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June 5, 2012 Adam

Things Are Good: Edward Burtynsky: OIL

Edward Burtynsky: OIL is the photographer’s examination of how humanity uses oil through photographs. The project started as a display at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and has been translated to book form and, more recently, as an app for iPads. I love the use of art to showcase our

June 2, 2012 dougrogers

cartoon life: After Hockney

Filed under: art, comment, digital, drawing, iPad Tagged: 100 cats

May 29, 2012 Amanda McCuaig

Art Threat: Wild At Heart: Keep Wildlife In The Wild – New Contemporary artists paint the endangered and beloved

Animals inspire, intrigue, and move people in a way nothing else can. Andrew Hosner and Amanda Erlandson gathered together a group of incredible ‘new contemporary’ artists for “Wild at Heart – Keep Wildlife in the Wild”, to touch on that connection while raising awareness about wild creatures around the world.

May 25, 2012 Amanda McCuaig

Art Threat: Our “Emperor” Has No Clothes – Nude portrait of Stephen Harper sells for $5000

If an instant reminder of let-your-lesson-be-learned childhood story, The Emperor’s New Clothes, isn’t what comes straight to mind when you see Margaret Sutherland’s portrait of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, then … well… you need to read more children’s stories. The painting, called Emperor Haute Couture, is on display at

May 19, 2012 kevin harding

Politics, Re-Spun: Quebec singer Ariane Moffat releases single against Bill 78

Via OpenFileMontreal: Quebec singer Ariane Moffat has released a song, entitled “Jeudi 17 mai 2012″, which is targeted squarely at the Charest government’s emergency law Bill 78. Chanteuse québécoise Ariane Moffat a lancé une chanson, “jeudi 17 mai 2012.” Cette chanson est contre la Loi 78, enactée en réponse des

May 14, 2012 dougrogers

cartoon life: Spatter cat

Filed under: art, digital, drawing, iPad, painting Tagged: 100 cats

May 8, 2012 dougrogers

cartoon life: Ocean Views eBook lost at sea

Update May 8 2012 ”Thank you for submitting your request to update your content. Your change request has been denied.” 🙁 Are there no hints? Suggestions? Guidelines? The Ocean Views eBook can be downloaded directly from here. Filed under: art, book, digital, drawing, drawings, good stuff, illustration, iPad, painting Tagged: art, cloud, illustration, iPad,

May 4, 2012 dougrogers

cartoon life: Cat blob

Filed under: art, digital, drawings Tagged: 100 cats

April 26, 2012 laura k

wmtc: new york moments

I’ve just returned from a lovely brief trip to New York City and points nearby. Apologies to friends who I didn’t notify that I was coming in; I was in dire need of less running around and more downtime. I had excellent quality time with my mother and siblings, enjoyed

April 26, 2012 Joe Fantauzzi

Illuminated By Street Lamps: Toronto: A Canvass

Toronto is a complex, beautiful city. So many different views of its diverse urban landscape have gained us refreshing insight time and time again. There is a cache of photographs and artwork that brim with hope, colour and sometimes, even pain. It’s here: toronto art (Full disclosure: I have added

April 20, 2012 matttbastard

bastard.logic: Provocation, Appropriation, and That Blackface Clitoridectomy Cake

Here’s an idea for truly provocative art. No more male artists, black or white, speaking for African women. No more ever-more-graphic ever-more-voyeuristic art on the suffering of African women. Stop using the female African body as raw material to be worked – unless you happen to live in one. Then,

April 19, 2012 dougrogers

cartoon life: Ocean Views eBook

The Ocean Views eBook can be downloaded directly from here. It seems to be stalled stubbornly under review, so may not be available through the iTunes book store. Once you have the download completed, drag the file onto iTunes, then sync your iPad. The objection—repeated boilerplate—from review staff is that: “Books must

April 7, 2012 dougrogers

cartoon life: Ocean view #18

Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water

April 6, 2012 dougrogers

cartoon life: Ocean view #17

Interestingly, from here on to the end, the quality of the images changes. These are references from photographs, whereas the previous images were drawn in situ, live, plein air. Filed under: art, digital, painting Tagged: art, ocean, painting, seascape, water

April 6, 2012 David Eaves

eaves.ca: Beautiful Maps – Google Maps in Water Colours

You know, really never know what the web is going to throw at you next. The great people over at Stamen Design (if you’ve never heard of Stamen you are really missing out – they are probably the best data visualization company I know) have created a watercolor version of