Art Hound

Floral textiles by Melbourne-based artist, Elizabeth Barnett. According to her website, “Elizabeth’s more recent work with textiles harks back to a childhood surrounded by handmade clothes, quilts and the delicate embroidery pieces made by her mother.”

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Florals by Charleston, SC artist Lulie Wallace.

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Startling, organic works on paper by Elizabeth Terhune at Standpipe Gallery.

While my paintings and drawings read like landscapes, the gaze is toward something more intimate, and possibly disturbing. The recurrent trumpet shape, the mingling (or mangling) of flowers and heads is meant to reference breath and time. 

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aka Dear Ada. She doesn’t just have impeccable taste. The woman behind one of my favorite art blogs, Dear Ada, is a talented artist in her own right.

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Briggs’ floral monoprints are available at Elizabeth Leach Gallery.

Anna Emilia Laitinen is an illustrator from Finland. I saw her nature-inspired work on Rifle Design and immediately fell in love with the colors, calmness and small, beautiful details. Prints of her work are available here.

You may be familiar with Anna Emilia’s work on the cover of “From Orchards, Fields and Gardens” (below) a book on small scale food production.

I’ve also been pouring over Anna’s treasure trove of a blog which she describes as “a weather diary of colors, wind speed and sounds under feet in my illustrated life.” Her photos of fantastic; you feel like you’re right there with her experiencing the little joys (snow, tea, cats, flower buds) of her beautiful life in Finland.

Michelle Armas‘ paintings combine far-out abstraction and delicate, feminine florals. Very cool work, especially the dramatic dark background of Secret Garden (first image below). On another note, see photos of from my weekend here.

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