Saturday, December 5, 2009

Friday, December 4, 2009

Inspiration from France...




























































I have been painting again and I am loving it. I've been so tied to the computer that it feels like a wonderful break. While I was in San Francisco, I visited my most favorite shop, Rose and Radish at their new location on The Embarcadero by the waterfront. I found some of Nathalie Lete's wonderful things for gifts there. She makes so many things,... Here is a video of Nathalie found on artist Geninne Zlatkis's blog that you may like. I find it very inspiring ...it just makes you want to go find some paints and have at it:) You can also find a lot of her things at Anthropologie (of course!) and Lapin & Me .
I really love her work. But just watch the video and you may feel tempted to find a brush and paints....














Thursday, December 3, 2009

Poster In Progress



















Still playing around with the type and colors...like this lighter palette better.
Getting a lot of InDesign aha moments.....:) Finishing up other freelance projects so I can concentrate on all things holiday.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Poster Design



















Working on a poster design for an art exhibit featuring the illustrations of members of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (Finger Lakes, NY Chapter) who collaborated with The National Audubon Society and the Lab of Ornithology. 20 artists painted illustrations of 20 identified common birds whose numbers have been declining at alarming rates. The show 's title comes from part of a poem written by May Riley Smith in 1882 ..." Strange we never prize the music till the sweet-voiced bird has flown." I'll post more details later.

IF: Entangled (Organized Entanglement)














On a recent trip to Northern California, we saw many vines entangled in an organized
way. This vineyard where the vines were planted on steep rugged terrain was at the base of the Russian River where it empties into the Pacific Ocean. Breathtaking....
And this from Arenas Flowers...

For Bacchic-pleasure seekers, the sight of a grape vine is tantamount to finding Elysium on earth! Yes, grapevine undoubtedly symbolizes intoxication. Scientifically, the vine, from which the intoxicating drink of wine originates, belongs to the Vitis family.

In fact, all literature-especially originates from the celebration of Bacchus, the wine god and this ritual of song and dance was inevitably incomplete without wine and tender entanglement of grapevines.