art - others

travess smalley, "comics " (from Loshadka)
blog post

jeff elrod (from artnet and gallery websites)
various paintings: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4

borna sammak (double happiness)
+ (may not be vector, whatever)

via cpb and others

This image has long been a favorite--first saw Herold in this pose with that wood thing about 15 years ago. Petzel gallery has a jumbo, polished print version of the photo. This is my lo-fi scan version.
Previous posts on Herold: 1 / 2

[found and passed around - hat tip Travis Hallenbeck - I remixed it by making the eyes more even]

Haven't seen these paintings in person but they shine on the web. Some incorporate graffiti styles into conventional landscapes in successful, surprising ways. Severe clashes of painting styles or mindsets within a single image (the ol' semiotic investigation, but lyrical somehow) may be one of the things painting has left to do as visual culture is moving more to electrons and bytes.