Clean And Simple Charactures

The subjects of her art are dreamlike caricatures drawn with clean lines, sprinkled with a touch whimsy and a Japanese anime flair.

Chicago artist Laura George attaches simple themes to each of her drawings. The result is an image that conveys a singular thought and expresses that thought in a clever and upfront manner.

Art In The Everyday

Artist: Mike Dewar
On Deviant Art


Number 13 more or less grew out of a scrap heap of photos. While going through pictures to find intriguing things to mix, I kept finding small moments within them that seemed worth saving. When I went back through the pile, I found there was a sort of story already formed - a story about those little lost moments spent waiting for the L to take you home, or work, or into the arms of loved ones.

Red Line: One day I went down to the subway to get on the Red Line. The train came, I got on, and sat down. Lost in thought or a song or looking at something interesting, the train started moving. I felt a breeze and thought, "Wow,someone left the window open in the winter! That's a dick move." It took a second or two to realize that the subway's windows don't go down, and that in fact, the window I was sitting next to was nothing more than a gaping hole devoid of glass. I waited until we stopped then stuck my camera out the window. Click. Some people ride that subway several times a day, but who really knows what it looks like between the train and the walls?

Eye-Catching Chicago Art

Chicago artist Jeremiah Ketner

Wood Carving = Good Or OK?

Would you go crazy if you had to make 1,000,000 wood carvings? I would not want to make all that wood. Would you?

One Chicago artist thinks it would be “OK.” Take a look at Cool Hunting’s profile of the artist. You can also buy an “It’s OK” carving here.

Photos And Trinkets

Chicago Uncommon has some beautiful and bright prints of the city. I'm thinking about buying one for my apartment.

I'm having an egg-istential dilemma. Should I buy art for my apartment or art for my neck? This necklace by Stephanie Simek is made from a real quail egg.

Chicago Art

Looking for beautiful and moderately priced artwork? U Gallery
has some gorgeous artwork done by student artists. Find artwork by students at Columbia and School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Art by
Maryam Garber
Kate Puenner

My First First Friday

Tomorrow will be my first time going to "First Fridays" at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Do two firsts make a second? I don't know, but I hope they don't make a third so said the two virgins.

http://www.mcachicago.org/programs/ff.php?page=friday

Tickets are $10 online plus a $3 handling fee. What exactly do they handle?
$15 at the door

Modern Art Skating

Come February, you'll have an excuse for falling at the Millenium Park ice rink.

"I'm seriously a good skater, I was just looking at the art."

Grab your skates, your man or your girls and marvel at "The Museum of Modern Ice" installation. The colored ice wall installation, "Paintings Below Zero," will be 95 x 12 feet of frozen fierceness.

For now, I'll be dancing away the below-zero blues at salsa lessons.
http://www.laboriqua.com/
Classes start today, I'll let you know how it goes.