Gurney Journey: Painted Hands

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Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Painted Hands

We've got these funny things at the end of our arms, but who knew they could be canvases?

From Visual Funhouse.com

17 comments:

Unknown said...: that is soawesome!!
thanks for sharing!

i cant wait to show my kids, lol; December 8, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Matthew Gauvin said...: LOL. That's awesome. I just posted that same image on my blog a few days ago along with a bunch of other weird mediums an such. I love these painted hands. Lots more on their website.; December 8, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Will Kelly said...: When I was a kid I was obsessed with this hand art, and there was a series of a couple of books at my library that an artist (I can't remember his name) had done. I checked them out every chance I got. What fun!; December 8, 2009 at 5:39 PM
bastien said...: nice! that's fun !; December 8, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Anonymous said...: i love this! my favorite was always the elephant, but now it changed to the giraffe!; December 8, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Ashleigh Davidson said...: I want one of these!! Wait...what? It's someone's hand? Hm....this poses a problem...; December 8, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Angela said...: I was just showing these to my daughter a few days ago - found them while websurfing. The vast number forms that people's creativity can take just blows my mind...; December 8, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Angela said...: http://www.secondose.com/twisted-balloons-fashion/

Thought you might enjoy these also if you're feeling like exploring the 'non-traditional' art forms.

They're tacky as all heck...but awfully fun anyway!

:); December 8, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Tyler J said...: I like the elephant best myself (sorry Stari! I think you had it right before). The use of the natural skin texture really sells it.; December 8, 2009 at 8:32 PM
sfox said...: They really make a visual impact when you see them printed on big panels in an airport concourse. I think both United and AmEx are using the guy in their ads.; December 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM
asherwrites said...: I saw something like this on a site once. Very Cool.; December 8, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Roberto said...: Most portrait artists will tell you that the most difficult part of the anatomy to paint is the hands. Now I have a good solution the next time i have a difficult pair of appendages... I'll turn them into birds! -RQ; December 9, 2009 at 1:09 AM
W i e d e s i g n a r c h said...: Great!!!! almo0st tricks me!!
^__^like it so much...; December 9, 2009 at 6:00 AM
Scott Daly said...: Wow. I knew these were large but not this gigantic! I wonder how difficult it was transporting these suckers.; December 9, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Steve said...: Will, the books were probably Humands, by Mario Mariotti. I had them in my classroom in the '80s. Still available through Amazon. Same concept though not as fully realized as the images on Visual Funhouse.; December 9, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Anonymous said...: Awesome hand painting! I never knew that hand painting evolved into such. What I knew about it is just simple abstract designs.
kitchen table; December 9, 2009 at 10:47 PM
kosmiksoul said...: Guido Daniele ;); February 22, 2012 at 4:29 AM