Using an iPhone as his canvas, New York-based artist JK Keller created "oil paintings" -- but not in the way you'd think.
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While the medium that Keller uses is oil-based, it's of the porous variety -- that is, oil from his greasy face.
"It's a play on expectations of what that phrase means in the traditional sense," he tells Mashable in an email.
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After smearing his face on the iPhone's surface, Keller moves the oil around with his finger to create different patterns and designs; these are accented when light hits the phone.
While the resulting art is unique, he admits his creations may be hard to stomach: "You're a little grossed out, but also think it looks pretty cool to watch the anisotropic light reflections shift as you move the phone around."
Since starting the project less than a week ago, Keller posted photos of the "paintings" on his official website. He says he was inspired to experiment while "sitting bored in a strangely lit room."
"I knew I had to execute immediately or risk someone else doing [it] first."
The iPhone oil paintings are an extension of Keller's previous project, "Echoes," in which he replaced a typical mousepad with a sheet of paper to show the dirt that a person can accumulate when using a computer over time.
"I am able to collect an echo of my computer use over the course of a few months," he writes on his website. "The resulting drawing embodies the filth one accumulates through prolonged use of technology."
Collectively, Keller describes his work as "Post-New Internet Aesthetic Grimewave."
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