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Dan Quintana has worked alongside Brian Viveros creating art pieces that are a mix between fantasy and nightmares yet beautifully blended to create a mysterious composition. 

Hailing from Tokyo, Kahori Maki's illustrations and fine digital art are exquisitely detailed and beautiful. Kahori Maki's flower inspired pieces almost seem to jump out as she magnificently balances the contrast between black and white. Born in 1969, Kahori Maki graduated from Japan University Art Department in 1992. Since moving to New York in 1994, Maki continues to work as a freelance illustrator and works with fashion brands as well. 

Born and raised in a small Minnesota town, Aaron Horkey has done many commercial projects to sustain his art form (hey we all gotta pay bills) which has landed him many clients such as Spitfire Wheels, Mogwai, Ride Snowboards and Magic Bullet Records. Aaron Horkey creates illustrations with immense attention to detail in which he states makes his social inept syndrome absolutely debilitating. Aaron paints on skateboard decks and even does some screen printing. These urban illustrations are definitely hot stuff, so check them out!

I remember meeting Jason Levesque aka Stuntkid at the Multiuniversal exhibit during last years Art Basel Miami. After being pleasantly surprised that in the dark muggy space there lay a handful of good artists, some better than what I saw at upscale galleries, I came across a couple of digital art pieces tacked up on the wall that caught my eye. I chatted with Stuntkid for a while as we looked at his hand drawn hemlet in acrylic paint. I thought to myself, this guy definietly has talent. Peep the urban digital art below. 

Currently studying fashion and mixed-media illustration, Camila do Rosarios work is a mix between colorful inspirations that range from buidings that sorround her to her favorite songs. Her colleful and illustrative collages are hand drawn in sketch books always supplemented with a pattern or color scheme that caught her eye. Currently living in Florianopolis, Brazil, Camilo do Rosario is working in different artistic areas, but always with a greater concentration on illustration.

Australian artist Scott Marr uses natural pigments collected from the bush and farmlands including ochres, bark, charcoal, sap, flowers, berries, and the medium of fire to burn drawings (pyrography) onto paper and wood.  Based on a love for drawing, Scott Marr refers to his artwork as “bio meta-morphics”  symbiosis, energy, or the “alchemy of nature.”

If you are the type of 9-5er that is content with work, eat, tv, sleep and repeat cycle then I warn you stay away from this site as Sleepycity is a photoblog that explores the undergrounds of the city, the abandoned places, derelict structures, subways, and sewers and exposes the experience for those who seek it. Sleepycity's urban photographysets the stage for some of the worlds most beautiful decaying structures that were once inhabited by the masses or just a few people. 

The Art of Transportation

June 3 - 26, 2011

Crewest Gallery
110 Winston St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
ph 213.627.8272  

www.crewest.com

Crewest Gallery promotes only the most talented underground artists, known and unknown, from the West Coast and beyond. From graffiti to digital art, from paint to sculpture, our art exhibits are focused on what's current, relevant, and happening now.

Welcome to the world of Alex Pardee, an urban illustrator and artist who's imagery often consists of colorful morphed-out  creatures. Through his art he has admitted to overcoming depression and anxiety disorders along with emotional struggles. He uses pens, ink, watercolors,dye, and is trying to use more acrylics, oils, and latex. Alex Pardee has created artwork for various clients from skateboard decks to apparel and has even come out with a book that features all his illustrations titled "Awful Homesick."

Introduced to me by a fellow sculptor Eric Cloutier, Manuel di Rita aka Peeta is an Italian graffiti artist/sculptor. Peeta's work is absolutely pushing the bounds of graffiti and moving off the street walls unto 3 dimensional formats. From glass to aluminum and cardboard to bronze, Peeta has been experimenting with various materials to make his graffiti into sculptural artwork. Peeta even dissected an urban sneaker to create one of his pieces which makes his creations innovative and absolutely groundbreaking in the graffiti sculpture field. 

I'm sure that by now I've got your undivided attention, so let me introduce Saturno Brutto the religious fetish painter whose themes often consist of a juxtaposition between sexual imagery with religious icons, absolutely delightful I know! Saturno Brutto was trained in Venice in classical painting and found his niche a little later in his life and has gained a good amount of recognition for his truly unique style in the contemporary art field that is reminiscent of Caravaggio's dramatic and strikingly realistic style.

Enjoy!