Cloud Inspiration

the original inspiration. last friday. clouds doing their thing west of Chicago around 5:30 PM.

JShear's Modern Abstract Cloud Paintings on Etsy.



Ambera Wellman's cloud paintings are amazing. Each one is more beautiful than the next. If I had unlimited resources, I would buy a huge house and fill it with her paintings. . . and would take many trips to Halifax to buy her work personally. I both love her work and am horribly jealous of it.

More Multiples

Salon style hangings delight me and I'm trying that out in my studio at home. . . Looking for inspiration everywhere and love this other example I found on Etsy from ashleyg.

Plus pieces like this are a big help in developing an eclectic presentation.  The husband and I frame almost all of our art in black wooden frames.  But a whole wall of nothing but black rectangles surrounding art?  blurg.  boring.  So, It's important to break things up with other shapes and other framing devices. . . 

The undeniable draw of sets and multiples

I have been trying hard to tidy my office and keep it that way.  So far, it's not going well.  It seems counter to my nature.  I love the broad expanse of open clean desk, but usually fill it within days with loads of yarn and fabric and piles of schtuff.

But I want my office to be cooler, too.  I want it to cross the line between office and studio.  I want people to walk into it and say, "oh gosh, you're studio is cool."  Sure, I want the compliment, but I want the most important word in that sentence is "studio."  Why should it even matter?  What people think?  When it gets done-er, I will share pictures here.

In the meantime, I'm dressing my walls salon style.  Loads of art all smooshed together.  And there are a few folks on Etsy who have been inspiring me in that endeavor.  Mummysam (who I am sharing Poppytalk Handmade with right now. . . so flattering to be in such great company!) :

and Neawear's amazing wall wear:

I love pretty/quirky sets of things for walls right now. . . especially if everything is a different size and shape.  Urging towards eclectic these days. . . 

Totoro

Watching "My Neighbor Totoro" today while I work on projects. Few things cuter than that. Helps me imagine a time when there isn't snow on the ground and things are green again.