Who doesn’t like astronauts? Massachusetts-based artist Scott Lister cleverly paints a fish-out-of-water narrative for the post-kubrick generation. (Sort of like a sci-fi Edward Hopper.) Good fun for Pop lovers and space nerds alike.
James Thomson’s Curated Links:
Visit the artist’s site at astronautdinosaur.com
Purchase prints at Fine Art America
Interview with the artist at PixelSurgeon
Digital illustration and photography collide in the work of Moscow’s Dmitri Maximov, aka Tebe Interesno (loosely translated: Are you interested?). This skilled young artist’s combination of otherworldly characters and luminous settings result in images that are fantastic and humorous, yet with an underlying pathos and sensitivity to urban isolation/paranoia. You’ll agree the work is imaginative and sometimes strangely “cute”.
James Thomson’s Curated Links:
Check out his blog at LiveJournal
Originally dubbed a “grunge” artist, German-born Juergen Teller has become one of the most influential fashion photographers around. Paving the way for the point-and-shooters of today, his unflinching approach and strong connection to the subject has revealed a wealth of frank, provocative, perfectly captured moments.
James Thomson’s Curated Links:
A recent article from New York Magazine
Some select works from Artnet
Call it lo-fi, call it neo-folk, but don’t call it uninformed. The music of Sleeping States (the nom de plume of wunderkind Markland Starkie) is a confection of breathy harmonies and placid tones emerging from a toybox of 90’s dreampop, ambient electro, and the punk DIY ethic. Smart, experimental, fiercely independent, and — well, British.
James Thomson’s Curated Links:
Sleeping States’ Myspace Page
Sleeping States’ Official Website
Please download “Rivers.mp3”
American artist Elizabeth Peyton creates portraits of celebrities, historical figures and friends, combining the austerity and timelessness of classical portraiture with the intimacy and spontaneity of Pop Art. Intensely personal, romantic and stylish, Peyton proves that drawing is truly becoming the medium of today.
Skate artist-turned super hero Noah Butkus is making me really jealous.
Great bio and interview from
Sentimental Values 