Trompe l'oeil artist Julian Beever - the Pavement Picasso

Before I start painting today (YES! I have started real life painting again - check it out on The Original Art of Pop Art Diva!) I wanted to introduce you to an artist known as the Pavement Picasso, Julian Beever.

I've mentioned his work before but his talent is so great I wanted to make sure you saw his work. He is an extraordinary UK artist who does these incredible trompe l'oeil paintings on sidewalks. They are masterpieces of illusion and fantasy, viewing them takes you to another world - a world created entirely in chalk.

Because these drawings are soon eradicated by pedestrian traffic, they are temporary and interactive art. Part of the whole experience is how people react and interact with the art and the artist. The only records of these works of art are the photographs taken, the art itself slowly disappears as the world passes by.

I have to admit I hate the idea of the original works of art being destroyed. Beever's work is so tremendous you can look at it for hours. It hurts something in my artist's soul to know that they won't exist in a few days, but it may be part of the art is that knowledge of it's fleeting existence.

It makes you wonder what art is. Is it the actual work that is created, is it the creation of that work, is it the sharing of the work and creativity, or is it the thoughts and emotions that art inspires? Maybe art is all those things.

JULIAN BEEVER'S WEBSITE

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YOU MIGHT BE AN ARTIST IF . . .

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Picasso's Citroën - Car Art is an Understatement!

I WANT THIS CAR!

Is this not the coolest looking car you've ever seen? This is the result when and art meets automotive. Custom car builder Andy Saunders created this absolutely wonderful and truly creative rolling version of a Picasso cubist painting - I think the painting that inspired it might have been: Le Rêve, what do you think?

~~ANNOUNCEMENT! ~~

I am starting to paint again after a hiatus of almost a year and a half - yup, real honest to goodness paintings in acrylic on canvas (well, canvas boards right now). I have started a line of miniature ORIGINAL acrylic paintings called The Pop Art Divas - check them out on my new Pop Art Diva Blog just for them.

I've been doing all digital art since I retired from the art shows a year ago this last May and I found myself badly missing the feel of a brush in my hand and some serious "me" time with a blank canvas. When I found a stack of little canvas boards I got an inspiration - why shouldn't the PopArtDiva paint Pop Art Divas? I love painting faces and I love retro style sixties cartoon style pop art. These little canvas boards made me realize I could do little paintings and this allowed me to create the time for some painting and art for art's sake again!

I'll be doing these in my spare time (which isn't much) and posting them for sale on my new Etsy Site! So far I've gotten 8 sketches done and I'm really looking forward to the painting stage! To keep up with their progress visit the Pop Art Divas Blog.

I expect the prices for these little mini masterpieces to run from around $20 or $25 up to about $100 each, plus any shipping and/or sales taxes. They'll be for sale on my Etsy store but I will announce them as they're created and post photos and stories about them here.

Stop by and read my introduction post and check out the very first sketches for my new Pop Art Divas series of original art!

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