Abstract Paintings by Malcolm Montague Davis

Boston-based Malcolm Montague Davis trained as an architect whose paintings, which he considers to be abstract, are based on details of his buildings, sculptures and architectural models. Above is an example from his Chama Valley Series.

Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky

Mammoth Cave National Park is the world’s longest known cave system, with more than 400 miles explored. Located in central Kentucky [in CST, for anyone who's wondering; this really surprised us when we showed up an hour early for our reserved tour], it features several guided cave tours of varying difficulty.

Landscape Photography by Kent Krugh

Cincinnati-based Kent Krugh trained as a physicist but is now a photographer who embraces “the notion of a universe created and sustained by a supreme being.” These dreamy photos of trees in local parks are from his Inside the Gate series.

Landscape With House by Maria Zaikina

Moscow-based Maria Zaikina has created a series entitled Landschaft Mit Haus, or Landscape With House. Using only flat color and the same basic composition, she has created a visual rhythm with great variety across the series.

Elsewhere

City View: Cincinnati Embraces Old and New: VL represents Over-the-Rhine in this article about Cincinnati style.

Found: The Jackson Hill Steps: discovering a long-hidden piece of OTR’s history.

Autocomplete Coloring Book: some love for the catalog I designed for an exhibit at Visionaries & Voices earlier this year.

“The Cleveland Architecture Coloring Book” Lets You Track And Color The City’s Great Buildings: speaking of coloring books…

Movie Theaters: a gorgeous photographic portfolio by Hiroshi Sugimoto, featuring images from NYC, LA, Canton, and Akron.

Cunard Building: a rare glimpse into an ornate NYC building.

Spooky Background Paintings from ‘Scooby-Doo’: just that.

Mixed Media Landscapes by Mike Bernard

Salcombe by Mike Bernard

Born in Kent, Mike Bernard is now based in Devon, UK, where he creates landscapes that incorporate acrylic paint and mixed media collage elements. The resulting works focus primarily on landscapes of European cities and coastal villages, with “happy accidents” during the creative process providing surprising details and color combinations.

Ohio River Coasters by VisuaLingual

This set of four coasters represents the Cincinnati metropolitan area by showing only the sinuous curves of the Ohio and Licking Rivers. It’s a minimalist sculptural puzzle for your coffee table, available in our just-launched online shop.

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico

Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is located on the Pajarito Plateau in northern New Mexico. Its cone-shaped tent rock formations, or hoodoos, are the result of volcanic eruptions that occurred 6 to 7 million years ago. Some of the hoodoos, which can be up to 90 feet high, are topped by boulder caps, like stone clown hats.

The Las Vegas Strip

Our Great American Road Trip included an obligatory stop in Las Vegas, where we had to check out the Fremont Street Experience and, of course, the famous Strip, starting with New York, New York Hotel & Casino.

The Parks of the World by Mikell Fine Iles

Mikell Fine Iles is a designer originally from San Francisco, now based in Brooklyn, who has created a series of infographics entitled The Parks of the World, comparing var­i­ous char­acter­is­tics of the large urban parks he has vis­ited.