Eye Candy : Ray Caesar

Bringing you all something a little different today. A friend brought these to my attention and I thought I'd share. Ray Caesar's art is equal parts whimsical and weird, which makes it all sorts of awesome in my book.

A little about the artist, from The Art & Pop Culture Encyclopedia:

Ray Caesar (b. October 26, 1958) is a visual surreal artist and digital painter residing in Toronto, Canada. He has exhibited at the Mondo Bizarro art gallery in Italy.

Graduating from the Ontario College of Art & Design, Caesar went on to work in the Art and Photography department of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, where he has documented various child inflictions in sketches. This gruesome experience has enabled Caesar to create surreal landscapes and models with very detailed photographic textures. Caesar uses 3D modeling software, Maya with figures and environments built out of Nonuniform rational B-spline surfaces.

[all images are property of Ray Caesar]

Travel: Memories

One of the things I'm most thankful for is that I was able to go on a study abroad trip the summer between my junior and senior years at the University of Miami. That trip was the catalyst for a lot of firsts: my first time on a plane, my first time out of the state/country, my first time living away from home, and the list goes on. Since then I've been able to travel a bit more (the Canary Islands, the fine city of New York) and I have an ever growing list of places I still want to see.

Clockwise from top left: the coast at Bajamar, Tenerife; vineyard on the German Rhine; the train car on the way to Slovenia; fire escapes in the East Village; a band on the Charles Bridge in Prague; a boat in Tenerife; the coast of Piran, Slovenia at sunset; the impressive Vintgar Gorge in Slovenia; building near the Brooklyn Bridge; Carnavale masks in Venice; the astronomical clock in Prague's Old Town; prints at the Gutenberg press in Mainz, Germany

[click on the links in the caption to see the original photos on my Flickr account]

Etsy Finds: Airstream Edition

Who doesn't love the classic look of an Airstream trailer? I know I do. Enjoy :)

Clockwise from top left: Happy Trails Stamp from Corrabelle ($10), Airstream Print from vol25 ($20), Travel Trailer Charm from charms4you ($17), Airstream cushion from tilly2shoes ($25)