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Grassos paintings are feats of engineering. Here the whacky, the sublime, and the catastrophic converge upon us unremittingly, but not without grace.

This led to her departure from the church. Campbell left Utah to study at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, receiving her B.F.A. When I paint someone I dont think of it as a portrait. I think of it as a symbolic painting of a girl, or a woman. I think this creates openness in the work that allows it to transcend a specific time and place. Im also interested in showing dreamlike states....

Yigal Ozeri was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, but lives and works in New York. Ozeri first shoots photographs of his models and digitally works on them in his computer using Photoshop. Then he prints the photos and uses them as a guide to paint with oil on large canvas. You wouldnt know these are paintings would you? Yigal Ozeri in his studio in Queens, NY. [viaMike Weiss Gallery]

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Guillermo Srodek-Hartwas born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1977. My answer is “Look closely, they are all over the place.”

More than 2200 athletes from a total of 181 nations took part in the 16-day event. Photos: Feng Li / Getty Images

New York bornDerek Goresis best known for his ripped paper collage portraits, made using recycled magazine pages and other found parts. In addition to his fine art, Derek has worked as a commercial illustrator and designer for 15 years, with clients including Lenny Kravitz, U2, Van Halen, Kings of Leon, Madonna, Lucasfilm, ESPN, the National Football League, Harley Davidson, Adidas as well as many others.

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At the Ernest Hemingway lookalike contest, of course. It was Gineo’s 12th try. Also see:Lady Gaga Lookalike Contest in Chicago,American Look Alikes By Emil Hartvig [via]

An Israeli health and beauty spa is offering a creepy new service for its customers - Snake Massage. Barak figured out several years ago that heavy king and corn snakes produce a relaxing kneading sensation. All are the snakes used are non-venomous. Photo: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images viaAvaxnews

Using the same light, he asked them to pose the same way they had before. The effect is eerily reminiscent ofdrug user before and after photosas well as those ofboxers before and aftertheir matches.

Industrial Scars subjects range from oil drilling and coal ash waste to large-scale agricultural production and abandoned mining operations. Plumes of bauxite waste at an aluminum manufacturing plant. Darrow, Louisiana, USA, December 2005 Inside a holding tank at an oil sands upgrader facility. Paynvil, South Carolina, USA, 2009. The explosion caused one of the largest environmental disasters in the world. Gulf of Mexico, USA, 2010. Outlet pipe from phosphate waste impoundment....

They have been together for 20 years. They have been together for 51 years.