I hope you don’t mind if I get personal. Something has been missing from my life. I was seeing it every day from all points, sharing with you when I found it elsewhere, yet finding it lacking for myself.…
abstract art
Something that draws me again and again to abstract work is how it, more than any other style, tends to be about outward expression of an inner life. Artists using their canvases and paints to work out what is…
In every life and any artist can tell you, in every work of art is filled with highs and lows. We struggle through the valleys and rejoice on the mountaintops. The work of New England artist Natalia Wrobel expresses those…
Sometimes, I happen upon the loveliest artsy things when I’m not looking. Last Sunday, Mr. F & I were enjoying a quiet day at home and decided to take a little walk down the hill into Joshua Tree. We…
I admit, I’m a scaredy cat. I turn on lights as soon as I enter a dark house. It’s something about the fear of what is unseen. The power of suggesting what might be lurking is enough to give…
Thick, interlocking lines of paint layered over obscured black and white imagery? Could I be more intrigued? Check out the work of Portland artist Alex Steckly in my Artist Watch over on Escape Into Life. Because I need to…
Following a rough, partially sleepless Friday night ( hey landlord, just because your rental is in the desert, doesn’t mean it never rains.. puddles in the bed are no fun ), Mr. Forager & I arose early Saturday morning,…
Sometimes, work just catches my eye because it’s interesting and well executed. Then the more I look at it, the more I’m amazed by it. And then, I read the artist’s statement about his work and I’m left speechless at…
I’m a little sneaky sometimes. You know, like a mouse. You may have noticed the found gallery page pop up in the top navigation last week.. or maybe you noticed the found logo in the sidebar.. or saw the Facebook…
Sometimes, OK if you’re me, often, we fall so in love with a piece of artwork, we want to live in it, breathe it, and yes, WEAR it. The Wear the Artsy series imagines doing just that.. what if I…