Oliver Wetter Re-Imagines Famous Paintings with Iconic Monsters

Iconic monsters like Godzilla and Kaijus from the movie Pacific Rim can be seen in Oliver Wetter's recent series of paintings. The German artist decided to repaint famous paintings by Hudson River artists, but he infused them with pop culture monsters, machines and robots.

Hudson River artists are known for their peaceful and serene landscape art, but those landscapes are now obstructed with monsters and are being terrorized. Godzilla can be seen wreaking havoc in the mountainous landscape of one painting, and Kaiju is depicted as disturbing the Bridal Falls of Yosemite Valley in another.

However, some monsters don't seem to be causing as much damage to the paintings. AT-AT looks peaceful among the Sierra Nevada scene that was originally painted by Albertcool slightly and puree in batches in a blender until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, bring back to a simmer in the pot, and serve hot, topped with the aforementioned garnishes of your choosing.

Friday, February 13, 2009

When you've been friends for as long as Joanna and me (since we were 10), you get to know each others' food likes and dislikes while also sharing in common tastes. For instance, last month we went for Chinese on Spadina -- we can do this with two people because we like the same dishes. But when she was dropping me back home, Jo tried to pawn these candied almonds with lemon zest off on me. She said she wanted them out of her van because she was addicted, plus she