Yes. These are paintings. No. We are not kidding. Yes, we know. You are jealous. So are we.

Gregory Thielker is the mega talented artist behind these master pieces of windshield realism. There’s always something special about artists that turn gloomy/dark daily happenings into smashing pieces of art, helping you see the beauty hidden in them. Gregory is one of these artists and I think he totally nailed it…

Hello everyone! My name is Chloé Douglas and I am a Vancouver designer and the founder of Plenty of Colour, a blog devoted to colour. I am honoured to be guest posting on yellowtrace as Dana welcomes her baby into the world. Can you imagine how stylish and design-minded that wee one will be?

As a lover of finding magic in the everyday and the power of street art, I was instantly captivated by the “Geode” Project. Designer and artist A Common Name creates 3D paper sculptures in the holes of buildings and random pipes around the Los Angeles area. The shapes reference geodes, crystals, quartz and other mineral formations and were created in beautiful metallic colours…

Miranda Skoczek is an Australian artist who creates beautiful and fantastical works you could jump right into and get lost! Her pieces are exotic and engaging, “exploring themes such as memory, inside/outside, the domestic and self”, while drawing from personal & cultural experiences, textiles, architecture, and design to name a few…

French street artist JR and Chinese expert camouflagioligist (is that a word?) Liu Bolin recently collaborated on this amazing temporary art project in New York City. JR assembled a large-scale mural of Bolin and pasted it on a large brick wall in Manhattan’s Nolita neighbourhood. After the paste-up was completed, Bolin took over to create one of his signature camouflages by giving his collaborator a chameleon treatment by painting him into the scene.

Engaging mind bending goodness at it’s best. Yes! On another note, I always get super excited when I see two incredible minds coming together to create something which is beyond their own abilities and sensibilities. Unfortunately this type of practice is not seen often enough in the design world, and I always wonder why…

Markus Linnenbrink’a paintings, sculptures and installations are nothing short of extraordinary and exhilarating. Looking at his rich, textural, layered works saturated in colour makes me feel all dizzy with love hormones…