Winter Apples and Holiday Foxes

2 new ACEOs in my Etsy shop now.(above)

Still being inspired by Chihiro Iwasaki.(below)

Inspiration Tuesday

A new favorite of mine Anna Silivonchik inspired me to try aclylics once again. I have not done work on canvas for 7 years, yet I am eager to start again. She makes the canvases and the paint sing together in a way I did not think they could given the subject matter. I am in love:)

Inspiration Tuesday

They speak to me . Somehow. Sometimes you just find another artist whose language speaks to you directly, and this is the case. I just bought a couple of figurine bells for myself as a Christmas present.

Inspiration Tuesday

Beatrice Alemagna is an illustrator I discovered recently while browsing LJ. I fell in love with this lion, and had to find the book. Luckily British and French Amazon had it, so now I am the lucky owner of a copy of Un Lion a Paris. The lion face is something that mezmerized me in her work, plus the perspectives and line work are amazing in my opinion. I think I will look for more books that she did.

Inspiration Tuesday

Ligreego and her fairy tales are a long time favorite of mine. I have been "watching" her for a few years now. Click the images to go to her flickr page.

Inspiration Tuesday

Another Artist whose work I really like. Naive yet very warm and lively, Akasi is a LJ user and wonderful Artist. (click the images to go to her live journal)

Tuesday Inspiration

I will attempt to run a weekly Inspiration Tuedsay series, featuring Artists that I find AMAZING. And today I will show the work of Voronkova Elena. Her felt amimals are out of this world! They really are:)

Some Inspiration

I came across these while browsing live journal. These are great, aren't they?
Ladies and gentelemen--Andy Kehoe!!!

I am in search of something new these days. It feels like I am shifting gears, and need to find something different . A different way to paint? A different way to see life, myself and my family? Not sure what it is , but there is change in the air.

What Inspired Me Today on Etsy

This one I will not be able to afford for a looooong time, but I absolutely admire the work by yalonetski.Oksaniko has lovely whimsical dolls that I recently discovered. I have always admired the abiltiy that people have to make this kind of creatures!Jenny M at behappynow always has some new and delicious work! I love her colors and the imagination that has no boundaries.

Some wonderous Art makers

A good piece of inspiration is priceless, I think.
So I am going to share these two amazingly talented Artists that I have been inspired by for the past year or so. Rima from the Hermitage
has kept me in awe by her work and travels as you can see in her blog. She has an extraordinary technical skill combined with magical imagination power--and thus the creations are simply stunning in my opinion. I personally own a couple of her prints.

Another Artist who inspires me on regular basis is Dilka Bear.Sweet and light paintings that carry you away into their own land.

Moleskin Movies?

I had no idea people make these. But isn't it fun?
This one is by one by JennyM

Colors

The one on top is mine, the one on the bottom is something I found on Live Journal. An artist

Кадмий оранжевый

with a wonderful sense of humor. The did a series of portraits of famous artists. My favorites are Van Gough and Sunflowers, and Goya and His Mistress.

Still looking for inspiration

Just a few quick peeks at various fun things on Live Journal . These are by Ovtsina Yulia
Those bunnies look like they need to be in an animation

Digging for Gold on live journal

and finding this amazing Artist!
Arseniy Lapin

Flickr Rulezzzzzzzzzzzz

Flickr is a wonderful place to find inspiration! How did people live without the internet? I know it would be super hard for me
A few of my favorites click to get to the detailed image

Never fails to make me smile

Some of you I am sure have seen/heard him
The coolest Peter Nalitch

A new print and some inspiratiom

A new print I am listing today,from my personal archives, something I painted a few years ago..I rediscovered him today, and decided to list as a print in my shop.
I like the little guy:)

And then totally unrelated, a ceramic Ukrainian Artist that I discovered on flickr. Isn't she(?) amazing?! Click the images to go directly to her flickr account

I found them AGAIN

I found them again! On Flickr this time...I came across these marvelous dolls some time ago on Live Journal, and then lost them:( except for the few images that I stored on my desktop and even used one as an avatar on the forum that I am a regular of (Hey amerimama!):)))

But here they are again. Aren't they fabulous?

A New Series on Pikaland!

If you have not visited the Pikaland blog of illustrated life, do so!
There are tons of great artists , interviews and it has "inspiration" written all over it!
Today there was a new series of blogger questions/answers started, and it is a great read for all of us bloggers. Click the image to get there!