Last week, as I was finishing up a painting a little gift for my niece, I got to thinking about what we tend to listen to while creating. For me, my studio soundtrack depends on what I’m working on–…
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Last weekend, Mr. F and I took a little backpacking trip up into the Trinity Alps, a mountain range about two hours east of Eureka. As we were hiking, I got to thinking about the parallels between the creative…
When we think of an art collector, our minds may wander to Rockefeller-types plunking down millions for Warhols at Christie’s. We ordinary folk rarely think of ourselves as art collectors. But if you’ve ever purchased even one piece of…
So you’ve found an artist whose work you LOVE and you want to commission the artist to create a piece of work especially for you. How exciting!! But you don’t know where to start. If you’ve never done it…
Mr. Forager and I are spending this week celebrating Thanksgiving, so I decided to show my thanks to this month’s Featured Artist by re-running a few of her previous posts! This feature first ran in July 2012. This was before I…
If you’ve been following Artsy Forager for a while, you may have noticed a few recurring themes in some of the work I write about– man’s relationship with nature, fashion industry and its psychology of influence, and art historical…
You know, there’s more than one way to skin a ca— I mean, hang artwork. I hope I proved that in our last foray into Artsy Dwelling! Be a rebel. Don’t hang that art at all! Go all crazy…
Lately I’ve been working on a little something and am so excited to finally share the news with you! After lots of thinking, planning, debating and fingernail biting, I’m doing it, I’m.. I’m excited to announce that Artsy…
I know I usually only post once on Fridays, but I had to share this with you before the weekend! Uncommon Goods is sponsoring their second Art Contest and they want YOU! Here’s your chance for your…
You are some lucky Artsies this week! Not only were you treated to a peek inside the studio of this month’s Featured Artist, Peri Schwartz, today you get to see inside the studio of one of our City Mouse|Country…