Art Squared Art

Spatial Arrangement

2009-07-01T10:32:00.000-07:00

From the artist: "This image is part of a series called Spatial Arrangments. The series is a study in color, texture, tone and pattern repeat. Images were created from original photographs of metal surfaces, woods, paints and drawing. These images work well as a series or in sets."

I saw a lace curtain with light shining through the part over the window and the rest hanging in shadow. And perhaps an old wall underneath - perhaps with mold or old markings. Great use of neutrals!

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Tags: art, art squared, square, abstract, painting

Robot Rock

2009-06-01T11:21:00.000-07:00

I love that an illustration of a robot (rocking out) looks to be drawn on a background that resembles ancient Egyptian papyrus or something! (It's actually done on textured card stock.) Anyway, it's a terrific classic robot - I could easily see this as a background character in Furutama - LOL.

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Tags: art, art squared, square, robot, illustration

Epicentre Fire

2009-05-02T09:40:00.000-07:00

I think the artist's description of this piece is just as creative as the image itself: "The transcendental art of fire dancing, combined with a backdrop of stark, urban-industrial desolation. The background represents the state of one's life (like the inside of their mind) and the subject twirling fire represents the transmuting of this apathy of existence into the realization that there is so much more to life and the Universe than what is going on in their head."

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Tags: art, art squared, square, mixed media, photo manipulation

Dream Cow

2009-04-01T08:09:00.000-07:00

It's so fluid, at first I thought it was totally abstract. You have to sink into a dream state in order to see the birds and countryside that are the dreams of the cow(s) meandering by underneath your perspective. Excellently dreamy!

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Tags: art, art squared, square, four, five

Homestead #1

2009-03-01T09:54:00.000-08:00

Living out in rural California, we saw a lot of old structures like this. The roof collapsing, the wood dry and falling away. I just think the artist did a terrific job capturing the feel of this rural decay!

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Tags: art, art squared, square, drawing, illustration

Heart Fence

2009-02-01T08:34:00.000-08:00

If you lived near the yard with the heart fence, wouldn't you get a little pick-me-up everytime you saw it? I think there's also some kind of cosmic symbolism of a fence being punctured by hearts - heh.

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Tags: art, art squared, square, heart, photography

Surreal Abstract Drawing Colored Fast Food

2009-01-15T15:47:00.000-08:00

"Served up especially for you, a delightfully vibrant, colorful, take-off on the fast food we eat today."

I just really liked this illustration and can see any number of shapes/images in it. I don't know if I was what I think I see is influenced by the title of the piece. If it had been named for lawn mowers instead of fast food, what would I have then seen? The world may never know.

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Tags: art, art squared, square, abstract, fast food

Silver-Dream I

2008-12-19T15:28:00.000-08:00

I love the austerity of this piece. It's almost TOO subtle, but perfect for being so. The artist(s), Verbeek and Van Den Broek, also have a number of other terrific art squared pieces in their gallery with a similar feel, and a number of more colorful works as well.

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Tags: art, art squared, square, flower, painting

Times Square on New Year's Eve by Dee Flouton

2008-11-20T14:10:00.000-08:00

This work of abstract art really looks like Times Square on New Year's Eve, but it's actually a digital art map of a photo of a pond! Once you know that, the image takes on a whole new depth, and it's so festive and colorful too.

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Tags: art, art squared, square, times square, abstract

Checkerboard Watercolor

2008-10-05T13:32:00.000-07:00

This art squared piece is actually one of mine - I really love combining square/formal geometries with the soft, organic feel of intermingling watercolor paints! The original is a 10"x10" watercolor on 140 lb. hot press paper.

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Tags: art, art squared, square, watercolor, painting

Blue Smoke by David Lindes

2008-09-27T17:34:00.000-07:00

This cool, blue macro photograph from David Lindes brings to mind the blue-grey colors left behind after the red-orange-yellow of the just extinguished flame. The grit and charcoal are captured perfectly!

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Tags: art, art squared, square, macro, photo

Gold Dahlia by Stephanie Windham

2008-09-10T12:00:00.000-07:00

I really liked the simple lines and virtually flat shading in this flower painting - the outlines and other lines keep it interesting and simple at the same time. Click here for more info!

Tags: art, art squared, square, acrylic painting, flower

Poppy Day Oil on Canvas by Misook Kim

2008-08-25T18:29:00.000-07:00

This oil painting by Misook Kim combines a wonderfully soft golden background with an overgrown shed and a dramatic use of perspective and color with the poppies in the foreground. I love the rustic and enchanting feel of this piece!

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Tags: art, art squared, square, painting, poppies

Planet Elliot Square by Derek Lumpkins

2008-08-06T08:26:00.000-07:00

Derek Lumpkins applied an interesting method to this black and white image - it's a photo of Elliot Square, manipulated into a spherical planet shape - clever idea!

"Black and white image of John Elliot Square in Roxbury, Massachusetts presented as a "planet." See the square presented in 360 degrees with the First Church of Roxbury, Thomas Dillaway House, and other prominent landmarks included."

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Tags: art, art squared, square, photography, massachusetts

Streetline 003 by Tom Wachtel

2008-07-17T13:57:00.000-07:00

This is a highly detailed macro-level photograph of double yellow lines on a London street - just wow! Nice capture!

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Tags: art, art squared, square, London, photography

She Emerges by Stacy Lee

2008-07-07T08:51:00.000-07:00

We're featuring another image by Stacy Lee, because when I found her gallery I had a hard time choosing which one to post here, so I didn't!

I love the collage-ish flow of this digital work - it's subdivided but not, and wonderfully layered and expressive!

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Tags: art, art squared, square, four, five

Blocks of Color by Stacy Lee

2008-06-23T13:44:00.000-07:00

This is a squares in square sampler of a sorts. Once again I am taken in my all the bright, shiny colors! They are all pieces of Stacy Lee's other works - a clever combination! Click here for the zoom and more info.

Tags: art, art squared, square, digital art, color

Old Town Square by Studioworks

2008-06-06T13:35:00.000-07:00

"Maria Rosina paints with oil paint over archivally printed black and white photography. Old European town with the traditional narrow cobble stone streets and houses seeming to squeeze in tight next to one another opens up to the town square where the heart of the activity lies. Through dynamic compositional innovations about architecture and landscapes she develops ideas reflecting the elegance of symmetry and panoramic vistas evoking places of the impossible."

That says a lot more than I was going to say, and better - heh. Really, it just caught my eye with the fish-eye-esque perspective and the pale pastel colors - just very cool. The fact that it's a square photo of a town square is just an added bonus.

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Tags: art, art squared, square, photo, europe

Windmills on the Canal by Jennifer Lommers

2008-05-21T13:28:00.000-07:00

Windmills on the Canal by Jennifer Lommers is as bright and cheerful as you get. (I also think that everyone who's never been to Holland probably has at least a little fascination with those legendary windmills.) I love the broad brush style in this painting too. A great square composition!

Tags: art, art squared, square, painting, windmills

The Bird by Sophie Cagnac

2008-05-05T19:34:00.000-07:00

The Bird by Sophie Cagnac is perfect in square form, for extra dramatic effect. A fantastic black and white photograph, with the bird in silhouette against clouds or mist. Puts you in mind of a variety of Alfred Hitchcock movies!

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Tags: art, art squared, square, photo, bird

Abstract Painting 7 by Dag Compeau

2008-04-24T14:26:00.000-07:00

Abstract Painting 7 by Dag Compeau is like art squared squared - a wonderful geometric watercolor that draws the eye into the center of the painting, wondering what the heck is going on there!

Are those the rectangles more traveled? It's like punching through a shiny clean exterior to get at the real world grinding away underneath.

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Tags: art, art squared, square, watercolor, painting, abstract

Symmetrical obsession (Part 2)

2008-04-12T17:52:00.000-07:00

I thought Symmetrical Obsession Part 2 by Johan Mels was not just an excellent addition to Art Squared Art, but also just a really cool piece of art on its own, and perfect in monochromatic black and white! And such cool symbolism too, with the perfectly still pendulum.

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Tags: art, art squared, square, black and white, surreal

Milo Cat

2008-03-24T16:36:00.000-07:00

Milo by Sharon Bloom is a wonderful, soft-touch watercolor painting, and I have to use the word 'whimsical' with it. And if you know cats, you can see cat attitude all over this piece of art squared!

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Tags: art, art squared, square, cat, watercolor, painting

Blueberries in a Bowl

2008-03-02T13:17:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine brought this photograph to my attention. First, nothing like a good 'circle-squared' type image. But it's the simplicity of the shot that did it for me - the black and white of the overall photo with just BARELY any blue in the blueberries? Sweet! (Click the photo or click here to get a framed or unframed print of this image for your wall.)

You can see this photographer's entire gallery by clicking here - definitely a feast for the eyes, as she is a rock climber and tends to take her camera along on trips.

Tags: art, art squared, square, photo, blueberries

Crystal Evolution 1.1a

2008-02-22T12:03:00.000-08:00

Crystal Evolution 1.1a by Algofractals really caught my eye. I love the shape-abstracted form and how it's not as "enclosed" as a typical yin-yang would be. And the straw-like textures in the background are cool - like electronic static.

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Tags: art, art squared, square, abstract, representational