I remember when I was a kid, one of my favorite past times was building castles and mansions with Legos. Little black and white Legos.

 

 

Amazing how those little blocks have changed the way the world looks.

 

 

Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates awe-inspiring works of art out LEGO building blocks. Sawaya’s ability to transform LEGO bricks into something new, and his devotion to scale and color, enables him to elevate an ordinary toy to the status of fine art.

 

 

Today Sawaya has more than 2.5 million colored bricks in his New York and Los Angeles art studios.

 

 

He doesn’t use special space station sets or pirate boat sets that you buy off the shelf — just bricks.

 

 

His work is obsessively and painstakingly crafted and is both beautiful and playful. He is both inspired and an inspiration.

 

 

He makes me want to pull out buckets and buckets of red and white and blue squares, yellow four-pane windows, and little red doors.

 

 

He makes me want to pull out those buckets and sit down with my son and grandson and build towers and people and flowers and anything else my dreams desire.

 

 

You can find more of Nathan Sawaya’s wonderful creations at http://brickartist.com/.

You will be amazed.