art, music & travel.
While Google searching for Birds, a simple painting of tini red birds and a small figure caught my eye and led me to Kristiana Pärn’s website. This girl is super talented and I Love her work. She does everything!! pretty amazing and very inspiring. I hope I run into one of her pieces while visiting galleries. Check out her paintings, photos, design, flash animations, videos, and so on and so on… dang girl!
art work by ©Kristiana Pärn
you can also buy her work on ETSY.
I will be attending this tuesday. looks super interesting and fun. And this site is running a dewars’ banner I worked on with my buddy sean. Ha! anywho, if you are in the area, try to make it. http://www.phthrd.lvhrd.com/
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
8:00pm – 11:30pm
NYC
I had a chance to go to the MoMA exhibit ‘Design and the Elastic Mind’ this past weekend. The museum was packed with people so it was hard to really appreciate the work and take time to view things. I will need to return. But at a first glance, the work was super interesting and out there. Some of the concept pieces where beyond my imagination. Not so much out of this world or futuristic, more abstract and real than expected. I posted a bunch of photos I took, so feel free to check them out on my flickr page.
i love wooster collective…and the streets.
I was walking around 5th ave. and 68th and ran into a gallery which was showing Robert Rauschenberg’s work. I will write soon about the show. But for now you can view most of it on my flickr page. I really enjoyed this find.
don’t have hundreds to spend on artwork?? then check this site out… great place for artist exposure and limited edition art for very little $. You should submit. You should buy. Support!
Artist Noel Middleton knits creatures and carves monsters out of wood. He brings life to very odd forms. I feel like they belong in a little girls nightmare, yet they make me smile. Take a look for yourself…
My Friend Angela Costanzo is part of this big gallery event this Sunday Feb. 24th @ GALAPAGOS ART SPACE in Brooklyn. If you are in the area, come and check it out!!! 50 artists, 10 bands and short films!! I’m going!
MoMA.org has an online exhibit for artist Lucian Freud. You should see it at fullscreen for best results. You can zoom into the paintings and view the detail of the brush/pencil work. You can learn about Freud’s sitters and subject matter, techniques and background. This is a great idea and I think it should be done more often.
Marianna Day Massey is a friend and colleague from my days at ZUMA in California. I love her work and love her passion for it. She recently was featured by Zuma’s zReportage.com.
Marianna is a photojournalist based in the outback town of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia where she currently works for two US based photo agencies, Corbis and ZUMA Press covering news, feature and travel assignments. Her most recent project is a documentary photo story on the plight of the Aboriginal people living in the many ‘town camps’ surrounding the city of Alice Springs. To see more work or to contact Marianna please visit: www.digitalrailroad.net/maremassey/Default.aspx
Images by © Marianna Day Massey
Here’s a good example of a person who inspires and motivates me to draw. Check out Lynn Greiveldinger‘s work and keep an eye out for this young artist.
Born and raised in Luxembourg, Lynn Greiveldinger discovers her love of drawing at a very young age. The tiniest piece of paper becomes a canvas in her eyes and she spends most of her childhood drawing people and animals.
At the age of 19 Lynn moves to Paris in order to study graphic design and illustration which helps her develop the conceptual part of her work. She combines her love of art and traveling and spends 6 months in New York with painter, poster artist and freelance illustrator Tara McPherson.
After graduating in 2007, Lynn has been working on several projects in both the music and the fashion industry, as well as commissioned portraits and her first solo exhibition.
Lynn finds her inspiration in people that she is fascinated by – famous or not – and their feelings. Her work mostly represents individuals out of a specific context, occasionally in the company of an animal or holding an object.
She is currently working on her second solo exhibition which is going to feature drawings and acrylic paintings.
View more of her work on her Myspace Page. A few images on my flickr page as well.
My good friend Bjorn has created a gateway for artists to learn of others inspirations and techniques. Vivianite is an incredible site that features up and coming artists around the world. Check out the newly re-vamped website and be inspired.
