Arty Farty Walls with Minakaniwalls

Forever a fan of wallpaper, this afternoon we’re sharing a few favorites from the Paris-based studio, Minakaniwalls.

This is the animal edition. It reminds us of an evolved version of Wee Gallery’s stationary. It also might feel like you’re on a prolonged visit to the zoo.

This Copenhagen edition translates busy city living and almost looks like layers of windmills from afar.

Up close though, the lines simulate aviation flight patterns.

Combining what looks like charcoal and tracing paper effects, the Cloudy edition could double as an xray of the sky.

However, up close, the pointillism is breathtaking.

No collection’s complete without a vibrant tanagram set, otherwise known as the Mosaic edition.

So…which one’s your favorite?

April 5, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Illustrating Global Currents

Pretty stunning visualization, isn’t it? Here we have the ocean surface currents during the period from June 2005 through Decmeber 2007, designed by the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

A comparison was recently made by Mark Wilson of Fast Company comparing it to Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. Beautifully accurate, wouldn’t you say?

April 5, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

New York: Mounds of Color

Louise Belcourt likes to think of her new work as “paintings of sculptures of landscapes”. Using a well-honed sense of color, light and space, Belcourt arranges mound-like forms into arrangements that evoke landscapes and cityscapes.

The mounds are piled, stacked and overlapped, simultaneously forming into bodies of water, mountains and buildings as well as creating a fascinating visual tension throughout.

Color and light function like notes in a musical composition, striking a balance to form a cohesive and captivating whole. Click here for more info.

Jeff Bailey Gallery: 625 W27th St. (11th & 12th Aves) New York , NY 10001

February 23, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Repetition Elsewhere: Cecilia Paredes

Every year there appears to be an adaptation of the wallflower as wallpaper trend. Nonetheless, it’s fascinating to see various artist interpretations.

Today, Lisa Toff passed along the work of Peruvian artist, Cecilia Paredes, by way of The Citrus Report.

The body paint is intricate, the gestural expression, compelling. Quite a nice balance of color and mixed media composition.

February 7, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Art: Paintings & Personal Projects

How many of you made New Year’s resolutions?

In addition to getting healthy, making more time for family, collaborating on projects I love and washing my hair less…I decided it was time to return to the studio and make some art again. I spend a lot of time online. Too much, in fact. I wake up and fall asleep to a screen, I tweet, I instagram, I facebook, I pin. I curate and I design, however lately, I’ve been craving more tangible, tactile results…so I decided to sign up for a class, one with room for exploration.

Every Saturday through April I’ll be at SVA, taking an all-day painting class with Seth Michael Forman called Paint Your Own Vision. It’s a real commitment for me, though I’m excited and even a little nervous how it’ll all turn out- it’s quite a departure from the controlled medium of graphic design. Here are a few snapshots of work in progress…what were your New Years resolutions and are you keeping them?

February 7, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Palm Springs: The Art of Deconstruction

Don Morris’ brightly colored and richly textured artworks are fascinating to behold. Though you may not notice it at first, comic books are both the inspiration and the medium of Morris’ works. These intricately composed comic book deconstructions represent a mixed amalgam of cultural and architectural inspiration.

Morris takes subliminal cues from the cartoons to create works that feature undulating compositions of color and texture, presenting pop art visual narratives of culturally familiar materials turned into an art medium. While this exhibition just closed, it’s worth exploring his other works online. Click here for more info.

Michael H. Lord Gallery: 1090 N. Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262

January 30, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik