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New Bic Ballpoint Pen Portraits On Ephemera By Artist Mark Powell

Sure I doodle on old envelopes, documents and newspapers, but my doodles consist of shaded cubes and poorly drawn body parts. Not those of artist Mark Powell, however. Like the work of Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas, Mark uses a Bic Biro pen to draw and shade realistic portraits. His canvases are various vintage envelopes, maps and newspapers dating back to 1819.

"The men under the influence..." is a series of portraits by photographer Jon Uriarte that address the recent change in roles in heterosexual relationships and how those changes have affected men in particular. The project consists of full-length portraits of men wearing the clothes of their girlfriends or wifes, taken in the space shared by the couple.

The photos attempt to capture men's sense of loss reference, now that women have taken a step forward and have finally come into their own as equal partners.

Below are all of the images from the project.

Carlos wearing Nina's clothes:

Victor wearing Ana's clothes:

Santi wearing Sabela's clothes:

Javi wearing Gabi's clothes:

Guillermo wearing Beatriz' clothes:

Nick wearing Reiko's clothes:

Marcos wearing Lucia's clothes:

Matias wearing Sarah's clothes:

Steve wearing Fonlin's clothes:

Lastly, the photographer himself, wearing Ainara's clothes:

photos and project description courtesy of Jon Uriarte

A special thanks to Feature Shoot for bringing this project to my attention

Jon Uriarte

Paintings Of Mom by 33 Famous Artists For Mother's Day.

In honor of Mother's Day, I wanted to re-run one of my favorite original posts. "Famous Artists Paint Their Mothers" are thirty-three portraits of the female forebearers of various respected and well-known painters. The portraits range from the 15th century to the present* - excluding paintings of The Madonna, arguably the most famous of all mothers.

Most artists, at one time or another, have painted a portrait of the woman from whose womb they sprang. Some are flattering, some are not and others are very personal or intimate -- yet all are an homage to the parent whose role we celebrate today, Sunday, May 13th.

There are so many, I'd originally broken this up into two posts, but today I am featuring all of them in one post - paintings of artists' mothers prior to the 20th century by the likes of Whistler, Van Gogh, Cezanne and Picasso as well as more recent homages to Mom by such artists as Rockwell, Wood, Hopper, Dali, Hockney, and Warhol.

A good place to start would be with the world's most well-known "Mother" artwork, that of by James McNeill Whistler, painted in 1871:

above: James McNeill Whistler, Whistler's Mother 1871, Musée d'Orsay, Paris

The following portraits are presented in chronological order from the earliest to the most recent. While it's true that many of these artists painted multiple sittings of their mothers (e.g. Lautrec, Cassat, and Cezanne), I chose to share those I found to be the most compelling.

Albrecht Durer, portrait of Barbara Durere, the artist's mother, 1490:

Guido Reni, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1612:

Rembrandt, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1630:

Sir Thomas Lawrence, Portrait (sketch) of Lucy Lawrence, the Artist's mother, 1797:

Alfred Rethel, portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1836:

Camille Corot, Madame Corot, the Artist's Mother, Born Marie-Francoise Oberson, 1838:

Pierre Renoir, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1860:

Paul Cezanne, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1866-67:

Mary Cassat, the Artist's Mother reading Le Figaro, 1878:

Edouard Manet, Mother in the garden at Bellevue, 1880:

Georges Seurat, Aquatint of the artist's mother, 1883:

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Countess Adele Zoe de Toulouse Lautrec, The Artist's Mother, 1883:

Vincent Van Gogh, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, October, 1888:

Paul Gauguin, Portrait of Aline Gauguin, 1890:

Pablo Picasso, Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1896:

Edvard Much, The Dead Mother (the artist's mother died when he was five from tuberculosis), 1899:

Franz Marc, portrait of his mother, 1902:

Georgio di Chirico, portrait of the artist's mother, 1911:

Egon Shiele, Mother Sleeping, 1911:

Juan Gris, portrait of the artist's mother, 1912:

Edward Hopper, Elizabeth Griffiths Smith Hopper, the artist's mother, 1916:

Salvador Dali, portrait of the artist's mother, 1920:

Norman Rockwell's Mother Tucking Children Into Bed (for which his mother Irene was the model), 1921:

Grant Wood, Woman With Plants (his mother), 1929:

Arshile Gorky, portrait of the artist's mother, 1936:

William H. Johnson, Mom Alice, 1944:

Alice Neel, My Mother, 1952:

Lucian Freud, The Painter's Mother, 1973:

Andy Warhol, silkscreen of his mother, Julia Warhola, 1974 :

David Hockney, Mum, 1985:

Daphne Todd, Last Portrait Of Mother, 2009:

David Kassan, portrait of the artist's mother, 2010:

*You will note there are very few, if any, portraits artist's mothers in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries because so much art at that time was dominated by religious paintings and portraits commissioned by the wealthy.

Happy Mother's Day!

Rusted Portraits on Vintage Car Hoods by A Milwaukee Ad Agency Creative Director.

Milwaukee-based artist and furniture maker Michael Stodola, whose day job is actually that of a Creative Director at ad agency Boelter + Lincoln, utilizes found objects in his creation of upcycled furniture, art and objects for his own brand, Milwaukee Modern.

above: The Hot Rod Table and RC Mirror are typical of the upcycled products from Milwaukee Modern.

When Boelter + Lincoln decided to adopt the image of Abe Lincoln for their company, they asked Stodola to create a visual that would help brand the agency. And voila! His oxidized portraits atop vintage car hoods were born. To create his first one, Stodola, who normally uses materializes he comes across or already has, sought out a ’75 Lincoln hood, which he eventually found on Craigslist. After some trial and error, he managed to carve Lincoln’s portrait into the car’s hood to his satisfaction.

Stodola prepared a recipe to oxidize the art into the car hood by using iron filings, sea salt and some chemicals. After he drew the image of Lincoln onto large pieces of paper, he glued it to the hood and ground through it so the image was engraved on the metal. Then he applied the rusting recipe he found on the internet and let the mixture sit overnight.

“It was a pretty remarkable thing to come out the next morning and the hood looked like it’d been sitting outside for 20 years,” Stodola told Earth911.

Ripley’s Believe It or Not got wind of the hood and asked Stodola to make another for their touring collection.

Since the first one, Stodola has created a second Lincoln hood portrait on a 1982 Lincoln Town Car and a Che Guevara hood portrait on a 1962 Chevy Nova.

The Lincoln, Wall art, 64” x 64”:

The rusted image of Abraham Lincoln ground into the paint of a 1975 Lincoln Continental hood. The piece weighs approximately 75 lbs and has been sold. However, they can make more upon request.

The Lincoln 002, Wall art, 63” x 54”

The rusted image of Abraham Lincoln ground into the paint of a 1982 Lincoln Town Car hood. The piece is approximately 35 lbs. This baby is touring in the permanent collection of “Ripley’s Believe It Or Not” museums.

El Chevrolet, Wall art:

The rusted image of Che Guevara ground into a 1962 Chevy Nova hood. Hood is topped with an actual 1958 license plate from Havana. Please contact us for pricing and more information.

About Milwaukee Modern (in their own words):

Milwaukee Modern creates from the soul. We are beholden to no one and the expression found within our work is cemented deeply in self. We love to play, be creative and eat banana cream pie. We also dig the modern movement running headlong into the green movement – it’s where we live. Upcycling the crap into useful, extraordinarily beautiful objects. We’re inspired by many others out there and hope we spur some inspiration as well. Peace.