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The Art of Sophie Blackall (Missed Connections)

Sophie says, “Messages in bottles, smoke signals, letters written in the sand; the modern equivalents are the funny, sad, beautiful, hopeful, hopeless, poetic posts on Missed Connections websites. Every day hundreds of strangers reach out to other strangers on the strength of a glance, a smile or a blue hat. Their messages have the lifespan of a butterfly. I’m trying to pin a few of them down.”

She does a fantastic job at doing just that, pinning a few down.

Sophie Blackall’s Website
http://www.sophieblackall.com/

Missed Connections Website
http://missedconnectionsny.blogspot.com/

Missed Connections Shop on Etsy.com
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6341992

The Art of Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman was born in 1936. He started as a cartoonist and through the years diversified into many fields of creativity. He has illustrated such classics as “Alice in Wonderland”, “Treasure Island” and “Animal Farm”.

Ralph Steadman Website
http://www.ralphsteadman.com/

The Art of Elizabeth McGrath

Los Angeles-born artist Elizabeth McGrath has always had an eye for the strange beauty in the grotesqueries of life; this appreciation is nowhere more evident than in her work. Inspired by the relationship between the natural world and the detritus of consumer culture, she brings forth a new cavalcade of creatures from the darker corners of the streets, the city, the imagination. It is this melancholy interaction between man-made status symbols and suffering specimens of nature that make up her intricate body of work. Today she lives in Downtown LA with her hairless dogs Blue and King Tut, and her Husband Morgan Slade. They play together in the band Miss Derringer. [Link]

The Art of Adam Stennett

Adam Stennet, who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, is an accomplished artist who dabbles in not just painting but also video, screenprint, installations and much more. His fascination with rodents, such as mice and humans, is quite quirky but somehow it works. Link

The Art of Dan May

Dan May is an artist living in Atlanta, Ga. He spends his days (and nights) painting dreamlike environments that transcend space and time. These delightful yet haunting images are often based in personal observations of both human’s and nature’s relationships with each other, blended with a healthy dose of whimsy, fantasy and cautious relevance. Link

Thanks Renee’!