Category: Illustration

Enhanced Beauty: Spiros Halaris

We all have our product loyalties. Mr. F is fiercely loyal to King Arthur Flour, for instance. Sometimes, as in Mr. F’s case, it’s about how the product performs, in others, it’s because we are enchanted by not just the product, but the packaging. New York based illustrator Spiros Halaris has created a charming series of illustrations celebrating the Aesop brand of beauty care products.

Halaris’ illustrations show crumbled, well used and presumably well loved tubes of Aesop balms and lotions against a drawn illustration of berry branches. In looking at these pieces, I’m reminded of the connection between nature, beauty products, and paint. All can be used to beautify in different ways and there is a natural bridge between found beauty in nature, enhanced beauty with cosmetics, and created beauty in paint.

If you’d like to see more of Spiros Halaris‘ work, please visit his website. You can also find him on Facebook, Twitter, and Behance.

All images via the artist’s website. Artist found via Trendland.

September 24, 2013
Guest Forager: Gab AKA The Artful Desperado

I just discovered the most horrible accident! It seems that WordPress in all her annoying glory never posted this Guest Forager feature back in April! And I just discovered the “missed schedule” post. For shame! So today you get a bonus post, one that should have posted oh so many moons ago. Mucho apologies to Gab who wrote such a wonderful post!

Today’s Guest Forager is Gabriel Cabrera, whose art blog The Artful Desperado is chock full of deliciously lovely artwork as well as artfully inspired food, florals, fashion and more! Be sure to check it out!

Hello artsy foragers! This is Gab from The Artful Desperado. Fancy meeting you here.

It’s no secret how much I love quirky art, and today I’ll be sharing some of that love with ya. Say hello to Gordon Wiebe and his cheerful collage illustrations!

Mr. Wiebe is a Toronto-based artist (yay Canada) whose work has been honored by the Society of Illustrators in NY and LA, among many others. He’s well known for his bold, conceptual images that are influenced by childhood memories and even some political affairs.

I love how there’s always some sort of smiley face painted in his illustrations. It’s always nice to find a happy surprise when you’re looking at art, yes?

Check out the rest of his work over here: http://gordonwiebe.com/.

Enjoy!

All images are via the artist’s website.

September 14, 2013
Suppressed Identity: Leslie David

Last week I shared with you guys how lost I’d been feeling lately. It seems, that when you reach a certain age ( gulp! ), staying true to yourself, who you are and who you long to be becomes a matter of the utmost importance. You’re no longer that young person trying on personas for size. This series of illustrations by Paris designer Leslie David, done for Please! magazine called out to the feeling that had been haunting me, that denial of my own self.

For this series, David reinterpreted a series of photos from issue 11 of the magazine, painting over the faces of models in colorful, textured splotches.

No matter how you may glam it up, denial of who we are in our core destroys us. It may begin innocently enough, but over time that mask that we’re wearing eventually overcomes us and overtakes us so that we can no longer see who we used to be.

Stay true to who you are, dear Artsies! Whatever your vision, whatever your passion, stay your course. Pursuits true to the soul are never wasted.

Want to see more work from this artist? Check out Leslie David’s website and don’t miss her postcard series! She also has some really lovely prints for sale in her shop.

All images via the artist’s website.

July 2, 2013