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Kevin Specht (American, born 1983)

Summer Chairlift 2, 2022

Acrylic on canvas

40 × 30 in (101.6 × 76.2 cm)

Bed #2, Bienvenido Cruz, 2026/04/22. Watercolor on paper, ~4.75x30in.

Testing out my new Analog Object Concertina sketchbook prototype.

John Gillo (British Artist, born 1948)

"Rivermouth", 2013.

Acrylic on Canvas, 40.8 x 50.8 cm.

M.C. Escher | METAMORPHOSIS II (1940)

Close-up:

artistsuniversum: “Kathin Marchenko is a textile artist and designer known for her expressive embroidery on delicate tulle fabric.

Using a "painting with thread" technique, she creates portraits, anatomical forms, and ethereal figures that seem to float within wooden hoops, blending craft with fine art.”

Artist: @kathrin_marchenko

Turns out the plan was to make the diners in the restaurant choke on their food at the sight of the uncharacteristically DARK and brutalist paintings he made for the occasion.

I’m talking like, 9(?) 600 sq ft murals of black, grey and red. Normally his work is like what you see above.

He ended up backing out of the deal saying “Anybody who will eat that kind of food for those kind of prices will never look at a painting of mine.”

He gave the money he was paid by the four seasons back.

HE LATER DONATED THEM TO GALLERY IN LONDON

Quilt 1885

Artist/maker unknown, American Made for Sarah Minturn Bacon Edge (American, 1853–1916); made for Jacob Valentine Edge (American, 1841–1913)

Medium: silk and cotton blend satin, silk floss and chenille embroidery, silk cord trim with cotton core, cotton batting, silk taffeta lining

Droodles by Roger Price (from his 1953 book). Droodles (a blend of “doodle”, “drawing”, “riddle”) are simple drawings with a witty, often absurd, caption. The first one, as some of you may know, was used by Frank Zappa for his 1982 album, Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch. (Zappa, a fan of Price's work, lived just a few miles from the artist and personally sought permission to use the image.)

Michael A Davenport, 3,090 Degrees Fahrenheit (Oil on canvas, 2025)