fourreau noir by serge lutens
Georgia O’Keeffe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV, 1930
Yesterday I received an invitation from the Salons du Palais Royal for the launching of the latest Serge Lutens perfume Fourreau Noir (there’s promise of champagne…) and since I have been obsessed with Georgia O’Keeffe for the last couple of days I immediately thought of this stunning painting by her.
Fourreau Noir will be a Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido exclusive so I guess my favorite non-blonde will have to rely on samples to test it. Or else make another trip to Paris…
However, there was another release this year which is not an exclusive : Fille En Aiguilles. (Other reviews in French here and here and in English here @ Perfume Shrine.)
I am quite curious about those two but not in such a hurry to test them for my wishlist of Lutens perfumes is already very long and includes such gems as Borneo 1834, Fumerie Turque and Vétiver Oriental, the great MKK being on top.
I currently wear Daim Blond.
Serge Lutens @ the Non-Blonde, @ Nathan Branch and @ Perfume Shrine.
Parfums Serge Lutens & Les Salons du Palais Royal Shiseido.
The painting of Georgia O’Keeffe, Jack-in-the-Pulpit No. IV belongs to the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
pounce #6 : vicky gonart
intuiciones by vickygonart @ Etsy.
I discovered Vicky Gonart’s shop last week, and I totally fell in love with some of her paintings. This one above is an original acrilyc on canvas measuring 100×100 cm (or 39×39 inches) and is my favorite so far, but there is also this absolutely gorgeous pink one called colours 2 which is simply stunning !
You can see more of her art on her Flickr and she also has a blog.
She lives in Valencia, Spain.
heather smith jones
“in this place” by Heather Smith Jones @ Etsy.
I love this piece by Heather Smith Jones and since I was going to post it before I took my “little break”, here it is !
It is an original watercolor painting with pinholes on paper. Heather Smith Jones uses this “pinhole technique” a lot – you can see some here @ Etsy or on her Flickr in this album – but I really love it the most when she combines techniques.
She has an amazing sense of color which is not only obvious in her watercolors – she grinds and prepares them herself which tells me she has a sensual relationship with pigments and colors – but also in her acrylic, tempera and oil paintings. I absolutely love this one called “a cottonwood seed”.
And did I say that she only sells originals in her Etsy shop ?
She also has a blog.
embroidered paintings by shannon rankin
This is a limited edition print of an “original gouache painting of multi-colored dots, which was embroidered with teal thread” by Shannon Rankin.
There is also a Seaside 1 (with pink threads) as well as a Seaside 3 (with green ones) and you can see a picture of the 3 side by side here @ her Flickr.
She also sells original embroidered paintings. I like this one very much (it has now been sold) :
Shannon Rankin’s blog + flickr.
the multiple realities of maureen boyle
Faded Forest by the seven fields of aphelion @ Etsy.
Maureen Boyle uses 35 mm film and multiple exposures, and although I like the idea underlying her work I am not so fond of most of her other photos, but I love this one a lot. It seems to have just the right feel about it, and certainly goes beyond the “process” involved in the creation…
abstract paper collages by cherie lester
Original Paper Collage, Abstract Works on Paper by Cherie Lester.
Cherie Lester is also a photographer, but I am not so fond of her photos as I am of those paper collages of hers. The first one is an original, whereas the second one below is an archival print.
You can also see some paintings on her website.
Archival Pigment Print of an Original Collage.
across the universe by jessica torrant
Across The Universe by Jessica Torrant @ Etsy.
Original acrylic painting, 2007.
Jessica Torrant’s website Livefunky + her blog.
You can also read more about her on her Etsy profile.
things of beauty by lisa stevens
Oceanic Craters Ceramic and Glass Dish by seaurchin @ Etsy.
Whenever you come upon the Simply Gorgeous and Beautiful it is better to just sit back and let the artist do the talking :
One-off ceramic sculpture, this low dish has a pattern of large double craters. The bowl is made of sculptural white clay and has been glazed with a matt ivory stoneware with chocolate brown in the craters. Aqua coloured glass has been melted into some of the craters and the edges have been highlighted with gold lustre. Some of the craters are pierced right through, and some are very thin so you can see the light coming through….this gives an interesting effect with the glass.
The dish is 4.5inches/11.5cm across and 1inch/2.5cm high.
All of my sea urchin and coral ceramic sculptures are individual and experimental, and very personal to me….my true artwork!
This is intended as an object of beauty only….it is not intended for food use.
You can read more about Lisa Stevens on her profile and on the “featured seller” page @ Etsy.
She also has a Flickr.
erin miller arnold
Train of Thought by Erin Miller Arnold @ Etsy.
I discovered Erin Miller Arnold – Naptime Studios – last week and I so love her art that as I was settling to write about her today, I also bought 2 small watercolors from her shop. I am only telling you because this is actually the first time I am buying art @ Etsy – I have been really really short of money these last months – but her watercolors are absolutely divine and so unexpensive that I just couldn’t resist.
I am now dreaming I could also afford this triptych which I particularly love from her. You see, I have never written that on this blog but I sometimes paint – my palette consists of much brighter colors – and I also do pieces that are separate independant paintings, but which could be parts of one larger piece. I like the idea of “details” in paintings – although this is not exactly the case here – like the stuff we usually see in art books called “detail”.
One thing I really like about the art of Erin Miller Arnold is her sense of texture. She started last year to experiment with encaustics, a medium which can give amazing results. I am not familiar with the process, but I read a couple of things about it when compiling my list of 100 artists @ Etsy since some of the artists use it, and it seemed a bit technical and complex…
As Erin Miller Arnold puts it on her blog :
So that was the first “true” encaustic I have done. I use beeswax all the time in my work but always alone, and more as a texture and resist method and also a tool to use for my text. So it was very different to be using pigmented wax and a blow torch!
Her new encaustic pieces can be found in her Etsy shop. Here’s a “detail” of one of them :
And I must say I am very much in love with this minimalist mixed-media painting :
Now if you like her small watercolors, grab them while they’re still so cheap !
rocky mountains by jaime derringer
Rocky Mountains Drawing No. 1 – Limited Edition Print by jaimers @ Etsy.
It probably might not show, but I try to write this blog a bit in the way of “film editing”, which means that I try to find some aesthetic (or thematic) connection between the articles on the main page, so I was wondering what to write to follow – actually precede for you readers – the Appalachian Crafstmen boards and I found this wonderful drawing by Jaime Derringer in my favorites.
There are actually 2 drawings entitled “Rocky mountains” – you can find No. 2 here but this one is really my favorite (although they would certainly look terrific as a pair). The original for No. 2 is still available.
I really love the colors of this one and the fact that the mountains are not centered and there is so much blank space. If you think this is a bit exagerated, just look at the image where it is shown framed and you will see how this is exactly right.
Jaime Derringer is the “bloggeress” behind Design Milk and she also runs an online store called Vitamin D(esign).