Don’t judge American artist Isaac Salazar’s work by its cover! This creative thinker from New Mexico works full time as an accountant and was looking for a hobby. He started recycling old books and turning them into works of art. Never having had an art class, it wasn’t until recently that Salazar would even accept the word “artist” as part of his title. He enjoys the idea of the books not ending up in the landfill. Salazar is able to recycle the enjoyment that the books once provided, but now instead of being in literary form, it is in the form of visual art. (http://www.isaacgsalazar.com/#/home)
GEORGE VLOSICH ETCH A SKETCH AFICIONADO
Here’s another artist using a different type medium – George Vlosich is an Etch A Sketch artist. He has been creating artwork on the toy since he was 10. George has been able to combine his love of sports and art in much of his work. Watch the UTUBE video of one of his drawings starring the Chicago Cubs. The piece itself took over 100 hours, which he condensed to about three minutes. Once he has finished a piece, he removes the powder inside and the stylus so that the Etch A Sketch drawing can be preserved. Check out some of his amazing works of art on his website http://gvetchedintime.com/
ANDREW MYERS “SCREW ART PORTRAITS”
In our continuing quest to bring you innovative artists who use unusual mediums, here is an artist that uses Phillips head screws and gives his art a 3 D effect. Andrew Myers was born in Germany, raised in Spain and now resides in California. His pieces can require drilling between 10,000 to 20,000 holes. After mounting the screws on the plywood at various depths, he uses paper and oil paint to finish his portraits. Click here to read more.. »
LIVING LIFE IN THE SLOW LANE WITH LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES
Todd Bol from Hudson, Wisconsin set out to find a solution to the problem of cars speeding in front of his house. Thanks to one very creative idea to slow traffic down, Little Free Libraries were born. Todd built libraries that look like a rather big mailbox and put books inside for anyone to take and read and placed them in his front yard. Todd’s first library resembled a one room schoolhouse honoring his mother who was a teacher. The only thing he asked was that you either return the book or replace it with one of your own so that others could have the same opportunity to enjoy the books. Bol, along with Rick Brooks of Madison, Wisconsin, collaborated and Little Free Libraries started popping up around the world. Click here to read more.. »
AMERICAN VISIONARY ART MUSEUM IN BALTIMORE
You stroll into the museum and the creative juices start flowing as DeVon Smith’s ” family of robots” made entirely out of junk greets you. The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore houses art objects made out of ordinary items such as the plastic-foam sculptures made out of cups by Mark Swidler, 100,000 toothpicks put together to depict the San Francisco Bay by Scott Weaver, and a stegosaurus made entirely out of trash. Click here to read more.. »
LIFE LESSONS IN PUSHPIN ART BY ERIC DAIGH
Upon close examination of this piece of art, all that you see are 5 different colors of push pins in some random order. Step back and a portrait comes into focus. Eric Daigh, an artist in Travers City, Michigan won 3rd prize in 2009 for his pushpin portraits in the Grand Rapids ArtPrize Competition. Click here to read more.. »
JILL SOBULE’S “FAN”TASTIC NEW ALBUM
A singer/songwriter title usually indicates an individual with an extra creative mind, and Jill Sobule is no exception. Not being happy with big record labels and having two independent ones she was using go bankrupt, Jill decided to take charge. Click here to read more.. »
JULIAN BEEVER’S 3D SIDEWALK ART
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’S GUY LALIBERTE – UNDER THE REALLY BIG TOP
From firebreather/stiltwalker to head of a business of more than 5,000 employees without compromising his original goal in life – now THAT takes some creative planning!! A street performer from Quebec, Guy Laliberte, wanted to spend his life traveling and entertaining. He accomplished this by bringing together a community of fellow street performers and forming Cirque du Soleil. But his amazing creativity didn’t end there. Click here to read more.. »







