An Artful Weekend // Texture + Mountaintops

Happy Friday! I love my job and find it to be very creatively fulfilling, but I also love to step away and do something that is soley my own from time to time. As you well know I have a fascination with the mountains and though I know I may never be able to capture their true beauty,I've started to paint them into my abstract landscapes and golden patterning. So I just wanted to share what I've been working on lately...

 

 

Hope you have an inspired weekend..Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

My Daylight: Art Show @ Free People Seattle

Happy Tuesday! I wanted to share some shots from my show earlier this month at Free People Seattle. It was so much fun mixing art with apparel and of course everyone loved having a glass of wine to sip on as they shopped. The store has a perfect little Sale room that we converted into our own mini gallery space for the evening. It was such a great collaboration that we want to do it again with more local artists in September! So calling all Seattle artists! If you love Free People, let us know and submit a few pieces of work that you feel represent your own personal style. We'll choose a handful of artists to show for another wonderful evening of art, wine, shopping and great company!

Hope you're all having an inspiring Summer, Enjoy!!

Love it / Live it: Ocean Blues

I've been starting to put together plans for my next show [details to come soon] and I got an extra kick of inspiration when I came across this little top that looks like the fabric is made from one of my own paintings! It is my in my favorite palette and having just spent the weekend on the beach in sunny SoCal, I've been again reminded how good the ocean blues can be for the soul so why fight it?

paintings / top

I cannot believe it is May already, can you?? I guess it's true what they say, time really does fly when you're having fun...Enjoy!

Colored Daylight // Gold + Grey + White

You all know how much I love color, but lately some of my favorite personal paintings have been the ones where I use almost no color at all. The metallic gold finish on a crisp white background with just a hint of tonal light throughout feels bright, cool and modern and seems to fit easily into any space at all...

painting by me / glitter guide / oraclefox / vivre

I also believe this to be the perfect wardrobe choice for getting that sexy glow, even in the dead of winter. Or maybe I'm just trying to find a way to make the Seattle grey just a little warmer. Whatever it is, I can't get enough of this simple palette right now in my closet, on my walls and in my home...Enjoy!

Love it / Live it: Painterly Reading

I'm so excited (and honored) to be having a show of paintings at downtown Seattle's Anthropologie this month! I'll be hanging my work tomorrow, so needless to say, I've been doing quite a bit of painting lately and thus spending some time soaking in the inspiration of some of my favorite painters. Gerhard Richter is an artist I always go back to. His vast and broad body of work always inspires me to think outside the box, try new techniques and explore the color spectrum...

"Art is the highest form of hope" - Gerhard Richter  

And these lovely painted book covers are inspiring me to spend my evenings curled up with a novel instead of packing in extra hours working on projects and my 'to-do' list. Just one of the things I've been pinning lately. I can't wait to share what I've been working on with all of you very soon, but until then...Enjoy!

p.s. check out the room design I pulled together inspired by Gerhard Richter here

Art + Interiors: Lise Temple

Today I'm inspired by the abstract landscapes of Australian artist Lise Temple. Needless to say I love her choice of palette, but I also love the juxtaposition between broad and brash brush strokes and the tiny and intricate spacial detailing. It makes for a depth in the work that goes beyond the landscape or the page....

pendants / table / rug / glass / vintage vase / pillow / end table / pillow

I would never have thought to mix in terracotta with this palette but I think it brings in a beautifully warm contrast to the grey, green and blue that dominates each composition. And there is no better way to bring a color whole heartily into a room than to paint it on the walls. I've been wanting to use this green (#440B-6 Barnyard Grass by BEHR) somewhere in my home for months now, and I think it's time to finally pull the trigger. Hope your week is off to a wonderful start...Enjoy!

Love it / Live it: Serenity NOW

Happy Friday everyone! I've had quite a bit on my plate lately and some new endeavors in the works and while it is all exhilerating, there is a lot of anxiety and anticipation that goes along with it. So before I loose any more sleep wondering about the what-ifs of every situation, I'm going to take a moment to put the breaks on a little bit and find some serenity ASAP...

This dreamy painting by Alison Yip is just what the doctored ordered today. Soft ocean blues in sky blending into horizon with just a touch of movement, and of course a chair to match...enjoy!

Love it / Love it: Brushed Seating [Claire Desjardins]

Happy Monday everyone! I always love a painterly abstraction, especially when juxtaposed against a sleek modern environment. The organic brush strokes and bold layered hues of Claire Desjardins' 'Urban Blue' would fit beautifully in a modern setting while bringing in a touch of happy chaos...

art by Claire Desjardins via Saatchi, chair by Kartell via Velocity

And 'The Frilly Chair' by Kartell combines both sensibilities into the same piece, emulating an actual brush stroke bent and molded into a functional object. And while you may think sitting on polycarbonate might not be so pleasant, all of Kartell's chairs have been carefully crafted to be incredibly comfortable, some of the designs having taken years to perfect. So I say, shock your space back to life with a bright jolt of painterly color- whether it's on the wall or under your bum...Enjoy!

So I've been painting...

A lot. For me there is almost nothing as calming or blissful as spending hours in my little make shift studio, lost in my paints and canvases, far away from the world and my daily grind. And lately I've been so incredibly to blessed to have been asked to do this very thing. 

photographed by Natassia Robinson

I've been in heaven working on commissions for friends, family and local designers. But one of the most exciting projects has been creating a small series of paintings for my friend Cassandra Lavalle of Coco+Kelley. Her design-blogger tag sale on One Kings Lane goes live tonight and three of my paintings, in all new color palettes, will be on sale.

So many thanks to all of you who have supported my paintings, it absolutely means the world to me. And if you don't snag one of the three pieces tonight, don't worry there is a lot more where that came from over on my website, and many more on the way, I hope you enjoy!

Love it / Live it: Modern Angles [Russell Leng]

I have been a fan of Russell Leng's angular compositions in glass-like palettes for some time now. I'm always incredibly impressed when an artist can achieve so much emotion and perspective without the use of color...

I feel the same way about these wonderfully designed little terrariums by Score+Solder. They bring such a fresh and modern element to the room. I'd take one of each and hang them in a cluster just like this. Hope you're all having an inspired week...Enjoy!