Great Gallery Walls

Sep 062012
 

Spring is in the air and with that came the inevitable “let’s spruce things up a bit”-itch that goes around this time of the year. What does this have to do with Gallery Walls, you might ask? My spring clean­ing endeav­ours have yielded a nice sur­prise — a col­lec­tion of black and white prints I orig­i­nally put out of harms way two years ago! It would be per­fect for a Gallery wall; smart, quick and stylish.

Sim­ple black or white frames make the prints look pol­ished. To me it is either or not both. The look should be cohe­sive, with a nice con­trast and focus on sym­me­try. Now… the choice between black or white frames…

What do you think?

Black

Gallery Walls

or White?

Gallery Walls

 

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Paper Cutting — Working in paper, not on it

Sep 012012
 

I’ve only recently dis­cov­ered the art & beauty of paper cut­ting. There are not many artists work­ing in paper, not on it.

Maud Van­tours is a French artist liv­ing and work­ing in Paris.  She cre­ates these col­or­ful, deep paper cuts both as fine art and as com­mis­sion pieces for a very impres­sive client list.  In her artist state­ment she describes her work as “orig­i­nal graph­ics of mul­ti­col­ored and dream­like landscapes.”

These paper cuts com­bine flat sur­face art with sculp­tural depth.  I love the tex­ture and admire the com­plex­ity of the work.

Paper cutting

The com­plex­ity of a rose

A piece for the Prada Parisian show­room.  So dif­fer­ent — sim­ply exquisite.

 

all images from Maud Van­tours web­site

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Naturally Spectacular

Jul 222012
 

Nat­u­rally Spectacular

- Nature does it in the most vivid spec­tac­u­lar array of colours!

Naturally Spectacular

Source: flickr.com

Source: 500px.com

Source: marcadamus.com

Source: trekearth.com

 

 

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Hand Cut Paperworks by Lisa Rodden

Jul 082012
 

These awe­some Hand Cut Paper­works are by Aus­tralian artist Lisa Rod­den, who has been cre­ative ever since she could hold a pen­cil or a pair of scis­sors. The per­fect art­work for some­one who prefers min­i­mal colour adorn­ing their walls and yet some­thing sculp­tural and beautiful.

Lisa Rod­den is orig­i­nally from Syd­ney and now based in the Sun­shine Coast. Paper and Scis­sors are clearly no match for her. Through many careers, art and travel have been con­stants in her life and pro­vide unend­ing inspiration.

Visit her web­site to see more of her exquis­ite hand cut paper­works and paintings.

Hand Cut Paperworks

Hand Cut Paperworks

 

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