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In Celebration of the Mundane: Giordanne Salley

We love our adventuring, we truly do.  But there’s somehow something even more special in those ordinary moments we spend together each day.  Comfort and joy in our routine, the way we “assume our positions” at the sink following dinner, he rinses, I fill the dishwasher.  How I know that I’ll get a kiss each night before I close my eyes.  It makes me think that these moments, not the big ones, are the ones we miss most.  New York artist Giordanne Salley captures the warmth and life in her paintings that I think so many of us forget is there in the every day.

Yellow Sink by Giordanne Salley | artsy forager #art #paintings Penny by Giordanne Salley | artsy forager #art #paintings #cat #quilt Friends by Giordanne Salley | artsy forager #art #paintings #quilt #love Cat Under the Table by Giordanne Salley | artsy forager #art #paintings #cat Family Dinner by Giordanne Salley | artsy forager #art #paintings

I love her use of texture and pattern– real life is layered with complexities and real homes don’t always look perfectly trendy and spotless.  But if we’re lucky, we are graced with a roof over our head and every day life is filled with people we love.  The next time you find yourself ready to complain about those ugly kitchen cabinets or wishing you could just redecorate that living room, remember, it isn’t the place you live that matters, it’s who lives there.

Want to see more of these charming paintings by Giordanne Salley?  Please visit the artist’s website.  

All images are via the artist’s website.

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  • mark bidstrup
    October 26, 2013 at 3:54 PM

    Really great blog with interesting finds. I love bumping into new interesting work!

    • Artsy Forager
      October 26, 2013 at 10:02 PM

      Thanks for stopping by, Mark!