by psychedelic color machine and master of presumably ironic or parody display blatantly overused cheesy symbolism Oliver Hibert.

Once insanely famous, now mostly forgotten 16th century Italian painter Guiseppe Archimboldo painted fruit people, including the woman above, known as “Summer” and one of four seasonal depictions.

Dave MacDowell mashes up Jules Winnfield and Eraserhead. The result is more violet, more violent.

By Aurel Schmidt.

If you remember Richard Scarry at all, it’s probably as an illustrator of cute bunnies for kids books. What you may not recall, if you ever knew, is that Scarry was an extraordinary painter as well. He created illustrations which went well beyond the...