One more update on the prints I currently have at Urban Outfitters - a third print, all i need, is now for sale on their website, in a new larger 18"x 24" size. Yet again, I love the way the print looks alongside their other awesome furniture and home decor items (particularly those fun hanging planters). Check it out here!
The warmer weather is making me crave a windows-down road trip in the country, and I think the perfect destination would be this installation by artist Autumn de Wilde called Lighting, Layers, and Reflections. Surprisingly (and somewhat randomly), the installation was designed as a backdrop for a new Cadillac Escalade advertisement, but hey, I'll take it. The combination of the vibrant color, soft sunny light, and the dusty California landscape is truly beautiful. Now I just need to find out if it's still standing, and if so, where I can find it! Learn more about Autumn here.
Hey people! Exciting news over here - I am thrilled to announce that I currently have a couple of my prints for sale at Urban Outfitters! Now for sale on their website are twilight fox and anteloper, in a new larger 13"x 19" size, and I love the way they've styled the prints with their other home items. They're in a limited run, so snatch yours up while you can here and here!
I'm one of those people who usually picks out a new wine or beer because I like the label, even if I have no clue whether or not the contents are actually good. Case in point: I was at the store the other day and got totally sucked in by the amazing labels by Belgian brewer Mikkaller. I recognized the style and discovered that they are done by Philly-based artist Keith Shore who does a lot of other quirky and weird characters in his own work. The labels are colorful, funny, and they must have worked, because I got a bottle! Learn more about Mikkaller and Keith.
What better way to start 2014 than in a playful mood? Let's kick off the new year with the delightful work of Chilean artist Santiago Salvador, whose powerfully simple portraits are fantastic studies in composition and color. His application of paint is judicious, but it pays off! He loves repetition, and I appreciate that he pushes that even further in the paintings where he creates true patterns out of his colorful characters. And something about the way his people move always makes me smile. The year is off to a good start! See more of Santiago's amazing work here.
One of my many loves as a textile junkie are woven wall hangings - there is something so simple and humble about them, yet the possibilities for creativity are endless. Within the parameters of a few inches of yarn, any manner of color combinations, patterns, and texture changes can be made. I find these weavings by Brook & Lyn, the work of partners Mimi Jung and Brian Hurewitz, to be particularly stunning, hung delicately on copper rods and incorporating areas of heavy fringe. They make me miss my days on the loom! I would love to have some of these hanging in my apartment, but with two fiesty cats it would be more likely to end up as the world's largest yarnball on the floor. See more from Brook & Lyn here.
London-based artist Paul X. Johnson definitely has a way with the ladies - painting them, that is. He uses a beautiful muted color palette to set the tone for his moody raven-haired vamps, who always seem to have something on their mind. Whatever that may be, they look good doing it, and his restrained technique with the brush really brings them to life. I would kill to have a portrait done in his style! After I get my eyebrows done of course. See more from Paul here.
Cats. Plants. Put the two together. I don't know why Chicago-based artist Stephen Eichhorn decided to collage felines with flora, but quite frankly I don't need any reason to enjoy these amazing portraits. They are ridiculous and delightful! Check out more from him here.
I just came across the quirky illustrations of artist Catalina Bustos Mendoza, aka catalinabu, who hails from Santiago Chile. Everything in her work has such a sense of humor and playfulness, and I like that her quick and loose style shows that she doesn't over-think things too much. Her characters in particular have such a funny quality about them, I can only imagine that she must be a cool girl to hang out with! You can see more of her work here, and her tumblr is pretty entertaining too.
courtesy of olivia steele.
i'm having some serious building love with this church mural installation by atlanta-based artist hense (real name: alex brewer), a graffiti-turned-contemporary artist who is transforming neighborhoods one building at a time. as part of a private commission in washington dc, hense used a historic church as an extremely oversized canvas for his colorful, abstract compositions. his shapes are textures are gestural, leaving meaning up for interpretation, while the vibrant hues create a playful mood. living in the mission district in san francisco, one of the most heavily-muraled places i've seen, i know what a positive impact these public pieces of art can have on a community and its people, so it makes me happy to know that somebody else is spreading the love on such a large scale! learn more about hense here.
