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I was recently in a record store, you know doing the usual, browsing the various artists when I came across some really ace album art. It was "The Crane Wife" from The Decemberists. I kept it in mind all evening and as soon as I had a chance I googled the artist. Turns out to be Carson Ellis. Gawd, I love her work and I hope you do as well. Take a look at a few of pieces work below or go to her website at: http://carsonellis.com/index.html    
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Interiors and great styling... it never fails to intrigue and inspire me. I wanna share with you all Irina Graewe's work, she has plenty inspirational photos on her website but I've chosen two concepts to share with you. Check it out! 
Photos above are from Bonjour Tristesse. Photos below are from Africa Meets Neon. 
Hello, hello! Most recently, I've been experimenting with different mediums, and during the summer I tried utilizing some of the wallpaper that I've accumulated through out the years and mixed it with some acrylic paint and typefaces. I'm currently taking a sewing class and many projects are underway, I can't wait to show you all the things I'm creating. Work is crazy busy and we're in the process of setting up for Spring which is really exciting! Anyway, take a look at some of the pieces that I've done during leisurely time.   I've been meaning to blog about Mark Ryden for a while now but there's just so many different artists I wanna share with all of you that I have to stop sometimes and choose which I'm in the mood to discuss. I'm so fascinated by Ryden's work, it's the imagery, imagination and fantasy in all of it that makes me so intrigued. His work to me is very whimsical and sometimes religious and I just love the softness and juxtaposition in all his paintings. Anyway, here are a few I wanna share, all of which are taken from four different shows. Check him out: http://www.markryden.com/index.html     Hey guys! It's almost the new year and I can't believe it. This year has flown by SOOO fast. Anyway, I've been working tons and currently trying to keep myself occupied outside of work with hobbies and other interests. I'm actually kind of glad that December is over with, it felt like Christmas for literally one day and before I knew it, it was over. The other night after work, I headed downtown with the mission to find a New Year's dress and had to make a stop at the BMV, it's crazy how many hours I can spend in that store. Just when you think you're about ready to leave another book or knick knack catches your eye. I picked up this really awesome "Petite Livre" or you could also define it as a zine/scrapbook by Sonja Ahlers, it's actually really amazing, it features illustrations from some of my favourite Illustrators such as Kelly Smith. It's called the Selves, check it out or look below! For her blog check out: http://sonjaahlers.blogspot.com/    I also received some great books from some great people this Christmas season which I'm so happy to share with all of you. One being my long awaited, "The Selby is in Your Place" book from Joe and "An Illustrated Life" from my lovely cousin Anna who received me as a Secret Santa this year. My brother gifted me with an awesome bookcase and desk combo, I'm so excited to assemble that bad boy and display all my books, records and hoarding randoms :)   In an addition to all these wicked books, I purchased one more from work last night. I've been melting over Sibella Court's styling skills and had to buy "Nomad" as well. If you don't remember I posted about her "etc" book recently, and I'm so glad I made that decision to scoop this one up too!  Merry belated Christmas everybody! :) I hope everyone had a lovely holiday! Unfortunately, I worked on Christmas Eve, I was still able to spend time with my family and have Christmas dinner both nights. I wanted to share with all of you a gift I made during this Christmas season! I was trying to figure out for a while what to give Joe's family, and I decided why not paint my very own Russian dolls. (I'm obsessed with them so I might as well) It was perfect too because standard Russian dolls come with five dolls which is exactly the amount of Joey's family. Anyway, Deserres didn't carry them anymore, Michael's didn't have them and Curry's didn't have them. I ended up buying them from the Drake General Store on Queen Street right by the Drake hotel. I'm glad to say that they were a success! Here`s some photos with the process of sketching, painting, detailing and them wrapped in a box. (I didn`t get a chanve to take a photo when they were just painted shapes)     Also, it`s my tradition for every special occasion to make Joe a hand made card, here`s the one I made for Christmas :)   Been on a book binge lately, there are a handful of books that I'm just to eager to get a hold of. A few are sold at work so I'm pretty stoked to scoop them when my bank account allows me. Still, I know I've been MIA in the whole blogging scene but I'm still trying to get used to my new schedule. So please bear with me. I also wanna mention that I'm reading Shadow of the Wind Carlos Ruiz Zafón; its definitely a lot more different than my usual read but I must say I'm enjoying it a whole lot.     Hey guys, I sincerely apologize from the bottom of my heart for not having posted in a while. My schedule has drastically changed over the last two weeks due to a new job! I'm glad to inform you all that I will be posting more new stuff soon, I just need to get myself together. Please stay with me! But in the meantime, check it out, check it out, check it out, I bought a Kalman book! :)  A painting I did during the summer of my skull girl, still in the process of giving her a name.  It's that time again here in Canada, where the leaves turn to vibrant hues of warm colours in contrast to the bitter chill in the air. Sooner than later, the snow will be coming, it's time to bust out my scarves, hats and mittens. Gawd, I love dressing for this season (who doesn't?) knits and chunky sweaters, gotta love all the accessories and fun stuff! In my apartment I like to keep feet nice & cozy with my pandas, they say "hello!" :)  Next on the list of book purchases is Maira Kalman's second newest book: Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World). She has a new book called And The Pursuit of Happiness that was published the same year but I've been really putting the purchase of Various Illuminations off for a while now. I'm super excited, she  Okay, so I realized maybe you don't know who Maira Kalman is.... Check out some of her pieces down below! :) You could probably recognized some of work from either children's books or The New Yorker.     Check out these Matryoshka dolls created for Russian Vogues' 10th anniversary. I have one set of Russian dolls that I bought from Europe a few years ago but I still intend to keep collecting. I love that they are intricately decorated, carved and painted, whether they're wearing high fashion or a simple cultural dress. For more of the dolls click here.     |
