January 3, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
Pakistani artist Murad Khan Mumtaz uses his training in the art of Indian miniature painting to create these beautiful scenes depicting bits of traditional culture as they fade away in our contemporary materialistic landscape. Keeping with traditional practices, Murad paints on a canvas of wasli paper, which is prepared by glueing sheets together with flour paste and then burnished with either a smooth glass ball or sea shell. Burnishing crushes any grain leaving a shiny, smooth finish.
January 2, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
In a recent series titled Trees, Stars and Birds photographer Matt Shallenberger uses light to isolate tree forms through highlights and silhouette in the blackness of night. These eerie images are quite lovely, evoking bleak feelings of loneliness.
January 2, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
These pieces from Austin-based artist Xochi Solis are keeping painting weird! Mixing solids with found imagery on top of swift brushstrokes of watery, opaque and metallic paint. In these simple abstract paintings, Xochi creates competing layers bouncing between the 2nd and 3rd dimension. 
VIA: The Jealous Curator
January 2, 2013 by Erin Fletcher
You will fall in love Leah Reena Goren, trust me. She’s an all around superstar, transforming her watercolor illustrations into delightful decor for your home and body. Leah’s work has been scattered all over the internet at various boutiques and blogs. I’ve already raved about her Moon Phase Scarf, a most recent collaboration for Leah, Rachael & Julia.
Over at Etsy you will find even more scarves and other garments, as well as totes and prints for your walls. Even though she’s currently on holiday vacation, bookmark it and check her out at Society6.
Plus, she’s got a thing for drawing flowers and cats, which I just can’t resist ogling.
December 27, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
I think it’s fair to say that I have an obsession for triangles, so these drawings from Alyson Fox are like candy to my eyes! In this series titled Quilts, Alyson combines marker, paper and watercolor drawings to form these pleasing designs.
December 27, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
Sarah McNeil illustrates portraits in such a delicate manner, softly painting in pigments with flourishes of color to accentuate cheeks, collars and rainbows beaming from pockets. What I love most are her pet portraits; someday, we’ll honor our little Lima and Peru with a custom characterization.
December 26, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
There are so many things I love about the work of Lauren Clay, but the main two reasons are her glorious use of color and paper! Lauren so splendidly transforms paper into lively dimensional objects. And her collaged marbled papers may inspire future book covers!
December 26, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
I’m incredibly impressed by anyone who can manipulate and sculpt wood into anything more than a sharp point. These pieces from AJ Fosik have been on my radar for awhile, transforming the traditional hunting trophies by layering hundreds of wooden pieces to form these confrontational bestial sculptures saturated in a psychedelic color palette. 
December 20, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
The Landscape series from tchmo is so visually stunning; packed with vibrant colors melting into one another and overlapping scenery degrading/transforming into surreal landscapes.
VIA: Society6
December 20, 2012 by Erin Fletcher
Are they alien life-forms or desserts of the future? Either way, these sculptures from Nathan Prouty are scrumptious. As a self-proclaimed image junkie, Nathan collects from all corners of the internet, compounding his ever evolving collection of imagery into these charming objects. 
