I may have mentioned before how enchanting I’m finding our new temporary home.  Eureka’s Victorian architecture is very well preserved, many of the buildings have been lovingly restored or revamped.  There is such beauty, grace and elegance to be found in every detail. The work of Bainbridge Island artist Kathe Fraga recalls the fanciful beauty of those departed days.

Modern frescoed canvases bring to mind Chinoisserie wallpaper, layers of reminders of sweet lives and loves of the past.  Dark, smudged edges reinforce that feeling of antiquity, yet Fraga’s painterly style and composition give the work a modern edge.  Like wearing your grandmother’s pearls with a biker jacket.  Sweet but not saccharine.

To see more of Kathe Fraga‘s work, make sure you check out her website.  You can see her work in person at a number of representing galleries, including one of my favorites, Gallery Orange in New Orleans.  Oh and she is now offering gorgeous pillows featuring her imagery!

All images via the artist’s website.