When arriving in Canada with her two young children and no grasp of the language, Rykova took up numerous jobs but never stopped working on her art. Her talent got recognized by local papers and was invited to Pierre Pilado’s weekend auction where one of her art pieces got auctioned off for a pricey sum to charity.

During her career, the artist experimented with various media, from watercolor, graphic design, to acrylic paint. You can find her work on Instagram, where she publishes images of her creations and has attracted more than 22,000 followers.

We really enjoyed browsing through her social media, and we believe you will enjoy it too. Scroll down and check out her work below.

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Known for her satirical commentary on the hybridization of South Asian and Canadian culture, her art tackles subjects like racism, body shaming, classism, and chauvinism. These subjects are treated with a grain of salt, or perhaps, a dash of spice, through clever utilization of pop art aesthetic.

“Hot chai, cold revenge,” reads one caption alongside a comics-inspired character, “spicy food is for spicy girls,” reads another. “Pop art is very fun in nature, but [my work] does talk about a lot of heavy things,” Qamar touched on the ironic nature of her work in an interview with Vice.

“The focus is on my community,” she further explained. “I’m not talking to a white audience. I’m talking to people like me, so we can talk about these issues in our community. When you do that and when enough people around you start doing that, you find that everyone else around you starts listening in. It puts the pressure on other folks to learn more about us, which is an added bonus, but the point of the work isn’t to appeal to anybody outside of who I’m speaking to.”

But with tens of thousands of fans on Instagram alone, it’s clear that her art resonates with many people.

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According to Miller, the floral designs are meant to stir onlookers into a feeling of wonder and serve as a change of pace from the everyday. In his latest flower flash, Miller and his team turned a Manhattan phone booth into a blooming flower garden with the help of many pink roses and bright blue perennials. 

“We had never done a phone booth before,” Miller told The Gothamist, “We were debating between a phone booth and a fire escape but ultimately this iconic phone booth on 100th Street and West End Avenue won out! During the execution of this particular flash so many neighborhood folks came out to tell us the history of this booth. It’s a working telephone and there is even a children’s book written about it called The Lonely Phone Booth.”

In the past three years, Miller and his team have transformed everything from empty trash cans into oversized vases and statues into living floral arrangements. 

If you want to catch his work in person, you might have to be quick. The arrangements are designed to be taken down after about a day and the flowers are gifted to the public. 

Thankfully, his work also inspires many photographs so you can check them out below. 

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In reality, Gupta’s flowers have spent no time outside and require no soil, rain, or sunshine. This is because his lifelike flowers are actually crafted from a number of everyday items, including paper towels, food coloring, and parchment paper. 

Gupta, who was born in India and currently lives in New York, designed his first paper flowers in his youth when he was tasked with decorating his church. Using all items at his disposal, including receipt paper, the artist discovered that he could transform nearly anything with a bit of effort and imagination. 

“Where I grew up, if you wanted something, you had to make it yourself. It’s so profoundly within our blood that we don’t see a dead end anywhere. All my life, that’s how I’ve worked,” Gupta said in an interview with the New York Times.

As of late, Gupta’s realistic flowers have gained him attention from famous designers, including fashion icon Tory Burch. Burch tasked the artist with creating flowers for a Met Gala gown. Gupta astonishingly prepared 320 paper daises in three days for the dress to be ready for the red carpet. 

Check out his incredibly detailed flowers on his Instagram below. 

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From vinyl record players to clock radios, tea kettles to outdated recipes, Smith can transform nearly anything into lifelike wool sculptures. He learned the craft as a child and has been practicing ever since, a lifelong hobby that he describes as his source of relaxation.  

“My mother taught me to crochet when I was a child. I think I was probably eight years old and I enjoyed it straight away,” Smith said in an interview with the website MollieMakes. 

When it comes to deciding what to crochet, Smith finds inspiration from vintage recipe books and dusty magazines from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, as well as the types of appliances that surrounded him during his childhood. 

Speaking of the era during which he grew up, Smith told ABC News, “It’s the period I grew up in, the period of lime green kitchens and bright orange appliances, something that I’m familiar with, something I’ve always had an interest in.” 

The pieces take Smith around 15-30 hours to create and he’s currently exhibiting them throughout Australia. 

Check out his incredible crochet work on his Instagram below. 

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Also known as Kaneda on social media, the artist in his work reinterpreted pop culture icons.

“My style is characterized by large abstract portraits with a hint of Pop Art,” artist shared on Bored Panda. “I break down the faces in abstract geometric shapes with strong bright colors and trying to reinterpret the colors with my style.”

Scroll down and check out his work below.

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His love of “stuff” is shown throughout his crowded paintings, that almost burst at the seams with details. “I’ve often said that it is the diversity of my inspirations that most defines my art”, he told Plastik Magazine. “I look at many things for inspiration. I collect lots of things and lots of junk. My studio and house are overflowing with stuff. I collect old children’s books, interesting product packages, toys, photographs, medical models, and religious statues.”

“I also have an extensive collection of books on art,” he said. “I love the old masters more than contemporary art, so most of my books are on artists like Ingres, David, Bronzino, and Carpaccio with just a few contemporaries like Neo Rauch and Loretta Lux.”

Based in Portland, Oregon, his paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. But if you haven’t got the chance to see his work in person, be sure to follow his Instagram page.

The post Mark Ryden’s Uncanny Paintings Evoke a Sense of Mystery appeared first on TettyBetty.

When arriving in Canada with her two young children and no grasp of the language, Rykova took up numerous jobs but never stopped working on her art. Her talent got recognized by local papers and was invited to Pierre Pilado’s weekend auction where one of her art pieces got auctioned off for a pricey sum to charity.

During her career, the artist experimented with various media, from watercolor, graphic design, to acrylic paint. You can find her work on Instagram, where she publishes images of her creations and has attracted more than 22,000 followers.

We really enjoyed browsing through her social media, and we believe you will enjoy it too. Scroll down and check out her work below.

The post These Beautiful Portraits Using Are Made of Vivid Brushstrokes appeared first on TettyBetty.

Known for her satirical commentary on the hybridization of South Asian and Canadian culture, her art tackles subjects like racism, body shaming, classism, and chauvinism. These subjects are treated with a grain of salt, or perhaps, a dash of spice, through clever utilization of pop art aesthetic.

“Hot chai, cold revenge,” reads one caption alongside a comics-inspired character, “spicy food is for spicy girls,” reads another. “Pop art is very fun in nature, but [my work] does talk about a lot of heavy things,” Qamar touched on the ironic nature of her work in an interview with Vice.

“The focus is on my community,” she further explained. “I’m not talking to a white audience. I’m talking to people like me, so we can talk about these issues in our community. When you do that and when enough people around you start doing that, you find that everyone else around you starts listening in. It puts the pressure on other folks to learn more about us, which is an added bonus, but the point of the work isn’t to appeal to anybody outside of who I’m speaking to.”

But with tens of thousands of fans on Instagram alone, it’s clear that her art resonates with many people.

The post Maria Qamar’s Art Should Be Taken With a Grain of Spice appeared first on TettyBetty.

According to Miller, the floral designs are meant to stir onlookers into a feeling of wonder and serve as a change of pace from the everyday. In his latest flower flash, Miller and his team turned a Manhattan phone booth into a blooming flower garden with the help of many pink roses and bright blue perennials. 

“We had never done a phone booth before,” Miller told The Gothamist, “We were debating between a phone booth and a fire escape but ultimately this iconic phone booth on 100th Street and West End Avenue won out! During the execution of this particular flash so many neighborhood folks came out to tell us the history of this booth. It’s a working telephone and there is even a children’s book written about it called The Lonely Phone Booth.”

In the past three years, Miller and his team have transformed everything from empty trash cans into oversized vases and statues into living floral arrangements. 

If you want to catch his work in person, you might have to be quick. The arrangements are designed to be taken down after about a day and the flowers are gifted to the public. 

Thankfully, his work also inspires many photographs so you can check them out below. 

F

The post New York City Artist Turns Phone Booth Into an Incredible Floral Display appeared first on TettyBetty.

In reality, Gupta’s flowers have spent no time outside and require no soil, rain, or sunshine. This is because his lifelike flowers are actually crafted from a number of everyday items, including paper towels, food coloring, and parchment paper. 

Gupta, who was born in India and currently lives in New York, designed his first paper flowers in his youth when he was tasked with decorating his church. Using all items at his disposal, including receipt paper, the artist discovered that he could transform nearly anything with a bit of effort and imagination. 

“Where I grew up, if you wanted something, you had to make it yourself. It’s so profoundly within our blood that we don’t see a dead end anywhere. All my life, that’s how I’ve worked,” Gupta said in an interview with the New York Times.

As of late, Gupta’s realistic flowers have gained him attention from famous designers, including fashion icon Tory Burch. Burch tasked the artist with creating flowers for a Met Gala gown. Gupta astonishingly prepared 320 paper daises in three days for the dress to be ready for the red carpet. 

Check out his incredibly detailed flowers on his Instagram below. 

The post Artist Sourabh Gupta Turns Paper Into Incredibly Lifelike Flowers appeared first on TettyBetty.

From vinyl record players to clock radios, tea kettles to outdated recipes, Smith can transform nearly anything into lifelike wool sculptures. He learned the craft as a child and has been practicing ever since, a lifelong hobby that he describes as his source of relaxation.  

“My mother taught me to crochet when I was a child. I think I was probably eight years old and I enjoyed it straight away,” Smith said in an interview with the website MollieMakes. 

When it comes to deciding what to crochet, Smith finds inspiration from vintage recipe books and dusty magazines from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, as well as the types of appliances that surrounded him during his childhood. 

Speaking of the era during which he grew up, Smith told ABC News, “It’s the period I grew up in, the period of lime green kitchens and bright orange appliances, something that I’m familiar with, something I’ve always had an interest in.” 

The pieces take Smith around 15-30 hours to create and he’s currently exhibiting them throughout Australia. 

Check out his incredible crochet work on his Instagram below. 

The post Artist Trevor Smith Crochets Awesome Replicas of Vintage Appliances appeared first on TettyBetty.

Also known as Kaneda on social media, the artist in his work reinterpreted pop culture icons.

“My style is characterized by large abstract portraits with a hint of Pop Art,” artist shared on Bored Panda. “I break down the faces in abstract geometric shapes with strong bright colors and trying to reinterpret the colors with my style.”

Scroll down and check out his work below.

The post Illustrator Reinterprets Pop Culture Icons appeared first on TettyBetty.

His love of “stuff” is shown throughout his crowded paintings, that almost burst at the seams with details. “I’ve often said that it is the diversity of my inspirations that most defines my art”, he told Plastik Magazine. “I look at many things for inspiration. I collect lots of things and lots of junk. My studio and house are overflowing with stuff. I collect old children’s books, interesting product packages, toys, photographs, medical models, and religious statues.”

“I also have an extensive collection of books on art,” he said. “I love the old masters more than contemporary art, so most of my books are on artists like Ingres, David, Bronzino, and Carpaccio with just a few contemporaries like Neo Rauch and Loretta Lux.”

Based in Portland, Oregon, his paintings have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide. But if you haven’t got the chance to see his work in person, be sure to follow his Instagram page.

The post Mark Ryden’s Uncanny Paintings Evoke a Sense of Mystery appeared first on TettyBetty.