Modern day impressionists

"Flowers for Kelci" by Lulie Wallace

I like contemporary artists who still paint in the style of the Impressionists. 

I discovered Lulie Wallace recently and fell in love with her expressive florals.

Untitled by Bella Foster

Bella Foster is another contemporary artist I admire . . . there's a great interview with her here.  I love that she paints a lot of living rooms.  I always want to jump into her paintings and settle into a soft chair with a cup of tea.

Margaret Kilgallen

I like things that are handmade and I like to see people's hand in the world, anywhere in the world; it doesn't matter to me where it is. And in my own work, I do everything by hand. I don't project or use anything mechanical, because even though I do spend a lot of time trying to perfect my line work and my hand, my hand will always be imperfect because it's human. And I think it's the part that's off that's interesting, that even if I'm doing really big letters and I spend a lot of time going over the line and over the line and trying to make it straight, I'll never be able to make it straight. From a distance it might look straight, but when you get close up, you can always see the line waver. And I think that's where the beauty is.

It's been a busy season

I've been so busy that I really haven't had time to blog.  I had hoped that by starting this blog I could post insightful, interesting, and thoughtful posts but it's been a mixed bag.  Oh well, as long as I keep enjoying it.  I hope to post a lot more once I get past these last few weeks of deadlines and projects.

That said, I've really enjoyed Netflix's extensive library of art documentaries and art films.  This is one I recently watched on Maya Lin - the woman who designed the Vietnam Veteran's memorial.  Ahh, such a great film and such an inspiring woman.  I'll have to write more on her at another time.

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