While I adore abstract expressionist work full of large, sweeping strokes, I do occasionally want to gaze upon work that you really need to consume. Work so full of rich layers and details that makes you want to study…
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While Mr. Forager & I are on the road, making our way to California, we’re rerunning Artsy Forager’s most popular posts. This post originally published on February 7, 2012 and got a huge bump thanks to being featured on…
While Mr. Forager & I are on the road, making our way to California, we’re rerunning Artsy Forager’s most popular posts. This post originally published on December 21, 2011 and an Etsy Facebook post feature made it go just…
Happy Friday, Artsies! Please forgive my 1980s one-hit-wonder reference. I can’t help it. My mind just automatically defaults to songs from my teen years. It seems like the written word is experiencing an artsy renaissance of late. Not since…
I’ve admitted it already, I can be a bird-brain. Not in a ditzy way, in an I am completely fascinated by birds kind of way. When we go out for evening walks, especially here at the lake, many times…
For many artists, the act of creation isn’t just about projecting an image onto a canvas. Artists like Jen Garrido understand that often, it’s more about pulling a hidden entity out of the mist. Garrido’s images straddle the line…
I do love a fabulous collage. And these creations from Argentinian artist Larissa Haily Aguado immediately caught my eye when I spotted them over on The Jealous Curator. The artist seamlessly blends disparate found images to create the spectacularly…
It often feels like there is no place left in the world untouched by technology. Even in some of the most rural areas, you’ll still find yourself within technology’s reach. The work of Brooklyn artist Nicola Lopez explores the idea…
Living the way we do, Mr. Forager and I are no strangers to feeling like outsiders in a new place. We try to make a new town home every three months. I can only imagine how difficult it…
I am absolutely hopeless when it comes to sewing. Pretty sure I got a “C” on my big sewing project in junior high Home Ec ( a C was pretty unheard of for this nerd ) and my attempts…