Still on the beachy theme. This artist makes underwater sculptures. I love how texture-ful they are. He draws his inspiration for all of the texture from coral reefs and underwater plants. He also designs some of these so that coral can grow on them. There is one that is a human form with lots of holes at regular intervals in which other coral plants can grow.These also seem to draw on African and Caribbean art traditions of power objects. The man with the holes in him is titled "Holy Man" and looks like the plants were jabbed into the form in the same tradition as African and voodoo traditions.
Also, the underwater setting gives them an otherworldliness that is just so cool. They remind me of the scary mermaids in Peter Pan.
Check out his website it's pretty awesome.
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