When I was taking painting courses in college, we were required to stretch our own canvases. At first, I was pretty horrible at canvas stretching.. as in there were about a gazillion staples in each side of the canvas!…
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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…
One of our favorite things about living at the lake this summer has been our evening walks. Once the heat begins to wane, all the birds begin to sing. We often end our walk by making our way down…
The work of Canadian artist Takashi Iwasaki creates a bright and candy colored world, full of shapes that may seem incongruous, but are creating tableaus representing, for the artist, either completely imaginary worlds or the world he sees every day,…
Life is a series of transitions. Change is a huge part of my own life these days. Due to my husband’s job, we currently travel to a new home every three months, so I was immediately drawn to the…
Maybe you beg to differ with that title. But I’m here to present to you Gainesville, FL artist Amy Vigilante, who does indeed create artistically meaningful, strikingly graphic quilts. These aren’t your grandma’s bedspreads. Vigilante’s quilts are modern interpretations…
There is something so poetic about the restoration of an object that has been destroyed. A beauty in the scars, a rejuvenation in the renewal. It is this juxtaposition that Asheville, NC artist Nava Lubelski seeks to explore in…