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The New Canvas:
For the first time, an international collective of thousands of artists from across the world are crossing cultural and political and geographical distances to produce . . . sneakers? Continue reading
International Women’s Day 2015
“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Runway Ready:
Diana Vreeland’s all red sitting room
Dedications!
For Lempicka ©Katerina Belkina
Fashion in Two Dimensions
Details Magazine
Make Mine Mini!!
Elena Limkina
Remember Lorraine Loots and the Very Young Eyes? Well, we weren’t the only ones charmed by her beautiful diminutive works. Her adorable mini-painting-every-day project has inspired another very talented artist to do her own 365-day tiny painting project, with similarly darling results. Continue reading
Employees of the Month
“Timoclea uccide il capitano di Alessandro Magno” by Elisabetta Sirani
Although I no longer have the opportunity, office shenanigans were something my friends and I used to thoroughly enjoy. And we were pretty good at it, too. Continue reading
Private Lives
Turkey Day Reimagined
Mondrian Thanksgiving Dinner by Hannah Rothstein
Hannah Rothstein describes herself as a painter, illustrator, writer, jeweler, and up-to-no-gooder. She can now add ironic food stylist to her list of jobs. Continue reading
Etsomnia™ Volume XVII: Art Show
“Hippy Mixed Media Collage Art”
et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered in one’s sleep.
“If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.” -Honore de Balzac
Marbling Madness
Ebru is the traditional Turkish art form of painting on water and transferring the painting onto paper, also called marbling. Continue reading
Eat Me Art*
*NOTE: Readers named “Art” should not consider today’s title to be an invitation.
“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz
Lorraine Loots and the Very Young Eyes:
©Lorraine Loots
365 Paintings for Ants is one of those titles that immediately grabbed my attention. Continue reading
You’ve Got (Snail) Mail!
Janice MacLeod
This started out being a post about a great idea, some very appealing art, and a lovely gift that my mother would have loved. But the more I read about Janice MacLeod, the more interested I became in her story. Continue reading
It Was a Dark and Stormie Night
©Stormie Mills
Today’s OBT is about the public art of Stormie Mills, who, in spite of his name, is not a character from 50 Shades of Gray.
Dirty Pictures
©Scott Wade
How does an artist like this get started? Continue reading
Trump* l’Oeil
©Patrick Commecy
*Misspelling intentional Continue reading
Glimpsed Beauty
The daughter of two artists, Pittsburgh painter, Mara Light, does her parents proud.
©Mara Light
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