Art is everything. From real, surreal to wildly psychedelic, artists influence the world around us. Can you envision an existence without Shepard’s Obama “Hope” portrait, or Banksy’s street art? What’s a world without Invader’s Pac Mans, Dali’s Meditative Rose or Ralph Steadman’s illustrations of Hunter S. Thompson’s hallucinations? I can’t imagine it, nor do I want to. The inspiration artists breathe into our lives is too refreshing to ignore.

Dive into the depths of ten artists currently hot on the scene.