February 21, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
I love these paintings from Cornelia O’Donovan. Her work speaks of traditional American folk art with a wonderful range raw, unrefined figures and animals. The color palette is spot on with the era: rich china blues, vibrant scarlet reds and chartreuse greens. Cornelia’s art would perfectly adorn any cozy homestead.
February 21, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
From all the artists embellishing old photographs with thread, Maurizio Anzeri is my absolute favorite. I first saw his work at the Saatchi Gallery in London, where I took home a souvenir postcard of the piece above, which I rightfully hang in my bindery. Each portrait is wildly adorned with an elaborately detailed mask, carefully planned to convey a sense of geometry.
February 20, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Chad Wys has been created pieces for his Readymades series for a few years now; taking found decorative art objects and transforming them into a whole new conversation piece with quirky layers. These pieces are reminiscent of a scene in Tim Burton’s Batman, where the Joker and his henchmen put their own twist on the artwork.
February 20, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Shawn Huckins has created just a priceless series of work by combining classic portrait paintings overlapped by Twitter tweets and texts. Each piece is more hilarious than the last. I have to admit, I’m not a frequent user of texting acronyms, so I’m happy Shawn spells everything out in his titles.
February 14, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
The collage work of Bryan Olson are quite whimsical in a “predictions of the future from the mid-century” sort of way. My husband and I are just oohing and awing over each cosmic landscape, soaking in the retro color palette and stellar imagery.
February 14, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Sabine Finkenauer’s artistic talents spread across several mediums from sculptural work with wrought iron and wood to drawing, painting and collage work. Her art is clean and simple, yet challenges our perceptions of layout and space.
February 13, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Photographer Henrik Isaksson Garnell captures the bedrock in a mysterious and abstract light, as if documenting a foreign planetary landscape. No matter the location, these images are incredibly striking.
February 13, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Squishing colored epoxy within wooden moulds supported by shims and tree rings, artist Christian Maychack creates some exceptional pieces of art. These playful sculptures resemble vivid formica that would be quite welcome in my home, in fact I would be very pleased to have Christian’s work adorn my walls.
February 13, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Equipped with tape, vinyl and contact paper artist Garry Noland creates these wonderfully colorful and textured pieces by including whatever happens to get stuck to the aforementioned materials. Noland presses tape to his studio floor picking up paint, old bits of tape and other floor debris embracing the unknown before collaging all of the elements together.
February 7, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Ancient Pleasures is a collection of collaged pieces from artist Matthew Craven masterfully combing black & white imagery, hand-drawn patterns and daubs of pink. Matthew transforms primitive structures into compelling graphic pieces of art.
