Note: Contains violence and sexual references. Mariel Clayton takes humorous, erotic, and often disturbing photographs of dolls. Inspired by an encounter in a Tokyo toy shop, her images are staged within miniature rooms, inserting a peculiar mix of bawdiness and ultra-violence into seemingly innocent domestic scenes. The dolls’ fixed smiles and outrageous acts poke fun […]
Category: Miniature
Hasan Kale’s Miniature Food Paintings from 2015
A really interesting micro painting by Hasan Kale is the chocolate square displayed here. This artist from Istanbul is overcoming every food art challenge known to man. He’s drawn on all types of fruits and nuts to even delicate sugar cubes, and now he’s doing a few images on paper, but, painting with coffee and […]
High Above the Skyscrapers with Navid Baraty
To be accorded such a stunning bird’s eye view over a great metropolis is a dazzling gift. So we should all thank photographer Navid Baraty who has scaled the skyscrapers of New York and shot these images for us. It really makes one feel rather small when faced with such a different perspective of the […]
Dreaming the Impossible: Photographs by Manuel Archain
Argentine photographer Manuel Archain is an artist with a singular purpose in mind: he seeks to make his dreams and thoughts a reality, through his art. The highly surreal content of his work is visually engaging and a lot of fun too. From rows of yellow flowers popping out a woman’s head to miniature cities in […]
365 Days in the Year. 365 Miniature Paintings.
From tasty hot chocolate and pastries, to a classic Volkswagen Beetle and Surfer Bus, Lorraine Loots has painted a bit of everything in the course of 365 days. It is quite addictive looking at these images and trying to decide which is the best of all. There probably isn’t just one top art piece, because […]
Micro Paintings on Objects
The miniature paintings of Turkish artist Mesut Kul are a wonder to behold. In many ways his work can be seen as a sister piece to Hasan Kale, an artist who works in a similar style. Kul can take any household object, no matter how small, and find a way to paint something extraordinary inside […]
A Turkish Cityscape Incredibly Painted on Chocolate
You may have seen some of Hasan Kale’s micro paintings on butterflies and snail shells, but this year he seems to be focusing more on food. Like every small edible thing from fruit seed to peanut is painted on. The landscapes are depictions of his native Istanbul, from the Nusretiye Mosque illustrated on a half-peeled […]