Inspiring Affirmations

Yesterday my mum and I went to visit Susan at Artstream Studios to check out their latest show, Affirmations.

I'm going to link to some of my favorites, by artist, because my pictures came out like crap compared to the beautiful scans over at Flickr.

Flossy-P, who I am very proud to call a dear old blog friend at this point, has completely outdone herself with this show. I'm so proud of you lady!!! Her work is stunning, but if I *had* to choose my favorites it would be Flowers Beneath You and All the Blessings - which are displayed next to each other in the gallery. I love, love, LOVE this pair!

I was drawn to the reds in Penelope Dullaghan's work. My favorites were Helicopter and Hanging Moon.

Amy Rice's work completely bowled me over. I enjoyed the opportunity to see her work up close, because she spray paints much of her shading onto the painting, giving the shadows a fuzzy, almost flocked look. Very neat to see in person! One of my many favorites was Listen.

The show was rounded out with playful soft sculptures by Sian Keegan. This little bunny stole my heart away.

If you are local, I urge you to check out the entire show in person. If not, check out the Affirmations Flickr Set for plenty of inspiring beauty.

Today I am thankful for the change of seasons. For sweater weather. For autumn touching down upon the trees. What are you thankful for today?

Pigmentary Portraits

Last night I had the joy of attending Pigmentary Portraits, a new show by Lisa Solomon and Lisa Congdon curated by the ever lovely Susan. Seriously, was that enough links in one sentence? The evening did not disappoint, and if you live within driving distance I highly recommend that you visit Artstream while it's up!

:: the work ::



The artists chose twelve historical pigments as their inspiration for the work, then researched and rendered their ideas separately. There was a little historical blurb beside each piece, which I thought was really cool. I'm kinda dorky in the sense that I loved that there was an educational component to the show! I love learning about new things!

:: some favorites ::

(I could've taken pictures of everything here, but I'll leave some mystery!)

:: indian yellow ::

*the hair!!!*



:: realger ::



:: malachite ::



And really the cherry on top of the sundae that was this awesome show was meeting the artists themselves. I've read Lisa C's blog for longer than I can remember, and am fortunate to own one of her prints (someday, someday I will be able to buy an original!) and she is every bit as cool and awesome in person as one would expect. Lisa S. was so warm and lovely, and it was just a pleasure to chat with them both. If you're reading - so GREAT to meet you ladies!



Yippee!

Etsy Blogger Street Team :: Blog Carnival Post

Etsy Blogger Street Team

This week's theme: "Bull"

When I saw the theme for this week's blog carnival, it definitely stumped me! What to blog about that has to do with a bull? My craft room looks like a bull in a china shop most days??? No, that's definitely boring, and has been stated here many a time before. With a lack of immediate ideas, I went back to the source, Etsy!

I typed "bull" into the search engine and one of the first things to pop up was Primped Paperie's "Between the Bull Rushes" print.



Leaping lizards that's adorable! And I want to steal her little figure's outfit!

Further perusal led me to Amanda's "Home Sweet Home"



and "Chance Encounter" prints.



(Charming, cute, affordable are coming to mind)

Show Primped Paperie some love by visiting Amanda at:

Her blog

Primped Paperie Etsy Shop

Oh, and super-coolness, Amanda's running a contest this month where you could win up to two prints of your choice from her shop. All you have to do is convo her with your address to enter.

Cheers!

Sarah

P.S. Photos are used with permission courtesy of Primped Paperie.

::EDIT:: Amanda just e-mailed me to give me a heads up that she listed three new girls in her "Zodiac" series and one of them is Taurus! Perfect timing!