London based painter Alan Coulson‘s work borders along the lines of hyperrealism and traditional oil painting. Coulson’s portraits possess a brilliant balance of skill and intimacy that make them automatic modern day classics. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we …
8 Great and Not-So Great Facts About Paul Ryan.
The media has spent the past few days buzzing over Mitt Romney’s VP pick, Paul Ryan. But let’s face it, most of us don’t know diddly squat about Paul Ryan. If a secret billionaire emerged from a bushel of thorns and offered you half of his/her fortune if you could tell them one fact about Paul Ryan, you would probably …
Drug in the Veins.
Rapper Kane Mayfield recently dropped visuals for his single “Beautiful Drug” off of his recently released Rhymes by Kane: Thievery Corporation Edition. When we reviewed Mayfield’s project late last month, we mentioned “Beautiful Drug” as one of our favorite songs — so you can only imagine how delighted we are to see a music video for it. Directed by Joey Angerone, …
The Sword Maker.
With the pace of technological innovation becoming speedier by the minute, there are a species of endangered traditions that die off everyday. These tradition either become tedious, unprofitable or simply out-of-date and walk solemnly off into the sunset; never to be seen or heard from again. But what seems like a death may actually be a hibernation — for there …
FREE PUSSY RIOT!
It’s been a rough years for Riot Grrrl band Pussy Riot. On March 3, 2012 Maria Alyokhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, two alleged members of Pussy Riot, were arrested by Russian authorities and for their participation as part of a protest at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow and accused of hooliganism. A third alleged member of the …
Welcome to the City of Ephemicropolis.
Ephemicropolis by Peter Root is made by using approximately 100,000 everyday-use staples to create an entire city over the course of 40 hours. The Jersey native enjoys building mini metropolises with various materials like potatoes and sheets of metal. The project is over two years old but even today we can’t help but marvel at Root’s patience. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot …
Puzzling.
Illustrator Tim Watkins pieces together a wide array of images to create one great abstract display that is just as mind melting as it is intricate. Quiet LunchQuiet Lunch is a grassroot online publication that seeks to promote various aspects of life and culture with a loving, but brute, educational tinge. When we say, “Creative Sustenance Daily,” we mean it. …
More Than Hot Air.
US President Barack Obama has been catching a lot of flack for his pursuit of clean energy. A number of the population see it as a useless expense and some think it’s the bee’s knees. However, the latter half of that equation will be happy to see the infographs below. Despite the widespread “meh” stigma against wind energy, it is …