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)
[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.