Tag: Wyanne Thompson

  • Friday Faves:  Map It Out

    Friday Faves: Map It Out

    My husband and I look at a lot of maps.  For the next several years, we’re moving to a new locale every three months, plus we spend weekends exploring the areas surrounding wherever we happen to be living.  Oh, and there are also all the future travel plans.  Like maybe a stint in Thailand in 2013.  ( I KNOW!.. so exciting!! ).  We use whatever maps we can get our hands on.. Google maps online at home, GPS in the car and of course, our good ol’ reliable atlas.  Currently, we’re pouring over maps as we anxiously await the locale of G’s next work assignment.  A month from now I will be typing the Friday Faves from a whole new setting, crazy isn’t it?!

    Turns out we aren’t the only ones inspired by maps.  Check out some of my favorite artists who incorporate these geographic illustrations into their own artwork.  Happy travels!

     

    Richardson by Rachel Ann Austin
    Richardson, mixed media, 5×5
    Navigate ( detail ) by Amy Rice
    Drifter’s Atlas No. 2 by Dolan Geiman
    Fear Hope Oblivion by Francesca Berrini
    A Good Mess by Wyanne Thompson

    How about it, Artsies?  Anyone mapping out adventures for the weekend?  Have a maptastic artist to share?  Do tell!

    1.  Rachel Ann Austin

    2.  Amy Rice  ( Featured image is Tandem by Amy Rice )

    3.  Dolan Geiman

    4.  Francesca Berrini, more of her map artwork can be found at G. Gibson Gallery, here.

    5.  Wyanne Thompson

  • Friday Faves:  Sugar & Spice

    Friday Faves: Sugar & Spice

    Maybe it’s the little girl inside me.  Maybe it’s a way to relive the days when my imagination was unshackled and my days were carefree.  Who knows.  Whatever the reason, I am always drawn to whimsical, fanciful imagery of girls.  The kind fairy tales are made of.  These Friday Faves are everything nice.

    Boundlessness in Bloom by Duy Huynh
    Migration by Shannon Richardson
    Migration by Shannon Richardson
    4 Keeps by Wyanne Thompson
    Wildflowers by Rene Lynch

    Stay tuned for features soon on each of these artists!  In the meantime, be sure to check out their websites!

    1.  Duy Huynh ( featured image is also by Duy Huynh )

    2.  Shannon Richardson

    3.  Wyanne Thompson

    4.  Rene Lynch 

    Hope you have a wonderful weekend, filled with fantastical fun!