. Check it out and marvel: http://jgklausner.com/work/oreo-cameo

My dad sent me a link to an article about Matt Held, who has gained a modicum of fame by painting Facebook portraits; if you join his online group – giving him permission to paint you – he’ll search through your pictures and look for something that jumps out at him. My response to his fame (like all struggling artists) is a mixture of emotions like awe, jealousy, bitterness. I have nothing at all against Matt; I think the paintings/portraits are brilliant. The reason in the past I’ve chosen not to do portraits is that they are too limited; they …

Congrats to Andres Amador, San Francisco Bay area resident who rakes giant patterns into the beach at low tide, for getting some media exposure (after 5 years…). Obviously, these took a lot of work, and drumming up the motivation to keep on doing it for so long (as a ‘hobby’) until someone takes you seriously as an artist must not have been easy. Andres says, “The art I create is intended as a reflection and a reminder of the grandeur that exists within every viewer and the beauty that abounds in our world everywhere we look.” Things to learn from …

I met this artist in Portland’s Saturday market. These pictures don’t do her work justice: she has a really unique style that I love! I hope to buy one of her paintings sometime. Ok, the porn star mermaid is a little weird, but she does a mean piano. Here’s a link to her site: http://www.absolutearts.com/portfolio/l/lolostrane/