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February 26, 2016

Isabella Di Sclafani

Montreal-based painter Isabella Di Sclafani started out painting huge nudes on the daily, but as of late has moved on to faces and clay sculptures. Her style translates well to both through the saturated acrylics, gouaches, and inks used on smooth surfaces such as panel boards and gessoed wood. Check out her shop for even more.

My paintings are a particular hybrid of expressionism, naïve art, illustration, outsider art and folk art all rolled into one. For inspiration, I rely on my archived collection of magazine clippings, historical portraits, vintage and family photographs, as well as my own photos taken on trips and daily walking excursions around the city. My portraits and clay figurines tend to veer off into slightly distortional anatomical proportions, yet still retain the qualities necessary to convey an emotion.

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February 24, 2016

Agata Wierzbicka

Warsaw-based illustrator Agata Wierzbicka is another artist that seems to be capturing some of my emotions on paper lately. She mainly draws digitally but also uses acrylics, oils, and pencil and experiments in mixing techniques. Agata’s illustrations are characterized by dynamic lines and pastel colors.

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February 23, 2016

Maria Gil Ulldemolins

I have a very massive artist crush on Belgium’s Maria Gil Ulldemolins. Like, huge. Everything about her paintings resonate with me, and it was only after reading more about her that I began to understand why. Maria’s paintings are a very process-oriented practice that she views as an extension of her love of meditation. Themes explored include embracing mistakes, letting go, flow, compassion, control, variations, and time. Oh, so that’s why.

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February 22, 2016

Elena Boils

Clean lines, large fields of saturated color, and a great mix of both manmade structures and nature. Elena Boils‘ illustrations combine graphics with handmade imagery, resulting in a world I’d love to jump right into.

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February 19, 2016

Sandra Eterovic

Making things makes Sandra Eterovic happy, and man oh man does that come through in her work. Her belief that handmade things deserve to be loved infinitely longer than cheap mass produced items is something I hold close to my heart as well. Take a peek at her shop, my favorites are the quirky hand painted wooden sculptures.

(via The Jealous Curator)

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February 18, 2016

12 February DIYs

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All photos copyright of their respective sites unless otherwise noted.

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February 17, 2016

Kaye Donachie

My anxiety has been a little out of control this month, and the moment I saw the paintings of Kaye Donachie they resonated with that part of me. The somber cool tones paired with the pensive expressions on her subject’s faces just seem to hit the nail on the head.

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February 16, 2016

Tim Moore: Not My Blotting Tissues

Aside from beauty, art is also in the eye of the beholder. Whether it’s a plastic bag caught floating in the breeze, shapes in the clouds… or the discarded blotting tissues of artist Del Kathryn Barton. Because that’s exactly what Tim Moore saw when working as Barton’s assistant, so much so that he turned 95 of them into a book – Tim Moore: Not My Blotting Tissues.

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February 15, 2016

Sharon Muir

Australian ceramic artist Sharon Muir creates stunning earthy yet graphic vessels. The stark blacks and whites she favors really standout against the terra cotta clay. Instant classics and/or heirlooms I’d bet.

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February 12, 2016

Melissa Castrillon

So many of illustrators I’m drawn to are based out of England, and today Melissa Castrillon joins their ranks. Each of her works tells a story, communicating through color and shape just what Castrillon wants us to walk away with, aside from looking at another pretty picture. Be sure and check out her shop if you’d like something of hers to be yours.

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