Really cool hand-painted chairs for ADIDAS Thailand. I want some for my craft room! See all the pictures here.
via Behance
Archive for the ‘art’ Category
adidas painted chairs
Friday, April 23rd, 2010society 6
Monday, April 12th, 2010
I just discovered society 6 through the artist Yellow Bird Machine. (She has some of her artwork available for purchase on society 6.) Similiar to 20 x 200 and tiny showcase, society 6 offers affordable artwork to the masses. In addition it works as a collaborative community for artists to promote and share their artwork. There’s lots of amazing artwork on the site—great for inspiration and beautifying your walls.
yellow bird machine
Monday, April 12th, 2010
Loving these illustrations by NY designer Amy Martino.
Check out more of her illustration work here and her design work here.
vacation snapshots
Monday, April 5th, 2010
While I am not a photographer by any means I love experimenting, especially with all the toy cameras out there; the Diana, the fish-eye and the holga. Here are some of my favorites pictures from my recent trips.
Clockwise from top left: Seven Mile Highway, Cloud Gate in Chicago, Key West Cementary, Pepe’s Key West
the pink line project
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
Over the weekend I was introduced to The Pink Line Project which is a website dedicated to art in the DC area. It’s a great resource for art lovers providing an up-to-date calendar of events and reviews of art in the area.
paper cuts
Monday, March 29th, 2010
Sunday was the opening reception for Paper Cuts: The Art and Science of Rock Posters which features the work of 15 poster artists including Jay Ryan, John Foster, Marc Harkness, Zach Bryan, Strawberryluna, Todd Slater, Adam Saul, Criminal Design, Marq Spusta, Hatch Show Print, Dan Grzeca, Guy Burwell, Chris Cernoch, John Whitlock and Anthony Dihle. This is a wonderful collection of poster art—I definitely recommend the trip to Alexandria to see it.
Exhibition: March 25–April 25, 2010
Location: Athenaeum, 201 Prince Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
posters clockwise from top left: The Pixies by Todd Slater, Melvins Seaberg by John Foster / Bad People Good Things, DC Lunchbox by Anthony Dihle / Dirty Pictures, The Clientele, Orange by John Whitlock
j. seward johnson
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Another exhibit featured at the Key West Museum of Art & History was J. Seward Johnson’s exhibit “ICONS” which featured life-size sculptures of some of America’s most iconic moments in history, art and movies. There were sculptures surrounding the museum and then a small section inside the museum where I got to meet Mona Lisa, Marilyn Monroe, the American Gothic couple and the girl with the pearl earring. As you can see my sister and I had a lot fun to posing with the sculptures.
key west art museum
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Exploring the island on the very first day of the trip we came across the Key West Museum of Art & History. The museum features some portraits of Key West’s famous people as well as work by some of their most well-known artists—my favorite being folk artist Mario Sanchez. Most of his pieces are reliefs carved into wood panels and then brightly colored to accurately reflect street scenes, places and people from Key West during the early 20th century. Sanchez’ work has a certain charm and honesty about it; seeing the culture and beauty of Key West through his eyes. These pictures do not do his work justice. See more of his pieces here.
Top image: Morning Gossip, Bottom image: Taxi, via here.
zbyszek
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
While in Key West last week I came across the Zbyszek art gallery. I was immediately drawn to the bright colors, movement, textures and abstract figures in the work and I knew that I wanted to purchase one of his pieces to remind me of my trip to Key West. I need to photograph the piece I purchased and I will share it later in the week.
Check out his work. It really is amazing–each piece has so many details that you could stare at one painting for hours. And his wife’s beautiful work is featured on the site too.
More from my trip coming soon.
images via here
kerri conrad
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
right: Skeleton Girl left: Octogirl
Last October I purchased one of Kerri Conrad’s pieces at DC’s Crafty Bastards. It was really hard to choose just one, but I ended up deciding on “Skeleton Girl,” (pictured above.) I adore Kerri’s quirky, dark and playful illustration style. Each piece is an original ink drawing that is attached to a wooden plaque, all coated with resin. It’s not obvious in these pictures but the ink drawing is mounted in a way that makes it float in front of the plaque.
See more of Kerri’s work here.
Twins (all pictures via Kerri’s site)