my love for you is a stampede of horses.

team macho.

i've raved long and often about ruby mag. if you still haven't signed up for their email list, then i am breaking up w/ you right now. cereal. this insanity has gone on long enough. run along and sign up! run don't walk. because if you do, you'll start seeing loads of great art. and if you like what you see here, then i promise you, you will like what you see in ruby. you'll discover such great collectives like team macho. i instanly fell for this five man group of artists. their humor is rife and wicked. just get a load of that group shot of them below, how could you not love them?  the pieces i have here are from a recent show the boys so graciously sent over to me. ummm, baby dyke? team macho is killing me. keep an eye on their site, they should be updating in august.

when you canoe at night, you canoe w/ satan.

jane mount.

i love my books. especially my art books. i have them stacked nice and neat in plain site in my home. i love them. i like to believe they say a lot about who i am. how interesting i am. i think a lot of people think this way, there is a pride that surrounds book shelves. jane mount felt the same, and began painting books because she was inspired by how proud people were of displaying them. referring to books as 'rows of inspiration', she wanted to record the specific books that have shaped and inspired people's lives. check out her etsy store to purchase original paintings, or contact her to commission her for your own books.

happy owl glassworks.

trained as a graphic designer, tracy bull the designer and glassblower behind happy glass owl works offers a wide variety of product through her website and etsy store (where you can find lesser priced seconds). tracy, a jill of creative trades combines her love of graphic design sensibility w/ the fluidity of glassblowing as a medium. she makes and designs everything from night lights to dishes, cufflinks to prints, patches to pendants, and there is more. just check out her website or her etsy shop, both colorful delights w/ slightly different merchandise. personally i've got my eye on that owl patch, oh and the recycled glass fir pendant!

scott belcastro.

recently, a new reader  of my love for you, amanda erianson contacted me w/ a list of artists she thought i may enjoy. it's always so exciting getting emails from people that are excited about an artist enough to reach out and tell someone. amanda had an amazing list, all super good stuff. thanks amanda!

one of the artists she turned my eye toward is scott belcastro. i'm still really perplexed as to how i could have missed him as his work is AMAZING. beautifully rendered scenes of birch trees, snowy forests and well, children stuck in a hole. but really folks, it's the most beautiful painting you'll see of a child trapped w/in the earth. i kid you not. recently paper tiger released the above print, "as blue as my soul will go", w/ only a limited edition of 25. scott has a bunch of shows coming up, to be privvy to that info and current work, check out his blog.

happy memorial day weekend.

hi all, just wanted to wish you all an awesome memorial day weekend. i wish you wonderful barbecues, happiness, fun and above all safety. see you back here on tuesday. i've got an enormous amount of posts for next week that i know you will enjoy, including a q&a w/ saelee oh. until then i leave you w/ this beautiful painting, sustenance by tiffany bozic from her show bedtime stories at kinsey/desforges gallery.