my love for you is a stampede of horses.

Alex Mcleod Give-a-Way.

Alex McLeod has generously offered to give away the above print to a reader of ML4U. Titled "By The Sea", it's 12" x 17"7/8 printed on Fuji Crystal archival paper. The original image will be featured in Alex's upcoming show at ROJO Barcelona in lightbox form. Pretty sweet! Let's mix it up a little bit, k? This time, I'll still choose the winner by the trusty randomizer, but this time I want you to tell me what your favorite holiday dessert is. Mine is sugar cookies with a nice cup of PG Tips. Oh and be sure to click on the image to get a much bigger view of the print. It's SICK!

Alex lives and works in Toronto where he creates his super, bubbly, kinda sweet yet kinda creepy, chubby universes digitally. Take a virtual tour through one of his sets:

isle of the dead from Alex McLeod on Vimeo.

Tim Lee.

25yr old, British born Chinese Artist Tim Lee recently sent me a link to his work online. Sometimes, I hate sitting behind a computer when super detailed work comes over the wires. From what I see of Tim's paintings they're intricate as all get out. He paints with Chinese inks on rice paper...I can only imagine how amazing that paper looks with the ink soaked through it. I'd love to just stand there and stare. Wouldn't you? So gorgeous. See more of Tim's work on his blog.

Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar.

We love this calendar. Every year we fall for it. It's cute, witty, stylish and has great manners. You totally want to bring him home to the folks this Holiday. Don't lie.

Jon Carling.

This print makes me think that Edward Gorey and tattoo flash had a love child and his name was Jon Carling.  A reader alerted me to Jon's scratchy drawings.

The Invariant Set.

In October James Gauvreau sent me images of his and Anna Pantchev latest work under the name The Invariant Set. Obviously, this post is stupidly late...but I really loved what they sent, and to be honest I just do not have enough time in the day (with a full time job, meh.) to post everything I receive or want to for that matter. But enough whingeing about things that can not be help. I grew up around many women who quilt, so right off the bat The Invariant Set's work instinctively appealed to me. The colors, the shape, the whole set up: LOVE. Better late than never. Learn more about them on their blog.