PUBLIC MARKS from oqdbpo with tag painting

The world has seen thousands of artists and millions of great pieces of art, but we chose just a handful of pieces of art from some of greatest masters of painting to show a little of how they were inspired by color… or perhaps, how they inspire us with color.

—A self-developed artist, Robert Hardgrave creates work both highly intricate and abundant with personal symbols. Inspired by experiences from disease and recovery, his paintings and drawings reflect ideas of reincarnation and the richness of life beyond death.

the work above, “peggy,” is the most recent project of this collection. this piece was meticulously constructed over the course of five months. it is comprised of 2788 hand cut, sanded, and painted dowels that when put together form a modern interpretation of a painting by artist roy lichtenstein entitled, “m-maybe.” it measures seven feet wide by three feet tall. commissionable variations of this work can be constructed upon request.

Web 2.0 is about finding new ways to interact on the internet and collaboration, at least to a certain extent. Those of us in the know realise what Web2.0 is really all about - putting things on super shiney tables and painting them with gradients and candy colours and shiny silver and stuff.

Ben currently lives in Los Angeles, CA. His work has been exhibited internationally and featured in a number of books and newsstand publications.

Jay, is an artist/designer who currently lives in London. Drawing inspiration from the streets around him, Jay's work has a very Urban feel to it. He works with a broad range of mediums ranging from spray paint to pen and ink to his trusty polaroid cameras, this way he feels he is more free to express himself and to add atmosphere and emotion to his work. Most of the time you will find Jay either at the studio recording music or out photographing new and interesting objects & landscapes miles away from home in the middle of the night. Jay has exhibited worldwide at various events and has also been involved in commercial promotional work, the most recent being for K-Swiss who were launching the K-Spray Phase II Tour.

David Ellis lives and works in Brooklyn; where his "motion paintings" travel through time like music, where beats are orchestrated and performed on "drum paintings" stretched and tuned to bass, snare, etc. and played via analog drum machines propelled by air, where player pianos meet SP1200s meet improvisational wild style sign painting.