To help promote and improve the artistic community here on Steemit I am doing a weekly curation! Most of the artists I have chosen are still minnows and are waiting to be discovered and others that I will feature have just plain impressed me! All of these posts will be voted on by me and also our curation account msp-curation :) My first find this week is from @matteopaints (Matthew Holden Bates) who is an oil painter and in this post he talks a bit about his inspiration for painting and we get to see a few of his beautiful oil paintings! This orchid is particularly stunning! ![D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW7eJdLi8XeheV5SEnd7BJNAtZHetMb6hsNvbgcGscqCoadUSZwiFnvnNLKxSNGz1jRuKbsSvqf4PjUnzMefU9XeEd4.jpeg](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/juliakponsford/x3RMSG5n-D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW7eJdLi8XeheV5SEnd7BJNAtZHetMb6hsNvbgcGscqCoadUSZwiFnvnNLKxSNGz1jRuKbsSvqf4PjUnzMefU9XeEd4.jpeg) https://steemit.com/art/@matteopaints/orchids-a-lifetime-passion-in-oil-paintings-by-matthew-holden-bates Next is this pice by @megy.fine.arts called ''Chummer Cleaner'', at a first glance this art is very cryptic and I highly suggest you click through and read the description, Megy has a wonderful imagination! https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVUE72bQ5VvPxY5U6Wfcn7fL46qV9TD4ff4CdQWp7V7dU/Chummer%20Cleaner%20001.jpg https://steemit.com/art/@megy.fine.arts/original-artwork-chummer-cleaner I couldn't resist including this digital art by @yomismosoy titled *JULIA AND I IN A FANTASYSCAPE* that he made for an entry to my art explosion contest! If you look closely you will see my face in there hanging out with a smoking caterpillar :D https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmW7v1kGrNYfZEJ7Wrj3YQPWBeYvoAi1h6hn3X61sWw6Ae/alice-in-wonderland-advice-from-a-caterpillar-by-arthur-rackham-698776.jpg https://steemit.com/art/@yomismosoy/julia-and-i-in-a-fantasyscape-my-artistic-gif-to-fly-in-the-art-explosion-week-53-theme-fantasy @katharsisdrill made this crazy cool digital collage/painting *Thii dream of Draydeem* which has a wonderful humour and surrealness: https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmR6HhKqrfAzmE5R9wgZE2944RNgYKurP5b714EmWLooWz/Daydrea3_640.jpg https://steemit.com/art/@katharsisdrill/thii-dream-of-draydeem Last up is @nyarlathotep with this black and white art *DaOLoTH* that was inspired by the book The Render of the Veils by Ramsey Campbell, once again I suggest reading the description on this one: https://steemitimages.com/640x0/https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmPtNC55KhzzV2kc4HwcNGW2GiCPDXxg2ByE7JbzUXt9wE https://steemit.com/art/@nyarlathotep/cr-daoloth https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmVQqrJS4hDfdEDKPtScuUcRYiYCADyQLB9k5sFY6ezVzR/triangle-divider-black.png If you enjoyed these artists please give them a follow and some encouragement! I would like to invite all the artists featured and those who are reading this to join the Minnowsupport Project! It's a great way to network, gain followers and chat with your peers in a more relaxed environment https://discord.gg/p5tYmdW See my last curation: [Ocean of Art 62](https://steemit.com/art/@juliakponsford/ocean-of-art-62-dive-in-and-discover-some-promising-new-steemit-artists-minnowsupport-curation-team) https://steemitimages.com/DQmW3GqbMdWkMLoweD3S1hbjXAvCePT6qiy4iHpz6wpnvLd/alienbanner1.gif