Terrariums!

I've been seeing a lot of terrariums and miniature gardens lately, but these are fantastic -- and fantastical.

ART: Signe Grushovenko

These paintings are both bright AND disturbing.

I don't know if these are meant to be disturbing. But the faces are blank, everything is flat and fractured, it's like the image cannot hold and everything is flying apart. And the patterned background bits that show through remind me of those flash-silhouettes left on walls in Hiroshima. Maybe I just haven't had enough caffeine this morning?

ART: Mike Boyle

Google's artist of the day - such lovely light.

Design Blogs: Jackie Bos

Jackie Bos has been getting some press for her mini book, I Heart the Arctic. Check out her blog to see some of her drawings -- her style is whimsical (don't worry, I mean in a witty way, not in a barf-inducing way) and spare.

Also, I didn't realize until I perused her website that she's also done work for my lovely friend Anna's Working Proof Gallery, which sells great art for many great causes. Check it out. Seriously, you must.

Design Blogs: Elsita

WOW. Paper-cutting, fabric art, jewelry. Highly recommended.

ART: Rebecca Campbell

Power lines are one of those things that are so graphically strong that they appeal to some artistic-minded people, but that appeal isn't necessarily an easy thing to translate into art. Behold, Rebecca Campbell's fabulous power line paintings. The colorful underpainting peeking out from behind her backlit shapes is remarkable.

I also like this piece, Satellite, which is listed under her paintings but is made of copper and nickel wire.

Rebecca Campbell's site

ART: Richard Salcedo

Another nice pick from Google's Artist of the Day -- San Diego painter Richard Salcedo. Drips, typography -- love the graffiti influence.

ART: Hunter Stabler

STUNNING.

Hunter Stabler is Google's artist of the day.

Check out his intricate graphite on paper and cut paper work.

ART:

Laurie Lipton

Amazingly intricate pencil and charcoal drawings.

Plenty of mechanical details and gothic elements -- there's definitely some steampunk influence here, but it's not tiresome. Of course, I'm also a sucker for art that recalls iconography, as a number of her pieces do.

Guilty Pleasures:

Today's guilty pleasure -

Perusing the fairy tale-related art at artsycraftsy.

And also eating cheddar cheese corn muffins. Thankfully, there are no pics of that.

Art / Fashion Blogs:

PROD

art + commerce production

Here, Karlie Kloss, shot by Patrick Demarchalier for Vogue (Feb 2010 US)

So pretty! But I was unaware that the nascent grey hair trend had morphed into a craze for grey skin.

ART:

P. Williams

Oh, city, look out! The angry mail box is coming for you!

Tip from my lovely friend Anna at sub-studio blog.