Have a Year of Confetti with these charming posters from illustrator Hanna Konola! Her delightfully, whimsical designs are available on textiles, too. Treat yourself to a tote or tea towel.
VIA: The Art Cake
‘art’ Category
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Artist: Hanna Konola
January 10, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
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Artist: Ryan Stewart Nault
January 9, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
I really enjoy these paintings from Ryan Stewart Nault. Perhaps it’s the unusual and quirky still life or the palette of natural tones with bursts of corals that I love.
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Artist: Hollis Brown Thornton
January 9, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Hollis Brown Thornton plays with memory and time by fragmenting nostalgic imagery. Hollis uses acrylic paints, markers and photo transfer to control the amount of visibility and degradation within each image, playing with how pop culture, world events and outdated technologies languish as time moves forward and memory fades.
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Photographer: Sarah Anne Johnson
January 9, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
During an artist’s residency on board a sailboat near the Arctic Circle, Canadian artist Sarah Anne Johnson captures these alluring images of the surrounding landscape. In the series Arctic Wonderland, the landscapes are transformed further into surrealism through the subtle application of pigment by using techniques ranging from painting with acrylics and india ink to photoshop and screen-printing.
VIA: Julie Saul Gallery
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Artist: Brook&Lyn
January 3, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Mimi Jung is the creative force behind Brook&Lyn, a talented jeweler incorporating natural elements into her contemporary pieces. In addition to her jewelry, Mimi offers these gorgeous hand woven wall hangings. She beautifully contrasts a thin warp with a bulbous weft; exposing the warp in some areas in addition to dimensional elements of fringe, tassels and strips of tree bark.
VIA: Honestly WTF
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Artist: Murad Khan Mumtaz
January 3, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Pakistani artist Murad Khan Mumtaz uses his training in the art of Indian miniature painting to create these beautiful scenes depicting bits of traditional culture as they fade away in our contemporary materialistic landscape. Keeping with traditional practices, Murad paints on a canvas of wasli paper, which is prepared by glueing sheets together with flour paste and then burnished with either a smooth glass ball or sea shell. Burnishing crushes any grain leaving a shiny, smooth finish.
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Photographer: Matt Shallenberger
January 2, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
In a recent series titled Trees, Stars and Birds photographer Matt Shallenberger uses light to isolate tree forms through highlights and silhouette in the blackness of night. These eerie images are quite lovely, evoking bleak feelings of loneliness. 
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Artist: Xochi Solis
January 2, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
These pieces from Austin-based artist Xochi Solis are keeping painting weird! Mixing solids with found imagery on top of swift brushstrokes of watery, opaque and metallic paint. In these simple abstract paintings, Xochi creates competing layers bouncing between the 2nd and 3rd dimension.
VIA: The Jealous Curator
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Artist: Leah Reena Goren
January 2, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
You will fall in love Leah Reena Goren, trust me. She’s an all around superstar, transforming her watercolor illustrations into delightful decor for your home and body. Leah’s work has been scattered all over the internet at various boutiques and blogs. I’ve already raved about her Moon Phase Scarf, a most recent collaboration for Leah, Rachael & Julia.
Over at Etsy you will find even more scarves and other garments, as well as totes and prints for your walls. Even though she’s currently on holiday vacation, bookmark it and check her out at Society6.
Plus, she’s got a thing for drawing flowers and cats, which I just can’t resist ogling.
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Artist: Alyson Fox
December 27, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
I think it’s fair to say that I have an obsession for triangles, so these drawings from Alyson Fox are like candy to my eyes! In this series titled Quilts, Alyson combines marker, paper and watercolor drawings to form these pleasing designs.
