Talk about attention to detail. A college student used 2,000 Post-It notes to create this mosaic portrait of Ray Charles in Wenatchee, Washington. Creating the 10-feet-tall composition took three months.

Via Neatorama.

The duo started painting with joe a few years ago, inspired by the venue of their first art show, a Duluth, Minnesota, coffee shop. They've since created a robust portfolio, using an extra-strong brew as a watercolor.

Click here to watch a silent-movie-style dramatization of the origins of their technique.

From left, art director Dan Pessell, managing editor Chris McHugh, editor Maureen Bloomfield, assistant editor Grace Dobush, and associate editor Lisa Wurster. The likenesses are seriously uncanny.

We've been seeing a lot of work by people over 60 here at The Artist's Magazine because of our recent call for submissions for an upcoming feature. The volume of mail is impressive, even overwhelming at times. It's great to see there are so many working artists in their 60s, 70s, and even some pushing triple digits.

There are still a few weeks before the deadline (October 1), so if you still have to send in a nomination, please refer to our handy list of Dos and Don'ts:

Do:
Send in your (or your nominee's) name, age, contact information and images or links to your images. E-mail them to TAMedit@fwpubs.com, or mail them to Artists Over 60, The Artist's Magazine, 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236. If you are mailing slides or prints and would like them returned, include an SASE.

Don't:
Call to check if we received your submission. We've received hundreds of nominations, and as much as we'd like to help you out, we have other work to do.

Do:
Send five to 10 images so we can get a good feel for your work.

Don't:
Send the only existing copies of your slides or prints!

Do:
Feel free to nominate yourself—we won't think you're conceited!

Don't:
Have all your friends, relatives and neighbors e-mail us nominating you. This isn't a popularity contest—we only need your name once for you to be in the running.

Do:
Make sure to read the March 2008 issue of The Artist's Magazine to see who makes the cut!

Van Gogh did all three, according to a researcher quoted in the Guardian. In the last year before his death, the artist worked at breakneck pace, often running out of canvas. Some of the cloth he painted on is believed to be tablecloth or tea towels, possibly from the mental hospital where he stayed in 1889. (Red accents in the cloth are visible where the paint is thin.)

And last month, an X-ray revealed a lost work, Wild Vegetation, under The Ravine, which was painted four months later while he was in the asylum. It impresses me that Van Gogh was so driven to paint that he didn't let a lack of supplies—or sales—stop him.