Art Repros

I've been working on reproducing art from various movements, and I just wanted to share a few of the results! My versions are done in acrylic paint on 5'' by 5'' and 4'' by 6'' sheets of canvas paper. Through this project I've familiarized myself with different styles, and discovered a long list of artists' work I greatly admire.

Because of my love for textiles, of course, I decided to recreate a William Morris print from the Arts and Crafts movement. This one is titled Pomegranate and is originally from 1866.

I enjoyed replicating the bold architecture in Restaurant de la Machine à Bougival by Maurice de Vlaminck from 1905. Fauvism is one of the most bright and cheerful art movements!

I duplicated this Roy Lichtenstein work from 1963, Woman in Bath, as it is one of my favourite Pop Art images.

Finally, this is my reproduction of Exterior of a Restaurant at Asnières by Vincent Van Gogh in 1887. The bright yellow wall and potted plants make this Post-Impressionism painting so lemony and fresh!


The Secret Artist

A fluttering lens was barely noticed as it inconspicuously traipsed down mid-20th century streets. The moments were captured, the negatives were labelled and boxed up in a crowded attic, and the photographer modestly dissolved into the abyss of unrecognized creativity. Then, somewhere between shouts and slams of an auctioneer’s gavel, John Maloof, a filmmaker and historian, snagged several mysterious boxes at a Chicago auction house in 2007. His $380 purchase unveiled a jaw-dropping treasure. 30,000 negatives and prints made up the invaluable time capsule. Vivian Maier, an American street photographer, was finally discovered, and her fame erupted after her death in 2009. This is the kind of story that astounds me. It goes to show that people have undiscovered talents and potential--and talk about a fantastic auction find! You can check out this site for more information. I love that Vivian took photos of the ordinary and the incidental extraordinary, and I appreciate the ability to see some of those sights. Her self portraits, like the one from 1954 above, are especially unique. Here are some of my favourites of her photos.

1953 New York, NY.

1950s Canada.

1953 New York, NY.

1953 New York, NY.

1954 New York, NY.

1953 New York, NY.

1954 New York, NY.

1954 New York, NY.

1954 New York, NY.

1956 New York, NY.

1956.

1961 Chicago, IL.

1963 Chicago, IL.

 Audrey Hepburn at the Chicago premiere of My Fair Lady at the RKO Palace Theatre, October 23rd, 1964.

 August 1960 Chicago, IL.

Undated.

 August 1975.

Canada.



 July 27th, 1954, New York, NY.

 July 1957, suburb in Chicago, IL.

 June 1954, New York, NY.

 May 16th, 1957, Chigaco, IL.

 New York, NY.

September 18th, 1962.

November 8th, 1955.

 New York, NY.

January 1953, New York, NY.

 Self-Portrait 1955.

 September 13th, 1953, Empire State Building, New York, NY.

 Undated Color.



September 3rd, 1954, New York, NY.

Self-Portrait May 5th, 1955.

Magazine Rip-a-Thon

When I was 12 I began reading the magazines my mom subscribes to, and started my own interior decorating scrapbooks. That was back in the wonderful days of Country Home and Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion, but some of my current favourites to peruse are Artful Blogging, Flea Market Style, Country Living, Cottage Style, and Martha Stewart Weddings. Every January we revisit the magazines that pile up throughout the year and rip out our favourite articles, images, and so on, to fill our inspirational binders. 

This pastel loft bedroom was the first addition that got me dreaming of my future house.

Now my scrapbooks are filled with things like décor ideas,

...attractive real estate,

...fashion,

...paint chips and color schemes,

...and great quotes.

Time to go spend some quality time with 2013's publications!



Creative Resolve

These are some of my goals for 2014, as depicted in my Spoonflower fabric for the Hand-Lettered New Year's Resolution design challenge of the week!