Continuing with the artists of the month, sounds like March went over pretty well!
Bobby Chiu
http://www.imaginismstudios.com/port-artist-bob-01.html
“Rockstar” by Bobby Chiu
Cartoons, characters, and a crazy-innovative mind. He combines the contrary and exaggerates the obvious in his pieces. His smooth cartoon style is often joined with flawless reality, making amazing cartoon renderings that get to the point with no questions asked. Expressions and body movement are lovely, and his sense of coloring and digital painting is wonderful as well. His work is really refreshing!
Matt Stuart
“Moorgate Underground”, photographed by Matt Stuart
Either he’s in the right place at the right time or he’s got a way for making coincidences happen. Matt Stuart’s photography revolves around taking photos from just the right angles to make things interact that weren’t intentionally interacting at the actual moment of their happening. Some focus on something as subtle as a shadow, or play with background image interacting with foreground object, as observed in Moorgate Underground. I don’t know if he’s got a lot of time on his hands and sits around, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, or sets these photos up how he does it, but the subtlety in the majority of his work is worth a laugh.
Joe Pogan
http://youtube.com/user/myfunart
Sculpted by Joe Pogan
I discovered Joe’s work through the Yahoo “Art and Culture” group (which I do broadcast this monthly AOTM series to). WOW! With a very precise welding technique, Joe combines all sorts of metal objects to create sculptures, often of birds, sometimes of fish. (You can see his working process on the YouTube link). What amazing, precise skill it must take to piece together such intricate, organic works of art! The dainty detail and perfect balance of elements go into making a completely believable form. Yet upon a closer inspection, you see that you’re not looking at anything you thought you saw in the first place, but rather random scraps of metal objects, all shaped and melted together to make a greater form.