"Spiraling Costs," Paper and Beeswax, 16 in. x16 in. (4 in. deep)

Ever get so frustrated with the current economic downturn that you simply want to rip your financial documents to shreds?

Artist Jaynie Crimmins did.

And then she added some beeswax… ultimately creating a new series of multi-media works that she calls “Home Economics.”

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David Macaluso paints with used motor oil.

For Brooklyn-based artist David Macaluso, it’s all about oil.

Motor oil, that is.

Used motor oil, to  be exact.

You see, Macaluso has been painting with the stuff since 2005.

Why? Because used motor oil, he says, represents both an artistic exercise in recycling and a powerful metaphor for this time in world history.

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