New Art for Me!

I bought a painting today and it looks like this:

(can you hear me squealing and making little clapping motions just below my chin in delight?)

It's a painting by a Canadian artist from Toronto who has a shop on Etsy called greasychickenface. This is a teensy painting--just 4"x3"--but I love it and it will be perfect to smoosh into my salon-style grouping of art in my office/studio. It's great having new inspiration in there.

Anyhoo. . . greasychickenface's art is great. Colorful and that kind of artwork that's some unusual mix of cute/sad/ugly/playful that makes me sort of nostalgic for how I saw the world as a kid. You should check the shop out!

Sky Paintings

Still in the market for sky paintings. Dan bought be me a beautiful piece for my birthday, but I think it needs friends. Someday, I would love a whole wall (mounted salon style) of sky paintings.

Here are a few I've been dreaming about making part of the collection (though, if you beat me to it, my loss. . . ):



Toward the Cape, by Erin Spencer (check her work on etsy. Beautiful and affordable.)



J. Shears paints custom abstract sky paintings for customers. I love this one. . . the brush of french vanilla in the cloud tops? Gorgeous. Check her etsy shop for the variations she creates.



Mr. Stooshinoff's Cloud Shadow. His shop on etsy is called Paintbox and each jewel of a painting is more lovely than the next. . .

A room filled with sky? As long as I live in a bungalow, I'm not going to have some spectacular kitchen that flows into a ridiculously open and inviting back terrace. So, walls full of sky will have to do in their stead.

Mincing Mockingbird

Mincing Mockingbird on Etsy is awesome. Everyone knows it. Completely beautiful prints of paintings of birds that sell very well. . . but for my money, it's the titles. The unbelievably awesome titles for what could amount to, for lots of people, nature paintings. Check out the paintings below with attendant titles. Brilliant (in the cool British slang-y meaning of that word).

The Prodigal Son Returns, Bearing Gifts of Vengeance I have Seen The Interiors of Cloud Formations That Make Your Cathedrals Look Like Wal-Marts My Ability To See Into The Future Is Contingent on My Getting A Balanced Breakfast I admit it. I'm a little jealous.