Found Object Art

I am a Los Angeles-based artist, Alexandra Dillon. I paint portraits of imagined people on found objects such as worn paintbrushes, vintage padlocks, rusty axes, and old shovels. I let the object itself suggest the personality of the character.

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Gallery – Crooked Mind Design

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Over on Reddit, people are asking internet strangers for help identifying strange objects they found. From odd art with eyes to cute little bugs that might be a bit more dangerous than they appear, here are a few of the weirdest objects that needed identification.More creepy, strange objects people found >> #mysteries #redditfinds #unidentifiedobjects #creepyfinds #strangediscoveries #curiosity #internethelp #weirdobjects

Los Angeles-based artist Alexandra Dillon paints on found objects – stuff that passes for the fabric of the modern world. Alexandra’s pictures look like details from Old Master paintings, you know, those atomically-expensive classic works hedge fund managers who value art for its exponentially growing price lend to the museum for a ticket-holders only exhibition. You … Continue reading "Artist Alexandra Dillon Paints Classic Portraits On Everyday Objects"

My Dog Sighs, a talented street artist from England, made his first drawing when he was 7 years old. Since then everyone knew him as a child who can draw, and this was enough to set him on a journey to become an artist. Later, he left his job at a primary school where he worked as a teacher, decided to become a professional and started painting everything he thought the galleries would like.

Found object mosaic with keys, chain, pins, coins, and other bric a brac, mounted in a wood frame, black grout.

For many years, Ramona Otto was an elementary school teacher. Full disclosure: She was my elementary school teacher. She'd often ask her students to bring in certain items for projects she was working on. Rulers, pencils and pins were often on her "treasure list."

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