I've found out about some pretty great contemporary artists through Beautiful Decay in the past, but one of their more recent posts found me falling in love with the work of painter Jeremy Miranda. His work is some of my favourite that I've seen in a long, long time.
Seriously; look at this stuff:
Wowzers.
To view more of his beautiful work, (including watercolour studies- swoon!), visit his website, blog or shop to buy originals and prints.