Cooper Griggs

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Cactus No.69, 2011, Oil on canvas, 162.1×130.3cm, courtesy Johyun Gallery.

With deftly applied strokes of paint scarely wider than a hair, Korean painter Kwang-Ho Lee creates towering renderings of cacti that bristle with thorns and tangled branches. The colorful oil paintings can reach up to 8 feet tall, an imposing scale with ample room for tediously composed details that push each work into the realm of hyperrealism. You can explore more of Lee’s work at Johyun Gallery, Artsy, and Atelier Aki. (via Juxtapoz, Hi-Fructose, Beautiful/Decay)

Cactus No.51,2010,Oil on Canvas,194x200cm, courtesy Johyun Gallery

Cactus No.59, oil on canvas, 259.1x170cm, 2011, courtesy Johyun Gallery

Cactus No.73, oil on canvas 193.9×130.3cm 2011, courtesy Atelier Aki

Cactus No.59, oil on canvas, 259.1x170cm, 2011, courtesy Johyun Gallery

Cactus No.35, oil on canvas 162x130cm 2009, courtesy Atelier Aki

Cactus No.35, detail

“Touch” Exhibition at Joyhun Gallery, 2011

“Touch” Exhibition at Joyhun Gallery, 2011

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Across the backdrop of an expansive retro-Scandinavian landscape, Swedish illustrator Simon Stålenhag has spent the last few years imagining a world of science fiction inhabited by roaming mech robots, dinosaurs, and other technological innovations plopped right onto the Swedish countryside. The digitally painted images spread far and wide across the internet over the last few years, capturing the imagination of legions of fantasy and sci-fi fans who clamoured for comic books and even a feature film. For now, we’ll have to make do with old-fashioned art books.

Stålenhag and Free League Publishing just announced a Kickstarter project for two new books featuring Stålenhag’s dystopian vision of the future that will pair illustrations with short stories written in English. You can explore many more illustrations on his website (just start scrolling), and some are available as individual prints.

Rumor: Photograph shows a 2000-horsepower drug-smuggling boat bearing eight outboard motors.

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Carroll Shelby's iconic Cobra roadster has been making jaws drop for half a century now. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cobra's debut the US Department of Energy built one of its own. The new Cobra's entire chassis and bodywork--from the pa...

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