Pedal Red, Pedal Blue

This week my blue bike print was included in this pedal powered treasury :)

Hope you have a fabulous weekend!

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Let it be sunny...

My yellow spring flowers print were featured in a cheery little Etsy treasury last week...now if only the sun would come out and shine today :)

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L'Estampe originale: A Celebrated Album of Original Printmaking, 1893-95

Beginning this Saturday, March 24 2012 - Sunday, December 12, 2012, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts is showing an exhibition of the series L'Estampe originale (The Original Print). Commissioned by French publisher André Marty between 1893 and 1895, this series of 95 limited-edition prints by both prominent and lesser known artists and illustrators.
Among the contributors were Pierre Bonnard, Émile Bernard, Henri Rivière, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Chéret, Camille Pissarro, Paul Sérusier, Joseph Pennell, and many others.
If you're in the Twin Cities I strongly recommend checking out this show - I can't wait to see it for myself! 

Camille Martin
French, 1861 - 1898
Cover for the second year of l'Estampe originale, 1894
Color lithograph

Etsy Spotlight!

I'm in the Art category spotlight on Etsy today :: my first time! So far it seems to be paying off....traffic to my shop is oh-so-much-more than it ever has been in one day....and it's not even noon yet! :) yay!

Lady + Bug

A quick little sketch for a commission of a ladybug print :)

Inspirational Artists :: Photoshop Venus

Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano is giving the goddess of love a complete makeover in her series titled, The Venus Project. Using photoshop, she manipulates famous paintings and increases bust size and whittles the waist to fit today's standards of beauty. While fascinating, it makes me appreciate sensual feminine curves. What do you think?

pics from artist's website

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Wishing you the luck of the Irish today!

pic taken by me outside Gogarty's in Dublin

Weekly Roundup

Three of my prints were featured in treasuries this past week on Etsy. 

Fall Leaves :: Birch Trees :: Red Bike

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They Draw and Travel

The illustrated maps from They Draw and Travel are submitted by artists from around the world. I love how whimsical and fun these are! Find more maps on their website :: so fun to peruse! :) 

pics via They Draw and Travel

Five Fascinating Artist Autobiographies

I'm on the hunt for a good book and think I may have stumbled across a genre that could be equally inspiring and entertaining.
Have any of you read an artist's personal account of their lives? I think it sounds quite interesting! My reasons being...


:: Artists tend to lead impulsive and often wild lives which are the foundation for some pretty spectacular stories.
:: Because of their creative nature they tend to express themselves far beyond the typical chronological narrative.


Now....which one to choose! :)


1. Frank Lloyd Wright, An Autobiography

2. Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography

3. Infinity Nets, Yayoi Kusama

4. Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh

5. My Art, My Life, Diego Rivera

Paddles and Petals

Two of my prints were featured in treasuries on Etsy this week...lucky me!
Wishing you a happy weekend! :)

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Walk in the Rain

Yesterday and today have been unseasonably warm.

The snow is melting 

and wellies have replaced mukluks 

Paris Street; Rainy Day by Gustave Caillebotte

Oil on Canvas

Art Institute of Chicago :: Chicago, Illinois

pic via Wikipedia