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    Women in Motion Energize Dreamy Photographs by Kylli Sparre

     “Wonder Wheels.” All images © Kylli Sparre, shared with permission Often blurring or concealing the faces of her dramatically posed figures, Kylli Sparre (previously) captures magical portraits of young women and girls. The fine art photographer, who is based in Tallinn, captures her lone subjects amidst swirling swaths of fabric or perched atop a […] More

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    Precise Angular Stitches Encase Found Twigs in Natalie Ciccoricco’s New Embroideries

     All images © Natalie Ciccoricco Stitching lengthy, varicolored rows around found twigs, Natalie Ciccoricco juxtaposes the organic forms of nature with her meticulous embroideries. The California-based artist has been crafting her Nesting series on white, handmade paper with unfinished edges. The stark backdrop complements the precisely laid thread that seems to suspend each twig, […] More

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    Living Chia Germinates from Clothing Abandoned on a Wash Line by Artist Bea Fremderman

     All images © Bea Fremderman Concerned with the ongoing climate crisis, Queens-based artist Bea Fremderman imagines an apocalyptic world of the not-so-distant future. Her living sculptures of everyday objects and clothing appear to have been abandoned suddenly, allowing nature to take over as quickly as humans left. “I think of them as relics of […] More

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    Stones, Leaves, and Shells Whorl in Hypnotic Land Art by Jon Foreman

     “Whirling Colour” (2019), Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire. All images © Jon Foreman Jon Foreman arranges his seashell coils and stone gradients knowing that they’ll be washed away by the tide or kicked over by passersby. The artist’s ephemeral land art is hypnotic and entrancing in its precision, arranged in perfectly concentric circles and exacting compositions […] More

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    A Dense Cluster of Birdhouses by Artist Bob Verschueren Rests in a Treetop

     All images © Annecy Paysages Hopefully, the birds flocking to Bob Verschueren’s wooden housing complex won’t mind if their neighbors stay up late chirping or make too much noise as they head out in the morning to look for worms. Resembling a dense apartment building with shared walls and common perches, Vershueren’s “Implantations” features rows […] More

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    Idyllic Landscape Paintings by Artist Tomás Sánchez Render Nature’s Meditative Qualities

     “Aislarse” (2001), acrylic on linen. All images © Tomás Sánchez For nearly three decades, Cuban painter Tomás Sánchez has been painting serene landscapes of clam waters and verdant forests full of towering palms and dense shrubs. Now part of a lengthy series, his realistic works focus on nature’s immensity as they contrast massive waterfalls […] More

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    Untamed Flora and Fauna Rendered with Mud in New Multi-Level Mural by Yusuke Asai

     “The earth is falling from the sky” (2019), view from Wulong Lanba Art Festival in China. All images © Yusuke Asai, photographed by Ichiro Mishima, shared with permission Part of a solo exhibition titled Gimme Something/To Eat at Anomaly in Tokyo, a multi-level project by Japanese painter Yusuke Asai considers the structure of ecosystems and […] More