“This show will include a handful of my ‘drawings’ on paper and wood, and will feature 24 talented artist’s work (curated by myself!).This is my first time putting together a show, so its all very new to me, but i am sure this will be quite amazing for all of us, and hope everyone will enjoy these artist’s work, both familiar and new” - Audrey Kawasaki

Audrey Kawasaki has pulled together some very interesting friends to curate her very first exhibition. Entitled: “The Drawing Room,” and consists of Stella Im Hultberg, Amy Sol, Kukula, Brandi Milne, Brian Viveros, Catherine Brooks, Mari Inukai, Nomi Chi, Lauren Albert, Jessica McCourt, Julia Sonmi Heglund, Eveline Tarunadjaja, Meg Hunt, Irana Douer, Catherine Campbell, Lilly Piri, Amy Earles, Eric Thomas Bostrom, Joao Ruas, Laura Laine, Jason Levesque aka Stuntkid, Fumi Nakamura, Travis Louie, and Liza Corbett. This eclectic showcase will surely be a huge hit when it opens at the Thinkspace Gallery on Friday, November 7, 2008.

Take an in-depth sneak preview of the many artists that will be featured on Audrey’s live journal.

Ancient Cameo

These dreamy Ray Caesar-esque images belong to Lithuanian-based digital artist Natalie Shau. They are part of a new series of illustrations for French jewelry designer Lydia Courteille. On Courteille’s site, Shau’s intricate, edgy and quite daring illustrations combine with vintage style jewelry and corsets, each appealing to those with dark sensibilities and serve to introduce a sumptuous range: My Secret Garden, Vanities, Bestiary, Esoterism, Cameos & Glyptics, Cassandra’s and Cabinet of Curiosities.

To keep afloat of recent developments in Natalie Shau’s works, visit her online portfolio: carbonmade. For your viewing pleasure, a few more of Shau’s dark and decadent artwork for Lydia Courteille’s jewelry presentation follow the jump…

Secret Order

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The Chocolate Donut - oil on canvas - 14 by 22 inches

The paintings by Fred Einaudi could be classified within the bizarre. They are beautiful (high contrasting) illustrations, blending childhood innocence with gruesome death, beautiful with the grotesque, with the genesis of the apocalypses thrown in the mix. His work seems to fall between lowbrow/neo-pop and postmodern. Although impossible to pigeon hole, it is a discerning fact Einaudi’s got extreme talent with subject matter that is disturbing in all the right ways..

Buttonmaker - oil on panel - 14 by 11 inches

Those of you officebound, note that some images may be not-safe-for-work. As always, more fantastical imagery follows after the jump. more…

Otherwise known as Louise, Art&Ghosts creates stunning digital paintings/illustration. She uses photoshop /wacom combo to meticulously handcolor each image.These are inspired from a plethora of sources, including fairytales, mythology, dolls, spectres, dreams and nature….

Some Art&Ghosts facts:

My images usually begin with a photograph, a painting or a doll portrait. I buy many dolls then sell them on for this reason alone (so fickle!), although i do possess a somewhat overbearing collection of plastic animals, dolls house furniture and vintage frocks. My backgrounds are generally my own paintings or textures that i have created or photographed. Although most of my ‘completed’ work is digital, my sources are rather ecclectic at best. - louise

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Attentions A Collaboration with Peter Jaworowski (www.hejz.com)

Spanish Born illustrator and graphic designer, Jericó Santander, operates in a very particular universe. His folio is a very professional and beautiful at the same time, highlighting his immense talent.What follows is a perfect compromise between technology and creativity, all flavored with a bit of ingenuity into the mix… This gives us access to the world through compositions in 3D graphics constructed and deconstructed. See more of his works after the jump.

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Forest Nymph

Gale Franey is a digital artist living in Vancouver, Canada. Shes been creating these visually stunning fairytale works since 2001. Her inspiration behind each piece comes from working extensively with refugees and homeless people. It is from those immensely rich experiences that have shaped her ideas and influenced the art and design, which ranges from fantasy to social complex issues.

Danielle’s Dragon

I’ve been working on this image for the past 4 days. It has taken me more than 50 hours in total, longer than most because I had to build the dragon piece by piece using digital images of iguana, monitor lizard, crocodile, and even some giraffe fur samples for the dappled effect on the wings. The fox is also comprised of many different pieces. I built several different backgrounds and foregrounds until I was finally satisfied with this one. I love building backgrounds and this one is made of at least 40 or more images.

The Green Violin

For more extensive information about Gale Franey’s stunning works, Photoshop tutorials, Flash animations and more, visit her website and blog. You can also see her other galleries on deviantart and flickr. deviant page and of course, after the jump. Oh, don’t forget to give them some sugar. more…