A bird and flies. Feather cutting art by Chris Maynard

Feather cutting art by Chris Maynard
American feather artist Chris Maynard creates his drawings, sculptures using a small scalpel. Imagine what patience, skills and strong nerves must the artist have to cut patterns on the feathers! By the way, Chris works only with naturally fallen material, so that no bird has suffered. Undoubtedly, the talented artist Chris Maynard is a magician, wizard, and virtuoso of fantastic transformations. In particular, he is able to turn one single feather into a bird, and even into a whole flock of a wide variety of birds.
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Dandelion. Photographer Sabrina Rynas, Sarah Illenberger flowerwork project

Sarah Illenberger flowerwork project
German conceptual artist and designer Sarah Illenberger was born in 1976 in Munich. She graduated from Chelsea College of Art & Design in 1998, then Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins (2000). In 2001 Sarah founded jewellery label Sarah & Patrik Design. Since 2007 she has worked in her studio in Berlin. Her latest photoproject Flowerwork (2014) with flowers arranged in the style of fireworks shows the artistic talent and the ability to transform seemingly familiar materials into complex work of art. A genre in which Sarah is working is hard to identify. All objects created by Sarah manually and not photoshopped. Sarah Illenberger is a conceptual artist working at the intersection of 3D and graphic design, illustration and photography. Among her clients – Smart, Nike, Suez, & Other Stories, Breuninger, FSB, Mykita, COS, Good Year, Fruit of the Loom, Monoprix, Helvetas, and Kipling.
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Creative patterns – Simon Beck Snow Art

Simon Beck Snow Art
According to English land artist Simon Beck, it all started when he bought an apartment in French Les Arcs in 2004. One evening, after the lifts closed, he went onto the little snow covered lake, plotted 5 points in a pentangle; and joined them up to make a star. He then filled in the 15 triangles that resulted and later added some circles and the result was impressive. When fresh snowfall covered the design he did another more complicated design. It took a while for the idea to take off. “Without snowshoes it was too physical and I abandoned it, and I didnt have a digital camera nor was there internet in Arc2000”.
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Landscape painting on birch bark by Kristina Petrova, Karelian artist

Painting on birch bark by Kristina Petrova
Inspired by her native Karelian landscapes with mountains, rivers and coniferous trees, Kristina Petrova has created a gallery of stunning artworks. Born in the city of Olonets of Karelian republic of Russia, Kristina Vyacheslavovna Petrova studied in the art school, and became engaged in painting. Her favorite technique – oil painting, and she also enjoys painting on birch bark. Karelian artist Kristina Petrova is a permanent participant of city and republican exhibitions. She lives and works in Olonets.
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Immersed no 2. Painting by Jennifer Lommers. (Image from website fineartamerica.com). Yellow color meaning

Yellow color meaning
First of all, this warm color of sunshine has conflicting symbolism. On the one hand, it denotes happiness and joy. However, on the other hand, yellow is the color of cowardice and deceit.
Traditionally, taxis in New York and some other places, school buses in Canada, the U.S. and in the UK – painted yellow. Besides, yellow are mailboxes in the Ukraine, Lithuania, Germany and France. For a long time in the Netherlands, yellow was the color of public transport – buses, trams and passenger trains.
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Fabulous sunset of Claret, or Bordeaux Color

Bordeaux Color
Known as Burgundy, maroon, or simply claret, Bordeaux Color – one of the profound and solemn shades of red, has become one of the favorites this season. Officially, the tone got its name in 1891 in honor of the dark red French wine from Bordeaux. Prior to this, in the Russian language this color was known as “Chermnyy.” Of the primary colors (red, blue and yellow) burgundy obtained by mixing approximately three pieces of bright red, one piece of dark blue and a few drops of yellow. The result is a warm, harmonious and very rich burgundy color.
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Ruby-Throated Hummingbird and pink zinnia flower. Fine art nature photographer Christina Rollo

Fine art nature photographer Christina Rollo
Born and grew up in New York, Christina Rollo is a talented American fine art photographer. Since childhood Christina has always been passionate about fauna and flora, which penetrated and developed her artistic nature. She used to explore the beautiful landscape areas and spending most of her free time outdoors. According to Christina, while walking through the woods she took lots of pictures of wild animals, insects, plants, as well as a variety of other memorable images. These stunning images took her countless hours of observing and learning about all living things around her. Christina is a successful and a happy photographer because she does things which bring her joy and satisfaction.
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