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Lounge by Kim Cadmus Owens
Daily Artsy Mixed Media Paintings

Landscape, Interrupted: Kim Cadmus Owens

During our time here in Joshua Tree, Mr. Forager & I often find ourselves talking about what makes this place so different compared to everywhere else we’ve lived.  Apart from the obvious, there is such an openness to the…

Yellow Roses No. 2 by Emily Jeffords
Art Association Paintings

Win Artsy Stuff: February Art Association Contest!

We had such a fabulous response to last month’s Art Association that Erin of artsocial, my AA partner and I immediately started choosing artists and planning for the next few rounds.  I know everyone loved Christina Baker’s work and pinned like…

Tea Time by Cristobal Valecillos
Daily Artsy Figurative Photography

Cardboard Beauty: Cristobal Valecillos

It is a special gift bestowed upon artists to take what is ugly and make it beautiful.  In his Recycle series, photographer Cristobal Valecillos uses every day materials to craft the fashions and sets he then photographs, so that what…

Artsy on Escape Into Life collage Mixed Media

Artsy on Escape Into Life: Pascaline Dargant

Collage seems to be the “it” medium these days.  And why not?  It takes a gifted eye for composition, color, and visual texture to make a collage that stands out amid the throng.  French artist Pascaline Dargant’s collages are…

Castle in the Sky by Jan Zoya
Abstract Art Daily Artsy Mixed Media Paintings

Serendipitous Journeys: Jan Zoya

21st century humans are over thinkers.  In this age of almost unlimited information access, we Google it, Wikipedia it, overanalyzing most anything and everything that comes our way.  The moments in which we just lose ourselves to what is…

Exhibitions This Artsy Life

This Artsy Life: Weekend 7 [ Art, Wine, & Who Really Cares About the Rest? ]

Happy Monday, Artsies! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. Or are you one of the lucky ones who gets a President’s Day holiday? We’re totally jealous! Our weekend was full of ups and downs– Let’s get the bad stuff…

Posidonia series by Forlane 6
Daily Artsy Installations Sculpture

Immersive Consumption: Forlane 6 Studio

Sometimes the amount of garbage we accumulate in a week completely shocks us.  We wonder how in the world two adults could create so much waste.  We do try to be aware of our consumption and curtail it wherever…

ceramics Design Foraging Sculpture

Friday Design Finds: Not So Boring Vases

Perhaps some pretty flowers arrived at your house yesterday?  Maybe not ones of the Christy Kinard variety ( but if so, LUCKY!! ), but the sweetly scented kind.  Pray tell, what did you do with your floral treasure?  Please…

Stripes and Roses by Christy Kinard
Daily Artsy Mixed Media Paintings

Bundles of Blossoms: Christy Kinard

Happy Valentine’s Day, Artsies!  Back in my singleton days, February 14th brought out the snarky cynic in me.  I even owned and regularly sported a “Love Stinks” t-shirt.  But ever since Mr. Forager finally realized he loved me, I’ve…

Finding My Own Artsy Paintings

Finding My Own Artsy

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.…