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Shadow Art By Rashad Alakbarov

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  Artwork by RASHAD ALAKBAROV Azberbaijan-based artist Rashad Alakbarov creates wonderful shadow art using everyday objects and reflecting their shadows to create wonderful cityscapes and portraits. read more after the break......... Rashad graduated from the Faculty of Decorative Arts at Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art in Baku in 2001. The use of shadows in his instllation art has become the primary direction in the artist’s conceptual work, but also dablles in painting, sculpture, theatre decorations, video art and architectural design. His work is held in private collections in Azerbaijan, Italy, Turkey and Russia. Via - Link

Graffiti Art by David Walker

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Graffiti artist - David Walker  creates female portraits that are layered with color, motion, and emotion. He paints his beautiful portraits on walls, canvas, records, and other surfaces using spray paint only, and without ever using a brush.  see more pics after the break......

Top 10 Greatest Bonsai Trees

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  Top 10 Greatest Bonsai Trees 1) An 800 year-old Bonsai tree at Shunkaen, by Kunio Kobayashi A remarkable tree which is well known for its extremely high age; the tree is reported to be over 800 years old! Its owner, master Kobayashi, is one of the most well known Bonsai artists in the world and has won the prestigious Prime Minister award in Japan 4 times. His nursery, ShunkaEn, is located in Tokyo and is open to visitors. Read more after the break........ 2) Goshin "protector of the spirits", by John Naka Goshin ("protector of the spirit") is a bonsai created by John Y. Naka. It is a forest planting of eleven Foemina Junipers, the earliest of which Naka began training into bonsai in 1948. Naka donated it to the National Bonsai Foundation in 1984, to be displayed at the United States National Arboretum; it has been there ever since. 3) Small Bonsai; a Shohin tree by Morten Albek A gorgeous Rockspray Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horisontalis). This is a picture taken i...

Amazing Tree Sculptures

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Amazing dead tree sculptures here in this pictures, see more creative sculptures after the break.....