Archive for February, 2012

Tuesday’s Portraits and SF’s Chinatown

 The faces of Barcelona artist Guim Tio Zarraluki are honest, expressive, quiet and exceedingly beautiful.  Victoria Haven turns lines into…well…into really great lines! Who does stuff like this? Diem Chau does. Via Honestly WTF INSPIRED BY: A photographic journey through Chinatown SF. Via 7×7.   Bookmark on Delicious Recomend on FacebookShare on Orkutshare via RedditShare [...]

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Crypic and Compelling from Matthew Wade

Today I am featuring Matthew Wade – a Hollywood artist and Vancouver native who shared his captivating illustrations with me. Somewhat haunting, a little cryptic, …cleverly compelling and flawlessly executed. Thanks Matt for being amazing!     Jeff Rogers cultivates the unexpected.    How to look dead sexy ordering Scotch. Via Daily Candy.  ***Have a [...]

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My Day Off

Yesterday we ran off and played hookey. Wine country beckoned so what are you to do? Here’s a few photos. Another beautiful day in Northen California. I couldn’t help but pull over when I saw the fields of gold. We weren’t the only ones. Pathways were beat down throughout the field and everyone had cameras [...]

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This That and The Others

Jill Ricci does magic things with collage material.   Vain and Vapid pulls everything together in this piece called Instagram. It’s geometric, it’s minimalist and it’s abstract. Does the goodness never end?  By Magna Paint. Thanks for being great.   INSPIRED BY:  Expert Parking in SF Bookmark on Delicious Recomend on FacebookShare on Orkutshare via [...]

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Things I Heart

Hearts are strong yet delicate so always be gentle with them. From Kiva Ford – pure bliss and magic.     It’s a Ferris Wheel. yeah I know – I wasn’t sure at first either and now I’m sure that it’s awesome. Via G Brosseau.     A no-brainer I know. Still – the view [...]

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The Perfect Circle

 Aren’t these the best girly girl mountains ever? Via Jamie Milk on Etsy And what about those geo balloons. Holy crapadoodle – I gotta have these.   I had a professor in college who started off a first year drawing class by asking us to draw a circle. Not just any circle but the absolute roundest [...]

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This and That Tuesday

 Firework Drawings from Rose Marie Fiore…bursting with shape, dimension and color.   For someone who doesn’t like winter..(that would be me)…this is lovely. Via Steve Godomski from Artist Rising.   Simple, refined and timeless elegance from Remain Simple. From Beth Billups we have She Gathered Her Thoughts (and Began To Tell Her Story).  Personally  – [...]

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Wine and Art. Life is Good.

I found these lovelies from Tiago C on Flickr. Sketches from the International Urban Sketching Symposium. Can you imagine watching all these creative minds at work? Inspiring? Yes.   Things are so clear for me now. From Little Paper Planes:  Did I mention that this Sunday is International Wine Tasting Day? I might not have [...]

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The Art Planet is born of a desire to share great art with the world. I'm Jan Weiss - a published artist and writer with many years in the art publishing world. I create and sell my own art as fine art prints and as originals and work with other artists to promote them and give them virtual exposure on my planet. Enjoy - come back and visit. And please follow.
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