Something about this time of year makes long for warm & cozy things. Felt played a big role in the holiday decor I grew up with, so I love seeing so many modern spins on this classic material. Here…
sculpture
I’ve been out to lunch Art to Inspiration-wise lately. I love this collaborative exercise, but alas, there just wasn’t time for it last month with our moving 1300 miles south and all. But this month’s inspiration piece is so lovely,…
There are some artists whose work I’ve been following and admiring long before my blogging days. I first spotted this month’s Facebook Featured Artist, Susan Melrath’s work in print form during my art consulting days in Florida. I was…
Following our little road trip to Southern California, I’m happy to be back foraging for you! We’re newly installed in Joshua Tree, California until at least mid-January. Our little artsy rental is only a few blocks from the entrance…
If you are a painter, you no doubt know the joy of gazing upon piles of paint freshly squeezed from their tubes. Perhaps you’ve admired the loveliness to be found on your palette after a day of painting, when…
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…
I am so taken with the way artists take common materials and lead us to think of them in a more abstract way. San Francisco artist Mary Button Durell uses simple tracing paper to create beautifully simple yet amazing…
Most of the time, we never seem to think about what is happening beneath our feet. When we visited Yellowstone this summer, we couldn’t help but be confronted by the reality of what is going on beneath the earth’s surface.…
Today seems to be the day for posting childhood memory-inspired works of art! I am a firm believer in public art that serves to delight and inspire any viewer. Public art should appeal to the public, you shouldn’t need…