Surprising Friends

clipped from amolife.com Surprising Friends "A friend in need is a friend indeed." ~ English Proverb

Po Pin Lin Art

clipped from amolife.com Po Pin Lin Art Po Pin Lin has won the Award of Excellent in the Oil Painters of America's national and regional exhibition in 2001 and 2002 and has been a signature member of Oil Painters of America for many years. He has been featured twice in Southwest Art Magazine and was named "one of the 21 finest American artists under 31". Po Pin Lin is also the cover story and the subject of a six pages feature article in The Artist's Magazine in September issue of 2003. Recently, he is feature in Fine Art Connoisseur magazine premier issue - "The Chinese Academic Tradition - Po Pin Lin: From Taiwanese Farm buy to American City-Dweller." Po Pin's work is currently represented by Lee Youngman Gallery, and Portnoy Gallery.

clipped from gallery.xemanhdep.com Amazing Landscapes by Photographer Mike Shaw

The Impressive 3d Street Painting of Tracy Lee Stum

clipped from speckyboy.com The Impressive 3d Street Painting of Tracy Lee Stum Tracy Lee Stum is considered by Madonnari peers, festival directors and viewers among the finest street painters today, Tracy has participated as an invited featured artist in many festivals and events in the US and internationally. Her paintings have won numerous awards & accolades and she currently holds a Guinness World Record for the largest street painting by an individual, which was set in 2006. Best known for her spectacular 3-dimensional anamorphic and interactive street paintings, Tracy is actively creating commissioned works in chalk for leaders in the advertising, events, corporate and educational sectors. This article showcases her beautiful art. Chess with the Dalai Lama

clipped from izismile.com Beautiful black and white photographs of youth involved in gangs by Donna De Cesare (27 pics) Donna de Cesare is a famous photographer from New York. Her works appeared in big publications like The New York Times magazine, Life, DoubleTake, Aperture, Mother Jones and some exhibitions all around the world. Her reportage about the spread of US gang culture to Central America has won national and international awards. Recognized as an expert on issues of youth identity and gang violence, De Cesare has worked as a consultant to UNICEF. Well, her resume is quite big so I will stop here. The strength of her works is that she tells the story of youth involved in gangs without stereotyping them and her photos speak by themselves. You will see interesting photos she took for her projects inside the post.