I don't know why but when I saw this shoe it sort of reminded me of the colorful 2011 I plan to have. LaplumeEthera from Santa Clara, CA is brilliant!
Showing posts with label artists. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artists. Show all posts
Monday, January 10, 2011
Peacock shoes
I don't know why but when I saw this shoe it sort of reminded me of the colorful 2011 I plan to have. LaplumeEthera from Santa Clara, CA is brilliant!
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Artists from Tibet and Nepal
I just happened to land upon a lovely video where a film has been featured on how tibetan and nepalese wool makes it's journey all the way to us.
Just watch the people engrossed in their work from start to finish. We don't always appreciate this but the things we carry in our homes, the garbs we wear, the plastic we store food in—everything has gone through a journey. It has traveled through hands with energy of different sorts. It tells us stories that we do not hear.
I felt moved watching this movie. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. Visit Interiors to watch the video. And look at the fabulous rugs too!
Just watch the people engrossed in their work from start to finish. We don't always appreciate this but the things we carry in our homes, the garbs we wear, the plastic we store food in—everything has gone through a journey. It has traveled through hands with energy of different sorts. It tells us stories that we do not hear.
I felt moved watching this movie. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did. Visit Interiors to watch the video. And look at the fabulous rugs too!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Pamela Michelle Johnson
An ex-civil engineer working on scrumptious aimed-at-your-tummy oil paintings is exactly what I am talking about!
Pamela Michelle Johnson soon made this tremendous switch from her career as a civil engineer to a full-time artist after her significant trip to Japan where she was awarded an artist in residency at The Institute of Ceramic Studies at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Shigaraki, Japan (2003).
She writes in her statement 'Teetering towers of hamburgers, drippy stacks of syrupy waffles, sticky piles of sugary candy... Junk food. It's the taste of America. It is what we eat. It is who we are.'
I do agree with Pamela and you know what - if I had 42" by 72" painted canvas of drippy stacks of syrupy waffles cascading down my kitchen ceiling, um, I would simply rest all my dietary ideals and either gorge down an entire stack of this deliciousness or I'd stare at Pamela's painting until my stomach fell sick with syrup. I am not exaggerating. I am absolutely mesmerized by her content, style, and scale depiction.
The royal colors, glistening highlights on mouthwatering jelly sandwiches and candies, abandoned Entenmann's half-eaten pies, those forbidden Hostess snack cakes conjure up only one word - gluttony. Two words. Insatiable gluttony.
I guess Pamela's work has successfully evoked all those feelings that she intended to. Check out her bio, statement, and her great site pamelamichellejohnson.com.
Thank you so much for allowing me to feature you and your stunning art. I am left speechless with a poptart stuffed mouth. Ah! The guilty pleasures.
WAFFLES / 42"x72" / oil on canvas / 2007
VALENTINES / 26"x26" / oil on canvas / 2009
STARLIGHT MINTS / 40"x26" / oil on canvas / 2008
SARAH/ conte crayon on paper / 2006
POPS / 20"x20" / oil on canvas / 2009
PB&J II / 44"x58" / oil on canvas / 2009
UNTITLED / 36"x72" / oil on canvas / 2009
ICE CREAM SANDWICHES / 52"x48" / oil on canvas / 2009
HOSTESS CUPCAKE II / 34"x52" / oil on canvas / 2009
GUMMI BEARS / 72"x30" / oil on canvas / 2008
FROOT LOOPS / 20"x20"/ oil on canvas / 2009
BUNNIES / 50"x46" / oil on canvas / 2009
COOL RANCH / 20"x20" / oil on canvas / 2009
CIRCUS ANIMALS / 52"x52" / oil on canvas / 2008
UNTITLED / 54"x35" / oil on canvas / 2009
Pamela Michelle Johnson soon made this tremendous switch from her career as a civil engineer to a full-time artist after her significant trip to Japan where she was awarded an artist in residency at The Institute of Ceramic Studies at Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Shigaraki, Japan (2003).
She writes in her statement 'Teetering towers of hamburgers, drippy stacks of syrupy waffles, sticky piles of sugary candy... Junk food. It's the taste of America. It is what we eat. It is who we are.'
I do agree with Pamela and you know what - if I had 42" by 72" painted canvas of drippy stacks of syrupy waffles cascading down my kitchen ceiling, um, I would simply rest all my dietary ideals and either gorge down an entire stack of this deliciousness or I'd stare at Pamela's painting until my stomach fell sick with syrup. I am not exaggerating. I am absolutely mesmerized by her content, style, and scale depiction.
The royal colors, glistening highlights on mouthwatering jelly sandwiches and candies, abandoned Entenmann's half-eaten pies, those forbidden Hostess snack cakes conjure up only one word - gluttony. Two words. Insatiable gluttony.
I guess Pamela's work has successfully evoked all those feelings that she intended to. Check out her bio, statement, and her great site pamelamichellejohnson.com.
Thank you so much for allowing me to feature you and your stunning art. I am left speechless with a poptart stuffed mouth. Ah! The guilty pleasures.
WAFFLES / 42"x72" / oil on canvas / 2007
VALENTINES / 26"x26" / oil on canvas / 2009
STARLIGHT MINTS / 40"x26" / oil on canvas / 2008
SARAH/ conte crayon on paper / 2006
POPS / 20"x20" / oil on canvas / 2009
PB&J II / 44"x58" / oil on canvas / 2009
UNTITLED / 36"x72" / oil on canvas / 2009
ICE CREAM SANDWICHES / 52"x48" / oil on canvas / 2009
HOSTESS CUPCAKE II / 34"x52" / oil on canvas / 2009
GUMMI BEARS / 72"x30" / oil on canvas / 2008
FROOT LOOPS / 20"x20"/ oil on canvas / 2009
BUNNIES / 50"x46" / oil on canvas / 2009
COOL RANCH / 20"x20" / oil on canvas / 2009
CIRCUS ANIMALS / 52"x52" / oil on canvas / 2008
UNTITLED / 54"x35" / oil on canvas / 2009
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
b-drawn blog
I've been guilty of secretly holding on to a blog story that I started to write a long time ago.
Meet B-drawn blog, a wittily-named, blog; a master of lines and it's graphical twists; a typographic queen; a zodiac illustrator; and lastly, as she casually puts it, the creator of 'drawings to share' on her site. How innocently this powerful artist summarizes her talent for us!
Needless to say that the owner of B-drawn blog, Barbara Alonso, is so talented that she simply has her striking pen marks dancing to her tunes. Some of her work makes me feel as if a symphony is playing in the background and the lines are swiftly shaping up negative space.
What I would love to know is how she manages to slip in those wonderful typographic treatments so seamlessly into her drawings that they seem to play a challenging game with your vision. I am referring to 'Tree of Knowledge' and '5 against 1' artwork.
I cannot pick a favorite in her work. Each piece competes well and and teasingly acquires equal admiration in my heart.
Barbara, thank you for giving me the privilege of featuring your work.
Please check out b-drawn blog + site + etsy shop to see more work. The three sites are great!
angel
autumn
lady in red
solace
zodiac sign libra represents balance
random info: i am a libran!
zodiac sign taurus represents strength and stamina
zodiac sign saggitarius represents energy and exploration
zodiac sign gemini represents complexity and duality
figurehead
waterbearer
Tree of Knowledge
Meet B-drawn blog, a wittily-named, blog; a master of lines and it's graphical twists; a typographic queen; a zodiac illustrator; and lastly, as she casually puts it, the creator of 'drawings to share' on her site. How innocently this powerful artist summarizes her talent for us!
Needless to say that the owner of B-drawn blog, Barbara Alonso, is so talented that she simply has her striking pen marks dancing to her tunes. Some of her work makes me feel as if a symphony is playing in the background and the lines are swiftly shaping up negative space.
What I would love to know is how she manages to slip in those wonderful typographic treatments so seamlessly into her drawings that they seem to play a challenging game with your vision. I am referring to 'Tree of Knowledge' and '5 against 1' artwork.
I cannot pick a favorite in her work. Each piece competes well and and teasingly acquires equal admiration in my heart.
Barbara, thank you for giving me the privilege of featuring your work.
Please check out b-drawn blog + site + etsy shop to see more work. The three sites are great!
anamorphic
angel
autumn
lady in red
solace
zodiac sign libra represents balance
random info: i am a libran!
zodiac sign taurus represents strength and stamina
zodiac sign saggitarius represents energy and exploration
zodiac sign gemini represents complexity and duality
figurehead
waterbearer
Tree of Knowledge
5 against 1
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Lolafalk
Say hello to the mixer of patterns.
I've always felt that art doesn't just stem from sketches, drawings and paintings. It's mostly vying for unique inspirations and assets— marrying them and birthing new ideas that you can proudly own. Lolafalk does just that. This art isn't bound by the traditions of originality, it's new-age. It's intent, horizons and interpretations are open to borrowing and modifying. Such an artists's wild imagination collects scraps, documents ideas, rocks back and forth between logical reasoning and unjustified emotions that her art will provoke.
Lola has got an eagle-eye for patterns.
She calls her handbags clever and whimsical. That they certainly are. She isn't afraid to use complementary bold colors, patterns that out do each other, show off pompous snazzy contrasts. Stripes with checkers, florals with polkadots, velvet with satin and cotton, plaids with starry squares, seriously, the combination is endless.
And her Lulu clutches pride themselves in being found at rather polar travels and settings. For a sleek little clutch that she is, she can take you from 'work to play, day to night or Brooklyn to Bangkok.' What more does a gal need?
I've always felt that art doesn't just stem from sketches, drawings and paintings. It's mostly vying for unique inspirations and assets— marrying them and birthing new ideas that you can proudly own. Lolafalk does just that. This art isn't bound by the traditions of originality, it's new-age. It's intent, horizons and interpretations are open to borrowing and modifying. Such an artists's wild imagination collects scraps, documents ideas, rocks back and forth between logical reasoning and unjustified emotions that her art will provoke.
Lola has got an eagle-eye for patterns.
She calls her handbags clever and whimsical. That they certainly are. She isn't afraid to use complementary bold colors, patterns that out do each other, show off pompous snazzy contrasts. Stripes with checkers, florals with polkadots, velvet with satin and cotton, plaids with starry squares, seriously, the combination is endless.
And her Lulu clutches pride themselves in being found at rather polar travels and settings. For a sleek little clutch that she is, she can take you from 'work to play, day to night or Brooklyn to Bangkok.' What more does a gal need?
Urban Lola Tote
Urban Lola Tote
Sofie Clutch
Sofie Clutch
Lulu Clutch
Lulu Clutch
Greta Purse
Greta Purse
Greta Purse
Greta Purse
Monday, May 18, 2009
because your sofa needs lovin' too
This is what Laura Davis from design lab is saying.
Oh! Just check out the cute pillows she stitches. The colors are dreamy and light. She makes these out of vintage bed sheets and I love the subtle graphic featuring modern chaises and seats. The messages on these pillows are darn right cute! Come on, who wouldn't laugh at a stylish pillow saying 'You suck!' or 'It's not me, it's you.'
The pillows caught my attention first, but it really wouldn't be fair if I didn't mention her beautiful plate stands. Yes, I'll have some cake on those please. Really! This just shows what a bit of epoxy glue and a refined imagination like Laura's can create.
Egg Chair Pillow
Digital Print pillow set
Repurposed Vintage Jewelry holder
or in my opinion
cookies, candies and confections holder :)
You get the point, I don't need to title this one.
Vintage Teacups on stands
Break up pillow
These are the best!
More from Laura's booth
Barcelona chair pillow
Remnants pillow
Bird pillow
Sigh..these are so graceful...
Oh! Just check out the cute pillows she stitches. The colors are dreamy and light. She makes these out of vintage bed sheets and I love the subtle graphic featuring modern chaises and seats. The messages on these pillows are darn right cute! Come on, who wouldn't laugh at a stylish pillow saying 'You suck!' or 'It's not me, it's you.'
The pillows caught my attention first, but it really wouldn't be fair if I didn't mention her beautiful plate stands. Yes, I'll have some cake on those please. Really! This just shows what a bit of epoxy glue and a refined imagination like Laura's can create.
Artist, Laura Davis, at her Etsy booth
Fun Pillows
Egg Chair Pillow
Digital Print pillow set
Repurposed Vintage Jewelry holder
or in my opinion
cookies, candies and confections holder :)
You get the point, I don't need to title this one.
Vintage Teacups on stands
Break up pillow
These are the best!
More from Laura's booth
Barcelona chair pillow
Remnants pillow
Bird pillow
Sigh..these are so graceful...
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