Alex grant

Canadian artist Alex Garant paints realistic portraits that capture her subjects in multiples. Using traditional portrait techniques, her oil paintings combine graphic design elements with abstraction in great detail. Looking at her work is like getting lost in an optical illusion, where colorful patterns are key to holding the composition together. Among her stylistic inspirations, she credits early ink printing, Pop surrealism, Baroque tapestries and themes found in retro kitsch. This is…

In 2012 I had a heart attack. Upon waking at the hospital, I knew I needed to focus my life on my art. Few years before I had attended Art school, but my art took second place after the corporate work routine and mundane day to day stuff. This tragedy really pushed me to understand that the only thing truly valuable is the time you have on this planet. I needed to work on my art, I needed to work on my legacy, and more than ever I needed to express this new found energy through my imagery…

Aaron Levine of Club Monaco Here are some behind the scenes shots from my GQ Fatherhood & Style series with Aaron Levine.

Neil Armstrong 8/5/30-8/25/12 Lessons learned from astronaut, photographer and hero, Neil Armstrong: Enjoy life, take risks, and always find time for a good cigar. "It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." -Neil Armstrong This iconic image on the moon was taken by Armstrong "There can be no great accomplishment without risk."…