A selection of art & oddities collected by a pessimistic optimist. I am intrigued by things off-kilter. I am seeking the places that don’t exist. The furniture does not match. I’ve been told my partner, Jason Mitchell & I make phantasmagoric images. Our work : RANSOM & MITCHELL I also write an art blog : Ransom Notes I’ll tell you all my secrets : Fake Believe Jason’s tumblr : impureacts I’m nice… mostly. facebook Google+ twitter instagram portrait painted by Buddy Nestor var sc_project=6612714; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="ff9b3ba7"; Tumblr (3.0; @held4ransom)http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b59b2d9e272d02c7acedf15f63de23b8/tumblr_miur0lM7Ew1rptcrxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“No. 31. Lepra tuberosa” by Scott D Wilson / Collage, 12” x 12” / 2013, </p> <p>Follow him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ScottDarrenWilson?fref=ts">Facebook</a>.</p> <p>via Scott’s tumblr <a href="http://dermochromes.tumblr.com/">Dermochromes</a>.</p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/44278042866http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/44278042866Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:44:30 -0800Scott D WilsonDermochromesmorbid anatomycollage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb0lh1TQ1t1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“The Truth Lies Within” by <a href="http://www.ransommitchell.com/">Ransom & Mitchell</a>, 2012</p> <p>Currently on display at <a href="http://varnishfineart.com/Exhibit_Detail.cfm?ShowsID=119">Varnish FIne Art</a> as part of Ransom & Mitchell’s debut solo show “Smoke & Mirrors.”</p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/32396060806http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/32396060806Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:24:37 -0700Ransom &amp; MitchellThe Truth Lies WithinVarnish FIne Artsolo showSmoke &amp; Mirrors<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maelcmnmru1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Monkeys as Judges of Art” by Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von Max, 1889</p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/31599835467http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/31599835467Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:14:46 -0700Gabriel Cornelius Ritter von MaxGabriel von MaxMonkeys as Judges of Art<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maekxaBj1Y1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Der Anatom” by Gabriel Cornelius Ritter Von Max, 1869</p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/31599269278http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/31599269278Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:05:34 -0700Der AnatomGabriel Cornelius Ritter Von MaxGabriel Von Maxautopsypost mortem<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maekn77i2y1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“The Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina Emmerich” by Gabriel Cornelius Ritter Von Max, 1885</p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/31598887370http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/31598887370Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:59:31 -0700Gabriel Cornelius Ritter Von MaxGabriel Von MaxThe Ecstatic Virgin Anna Katharina EmmerichstigmataAnna Katharina Emmerich<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_madok67swf1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Adrian Ghenie - Pie Fight Study</p> <p>via: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Les-abrutis-ne-voient-le-Beau-que-dans-les-belles-choses/133417420031767">Les abrutis ne voient le Beau que dans les belles choses</a></p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/31573274649http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/31573274649Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:26:30 -0700Adrian GheniePie Fight Study<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5d629fVmW1qel5rpo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>eggsticel - source unknown</p> <p><em>(if anyone can provide information on the artist for this, please contact me)</em></p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24760440844http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24760440844Sat, 09 Jun 2012 11:58:57 -0700egg testicleeggsticeldelicious<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m50a49GZ4a1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jellyfish via <a href="http://www.facebook.com/cabinotier">Yoann Cabinotier</a> of the most wonderful curiosities shop <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Les-Cabinotiers/131873703548591">Les Cabinotiers</a></p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24280009300http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24280009300Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:57:45 -0700tentaclesjellyfishetherealLes CabinotiersYoann Cabinotiercuriosities<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m50efhaY061qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Fortune Teller (it will all end in stars)” by <a href="http://aramblingmeels.blogspot.com/2010/06/art-crush-cassandra-laing.html">Cassandra Laing</a>, 2007</p> <p>An in-depth review of this little known artist can be found in <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/endless-matter-of-life-and-death/2007/03/27/1174761470680.html?page=3">The Age</a>.</p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24285616082http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24285616082Sat, 02 Jun 2012 12:30:00 -0700Cassandra LaingFortune Tellerit will all end in stars<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m471njSXJH1qza0d5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“First Date” by the clever <a href="http://www.andypatch.net/#/40986/">Andy Patch</a></p> <p>via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://andypatch.tumblr.com/post/23262963953/first-date">andypatch</a></p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24232365145http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24232365145Fri, 01 Jun 2012 18:46:40 -0700Andy Patchilllustrationwhy don't you love me?First Date<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4wg1rWr1i1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">From the 2011 solo show Lotus Eaters / by <a href="http://allysonandjeremy.org/">Allyson Mellberg-Taylor</a></span></p> <p>Her work has been review on <a href="http://myloveforyou.typepad.com/my_love_for_you/2010/02/processinspiration-allyson-mellbrrgtaylor.html">My Love For You</a> and <a href="http://bloodmilkjewelry.blogspot.com/2010/12/examining-time-and-space.html">Bloodmilk</a>.</p> <p>She is on <a href="http://allysonmellberg.tumblr.com/">tumblr</a> and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AllysonMellberg">Etsy</a>.</p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24138415189http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24138415189Thu, 31 May 2012 11:15:27 -0700Allyson Mellberg-TaylorwatercolorLotus Eaters<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4vefwulQ31qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">“I Just Don’t Relate To Anyone Anymore” <a href="http://www.facebook.com/shanta.ambady">Shanta Ambady</a><br/></span><span class="Apple-style-span">watercolor, ink, rice paper</span></p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24113120805http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/24113120805Wed, 30 May 2012 21:43:08 -0700Shanta Ambadywatercolorsadbrocken heartdistantillustration<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vay1LwXm1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.retronaut.co/2011/06/maunsell-forts/">Maunsell Sea Forts</a> - Fortified towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. Decommissioned in the late 1950s.</p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/22846304880http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/22846304880Fri, 11 May 2012 09:54:01 -0700Maunsell Sea FortsFortified towersThamesMersey<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ysh3zG0X1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fetus, <a href="http://www.brookeshaden.com/">Brooke Shaden</a></p> <p>See many more works on her <a href="http://www.brookeshaden.com/">website</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brookeshaden">flickr</a> and follow her on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/brookeshadenphotography">Facebook</a>.</p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/20472394196http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/20472394196Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:58:15 -0700Brooke ShadenFetusetherealphotographywomanmortality<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljv06w9PhL1qg28n2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Mildred, 1889-1912</p> <p>Historical record states:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Mildred, Newport for London with basic slag, struck under Gurnards Head at midnight on the 6th April 1912, whilst in dense fog. She swung broadside and was pounding heavily when Captain Larcombe, the mate, two Irishmen, one Welshman and a Mexican from Vera Cruz rowed into St. Ives at 6am. They later returned in a pilot gig but the Mildred was already going to pieces.</p> </blockquote>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/20103154834http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/20103154834Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:17:13 -0700Ship wreckThe MildredCaptain LarcombeFogSunken ship1912<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1m9djVyUh1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Oh Garfield,” a sketch by Danni Zamudio</p> <p>Her <a href="http://www.DanniZamudio.com/">website</a> is under construction, but it’s only a matter of time. For now, follow her on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Danni-Zamudio/105694959477536?ref=ts&__adt=3">Facebook</a>, check out her process on her blog, <a href="http://dannizamudio.wordpress.com/">Hail to the Z</a>, see what inspires her on her <a href="http://dannizamudio.tumblr.com/">tumblr</a>, buy her work at <a href="http://society6.com/D_Zamudio">Society 6</a>, and follow her on <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/D_Zamudio">twitter</a>.</p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/20082991922http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/20082991922Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:34:31 -0700Danni Zamudioillustrationsketchpassionpainting<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1izsiVDS31qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Catatonic, <a href="http://ellenrogers.co.uk/">Ellen Rogers</a></p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/19995374583http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/19995374583Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:14:42 -0700Ellen Rogersphotographyhauntingvintage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1iyqzjOTn1qel5rpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘Vulpes Masquerade’, 2010 <a href="http://www.caitlinhackett.com/">Caitlin Hackett</a></p> <p>18” by 20”, ballpoint pen, water color, colored pencil, and micron pen on paper.</p> <p>The original sold long ago but you may still purchase a print at <a href="http://www.society6.com/studio/caitlinhackettart/Vulpes_Masquerade_now_as_a_print#media">http://www.society6.com/studio/caitlinhackettart/Vulpes_Masquerade_now_as_a_print#media</a></p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/19994412109http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/19994412109Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:52:00 -0700Caitlin HackettVulpes MasqueradeContemporary Mythologyballpoint pen water color colored pencilballpoint pen water color colored pencilballpoint penwater colorcolored pencil<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0op00lcoQ1qbvtpio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.craww.com/">CRAWW</a>, painter & illustrator</p> <p>I co-created this portrait with <a href="http://impureacts.tumblr.com/">Jason Mitchell</a> in honor of Craww’s show at <a href="http://cavegallery.net/">C.A.V.E. Gallery</a> opening tonight, March 10th in L.A..</p> <p>Please read more about this talented artist in my blog<a href="http://www.ransom-notes.net/?p=3059"> Ransom Notes</a>. I included a few work-in-progress photos that show how Craww develops his work from sketches through to final paintings. Beautiful stuff!</p> <p>You may follow what Jason & I are up to on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/PurebredArt">facebook artist page</a>, our fine art website <a href="http://www.ransommitchell.com/">Ransom & Mitchell</a> and our “how’d you make that?” website, <a href="http://www.fakebelieve.net/">Fake Believe</a>.</p> <p>Thanks for posting this <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://warholian.tumblr.com/post/19071683111/another-wonderful-artist-portrait-of-craww-by-the">warholian</a>!</p> <div></div>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/19091513845http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/19091513845Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:38:14 -0800crawwportraitRansom &amp; MitchellC.A.V.E. Gallerymurder of crowsblack smokeeerie<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0mmmnQygK1qbmgeto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><span>Kaure by Frank Noir (aka <a href="http://brokenchar.deviantart.com/">bRokEnCHaR</a>)</span></span></p> <p><span><span>This urban explorer, photographer has an incredible eye for light, composition and storytelling. </span></span></p> <p><span><span>Please check out more of his amazing photography on </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/brokencapslock/">flickr</a><span> and </span><a href="http://brokenchar.deviantart.com/">DeviantART</a><span>. You can follow him on </span><a href="http://@bRokEnCHaRacTer">twitter</a><span>, </span><a href="http://brokenview.tumblr.com/">tumblr</a><span> and </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/bRokEnVIEW.net">facebook</a><span>.</span></span></p> <p>via <a href="http://fer1972.tumblr.com/">Ghost in the Machine / fer1972</a></p>http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/19008248702http://held4ransom.tumblr.com/post/19008248702Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:53:04 -0800Frank NoirKaurebRokEnCHaR