Anne Crahay IV

 Belgian illustrator Anne Crahay has been selected by the Bologna Book Fair this year, for "Suzie's Smile" (CotCotCot éditions, 2019). I have blogged this artists work many times over the years and I am thrilled for her.

'To reassure those around her, Susie invents a thousand paper smiles to replace her own, which has disappeared. "Every morning, as we put on our socks, I hung a smile on my ears." Everything returns to normal with these defensive smiles. Until the day when the paper smile flies away and Susie finally has the opportunity to really talk to her parents about everything she had never told them.'

Anne ten Donkelaar

 

We all need some colour and hope in the northern hemisphere and really on this planet and Anne ten Donkelaar's constructions of intricate pressed flowers and flower pictures gleam with joy.

Thank you Dom for the endless beauty and inspiration.

Manon Gauthier VIIII

 

""I am a polar bear... " All of us in 2024

All the animals and humans in "All of Us" were created with the same basic form, which is also that of the narrator, the animal cell.

Because all animals and humans have one thing in common: the animal cell. We are connected by that cell, which is at the heart of all of us. Despite the differences, living beings find themselves at the very basis of their identity.

Let's take care of all of us💞Let's take care for All of us. Manon Gauthier

Gaia Alari

 Beautiful sketchbook people by Gaia Alari, who has a fantastic instagram gallery to explore.

I also adore her studies of legs, long ago I had a time just painting peoples legs and such studies always appeal to me.

Cecilia Codoni I

 

Today stamp and collage work by Cecilia Codoni.

Inês Viegas Oliveira II

 

Some illustrations and fragments of illustrations by Inês Viegas Oliveira from her beautiful first book 'Duel', a book about anger, conflicts, wars, but above all about peace  published by Planet Tangerina.

Louise Boulter II

 

This week we ride forth bravely with Louise Boulter's pig riding ladies. 

David Lynch

 

In honour of the passing of David Lynch some f his assemblage art.

Above: Boy Lights Fire, David Lynch, mixed media on canvas, 2010. Below David Lynch: Billy (and His Friends) Did Find Sally in the Tree, 2019.

Below: I was a Teenage Insect, 2018, mixed media painting.

Below:I Burn Pinecone and Throw In Your House, 2009.

JFK Turner III

 

Some abstract beauties by JFK Turner today. There is a link to a podcast interview on his instagram so you can hear him talking about his process of gathering abandoned objects and storing weathered and worn textures to feed his art.

 

Ben Nicolson

Delightful 1940's Ben Nicolson gifted to his friend Alistair Morton, during the time that Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth were living at Dunluce, working alongside Alistair Morton at the Edinburgh Weavers Company. 

Inês Viegas Oliveira I

 

A wonderful illustration by Inês Viegas Oliveira, full of space and characterful dogs.

Louise Boulter I

 

Let's fly into this week with Louise Boulter's bird riding characters.

Amyisla Mccombie III

 

I adore swans in flight mainly the sound of their wings is just magic. This illustration is by Amyisla Mccombie 

Alex Kolan I

 

Fantastic characterful rats by Alex Kolan 

Shelagh Wilson

 

Though the trees are dressed in summer foliage, this drawing by Shelagh Wilson made me think of frosty mornings 

Matias Krahn

 

Just like that it is the third day of a new year! I found this reel by Matias Krahn this morning with a four faced mobile, I must try it with my children's art class , it is delightful.

Blanca Gomez VI

 Wishing you all and the world a peaceful New Year. Thank you for the art Blanca Gomez.