Ronald McDonald’s Wife

Ronald McDonald, the franchise’s clown mascot, wears a red and white striped shirt beneath a yellow waistcoat, a red curly wig and a red nose. The mascot is displayed in nearly every form of McDonalds advertising and media. The picture below shows an artist’s interpretation of what Ronald McDonald’s wife would look like, basing her clothing and make-up on the McDonalds clown mascot.

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Why so Happy Meal?

In a spoof of the Joker character played by actor Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight, the Joker is shown dressed as Ronald McDonald. This fan art throws a shadow on the normally cheerful McDonalds characters, parodying the Joker’s favorite phrase, “Why so serious?” with “Why so Happy Meal?”

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Ronald McDonald gets Super Sized

Ron English promotes propaganda through his art works, encouraging the public to take a good hard look at many of the things that we take for granted. In the piece shown below, English portrays the Ronald McDonald mascot as an overweight clown. This is a comment on the obesity epidemic that is currently taking place in America, pointing a very chubby, super sized finger at McDonalds food as a direct cause of the weight problems.

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Death by French Fries

In the documentary film, Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock conducted an experiment to determine the life span of McDonalds menu items. The McDonalds french fry was portrayed as being near immortal, barely degrading even though weeks had passed. Though the artist’s intention with the food art work below is not clear, there is a definite link between the seemingly innocent french fry and death. Perhaps the message is that McDonald’s french fries are so far from being organic that the food itself is dead.

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Ronald McDonald the Obese

In another controversial art work, the art has depicted the Ronald McDonald clown as being grossly obese. The art work comments on the fact that though McDonalds fast food has been linked to obesity, the McDonalds media characters are slender and healthy.

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McDonalds Fats Food Restaurant

This street art sticker shows an obese man eating the McDonalds mascot. A banner across the graffiti image proclaims “FATS FOOD”, a parody of the type of food that McDonalds serves; fast food.

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McDonalds Food Art Animals

The food art work below shows two creatures that have been made out of McDonalds food items and packaging. On the left is a crab-like animal made from french fries, battling against what looks like a cockroach made out of wire and a McDonalds tomato ketchup sachet.

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Caribbean Food Art Photography

The Caribbean is famed for its tropical fruit, shown below in this food art photo. The fruit has been cut and arranged to create edible dolls of musicians. The photographer has managed to capture the personalities of the characters.

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Food Art in France

France is a favorite travel destination due to its exquisite architecture, romantic ideals and world famous food. French food art often consists of bread or cheese, as these are firm favorites among the local french people. The photo below shows a delicious French food art display in whic the flower petals have been shaped out of thin slices of bread.

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Photographing Food in the Phillipines

The Phillipino islands are famous for the beauty of their tropical beaches, sunsets and the local flowers. In this food art photo below, edible flowers have been arranged to create a beautiful, unusual salad.

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Japan Masters the Art of Food Design

In Japan, the manner in which food is displayed is very important. For this reason, there are dozens of different edible art styles in Japan. Shown below is a photograph of a Wagashi food art display. Wagashi is a term that is given to sweet Japanese confectionery, often served as a dessert or a treat. Read more about Japanese Food Art.

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Thailand’s Tasty Food Art

Thailand’s tropical setting and delicious exotic foods attract thousands of visitors every year. Most food vendors will attempt to catch the eye of tourists by displaying carved fruit. This food art most often takes on floral or geometric designs.

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Artist Francois Robert is trying to make people aware of the consequences of violence. He uses art as his stage to voice his opinions, his medium; human bones. By arranging selected human bones into a collage, Robert creates an art work that is bizarre, yet powerful.

Symbols of War

Weapons such as hand guns, artillery tanks and hand grenades have become symbols of war and violence. In the pictures below Robert has carefully arranged human bones to create an image of these symbols. The last image of the word, “war”. The text is bold and the message plain, war is death.

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Causes of War

By using recognizable symbols such as the Nazi swastika or the Christian cross, the artist is able to point the result of war; death, at it’s cause. Many wars have been caused by the differences between two or more groups of people, whether these be religious, social, racial or cultural differences. By comparing the Christian cross to the Nazi swastika, Robert creates a controversial debate about the intent of both these societies.

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Most leaf carvings take weeks or even months to create. The work is incredibly delicate and requires a steady hand and attention to detail. Because of the small size of the finished art piece, mistakes are more noticeable, forcing the leaf carver to work slowly and carefully at all times.

Famous Faces in Fall

A popular subject for leaf sculptures is a portrait of a celebrity or famous personage. These beautiful celebrity portraits are then pressed, preserved and framed so that they will last for decades. Some of the most popular celebrity leaf carvings are of the famous painting The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, Jesus Christ and actress Marilyn Monroe.

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Buddha’s Life in Leaf Art

Buddha is the central figure of the Buddhist religion, which practices many forms of meditation. An art form as delicate and painstaking as leaf carving can be quite meditative, as it forces the mind to focus on one thing only. It is apt that Buddha, a symbol of meditation and calm, be the subject of leaf carvings.

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Famous Places Carved into Pressed Leaves

Most leaf carving artists like to use leaves from the Chinar tree, native to the Asian countries of Pakistan, India and China,because of the organic structure of the leaf. These leaves are also considered to be lucky in some Asian cultures. Chinar leaves are very similar in appearance to the Maple leaf, the official symbol of Canada. The Maple leaf is another favorite carving medium among leaf sculptors. Shown below are leaf sculptures of The Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, The Statue of Liberty in New York, America, and the skyline of the Canadian city; Vancouver.

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Leaves of Magic and Mystery

The following images show a miscellany of leaf carving designs. Some are artist’s renditions of an actual creature, such as the Japanese koi fish, and others are products of pure fantasy, such as the Chinese dragon. The two baby angels are from Michelangelo’s fresco painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

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Naturalism or Surrealism?

Many rock balancing art works are created in their natural environment; on beaches, mountains or in rivers. The natural surroundings, combined with the man-made art, give the stone balancing art piece an aspect of surrealism (sur - above).

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The Human Stone

By balancing a small stone on top of a large stone, the appearance of a human form can be created. In the pictures above and below, this iconic representation of the human form can be seen. In both images, the stones appear to have a hint of personality and character, hovering on the cusp of becoming animated.

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Shapely Stones

Combinations of unusual shapes appeal to the human eye, which is why many stone balancing enthusiasts will have a small collection of several uniquely shaped stones. Stone stacking art works are especially interesting when several different shaped stones are used, creating visual contrast and interest.

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Similar Stones

By choosing stones that have similar characteristics, a sense of unity can be created in the rock art. In the image below, although the shapes of the stones differ, they have a common design element; arcs. What is especially interesting about this rock balancing art work is that both stones are fossils.

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Colorful Klippe

(Klippe – Stones) Any design is made stronger with the use of contrasting or complimentary colors.

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Style Beyond Stacking

People have stacked rocks for centuries, as a way to mark paths, graves and boundaries. Rock balancing takes rock stacking out of the utilitarian realm, and moves it into the realm of art. It serves no purpose but to please the viewer and act as an expressive outlet for the creator.

In the picture shown below, the stones haven’t simply been stacked, they have been artfully arranged to create an aesthetic design.

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