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Mark Powell. What can I even say about Mark Powell? Mark Powell is an incredible sculptor, to say the least. He hails from the down under (Melbourne specifically) and his sculptures are some of the most terrifyingly realistic looking macabre/occult style pieces I’ve ever seen. His use of gloss is nothing less than perfect, and whatever he uses for his organs and intestines is spot on.

It’s hard to tell weather these peices are small dollhouse size, or more life (death?) like. He does some free standing sculptures that are obviously pretty large, as well as some painting. But I think anyone who’s ever seen his work will relate his name to his sculpting more than anything.

Mark Powell actually has two seperate resources for his work. One is his website, http://www.markpowellart.com which has mostly pictures of the “Hell” set. Unfortunately the photos look like they were taken with the first camera phone ever made. The second resource, and the one with more work and *much* better photos, is his flickr account. I recommend checking out both.

Shannon Hourigan is a Los Angeles based Bachelor of Visual Arts graduate from the Queensland College of Art in Australia. She does some very interesting model shoots as well as some themed still life sets. Evidence is a fun set which makes use of some random autopsy/surgical tools, as well as a rather large bullet and some fake blood. You cant really go wrong with that.

At any rate her eye is great and her depth is awesome and her atitude is quite dark. She has some twisted ideas, and I love her for that.

I can across some John Santerineross art today randomly and I was pretty impressed. It’s some of the best dark art photography I’ve seen in a while that didn’t depend on heavy editing. He’s been called “The worlds leading neo-symbolist photographer of our time”, and for obviouse reasons. According to his bio, his inspiration comes mostly from his exposure to Catholocism and Santeria when he was younger.

I suggest checking out his portfolio. It’s very Giger-ish, only more of this world, and with less biomech influences.

… nevermind. It’s nothing like Giger at all.