It feels great to be back in the swing of illustrating - over the past few evenings, I have made portraits inspired by MARUMIYAN's art + design *see May 26 post*

Here are the first two I have worked on. You can see more colour variations here. More to come...

What a lovely + delicious day...

My family went to the Lilac festival this morning and I found the cutest vendor - COCORO WORKS run by Noriko Kimura, a crafty mom living in Calgary, originally from Aichi, Japan. She creates cute homemade goods and delicious looking desserts. I bought a 'baby in car' scented car plate to go in the back window, which is the cutest thing ever!

I really like Virginia Echeverria Whipple's artwork. It is colourful, humorous and great collage work! See some examples of her work below...


I bought some delicious bath and body products from this vendor - BOVINE BUBBLES. They are located in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Their products look delicious, like the Sinfully Strawberry Buttercream shown below. I can't wait for these treats to arrive in the mail. Check out their homemade products, including jams and jellies as well.

Wishing you a lovely + delicious day as well...

I love the lampshades of LUSH DESIGNS. Watch the video below of Marie and Maria talking about their work...I love these ladies!



Garden of delight is MARIEKE VAN DER BRUGGEN's graduation project (2008)

Imagine a world where nothing is what it is...
A world that stimulates your fantasy and let you taste the sweetness of paradise.

Garden of delight is an inverted nature element of candy that spawns, like a sculpture, from the ceiling. This object exist of abstract branches, twigs and leaves in different colours and tastes that can be picked and eaten.

Garden of delight is an event on it’s own in a shop, gallery, restaurant. The consumer feels like Eve in paradise when they pick a leave.

BEATRIZ MARTIN VIDAL's portraiture work is amazing, especially birdchildren. Shown below is one of her works.

Finally, check out emma's designblogg (her personal guide of stockholm + design)

I love portraits + I love flowers, so the combination of the two is delightful! I can't believe I haven't stumbled on the work of MARUMIYAN before now, but I am glad I have. Here are some of MARUMIYAN's works that I admire.

「朝霧の花」

MONGREL

LUXURY GARDEN/HARMONY

motif × MIRUMAgraph

otoko-to-onna

Princess Lotus

華・森・音・草・機・鳥・蝶・和・殻・廃

We took a day trip out to Drumheller and discovered the wonderful mural at the Royal Tyrrell Museum ... it keeps children occupied, as there are so many layers and nooks and crannies for them to explore ... Here are some pictures I took of the mural ...

Just sharing some funny pictures...

Peek-a-boo...it's lovely watching a child grow ... there are small changes everyday!


Here is a hilarious thing - an Obama chia sporting a skullet! We gifted this to my brother's girlfriend who is obsessed with Obama ...I was amused to find his hair growing in this state!

On our walks, Leo and I often go downtown. I have been loving the windows at Holt Renfrew lately, especially this one. I love the cotton candy pompadours on these mannequins!


Finally, something delicious - I made this pansy pistachio cake, I found the recipe in the globe and mail, and I recommend this cake.

I am finally getting around to it...

I want to start another series of portraits, more specifically portraits of women in my life. They will be fabricated in the same manner as my vanitas series - scans (whole and parts) pieced together to form a portrait. However, my vanitas series was personal. And this go around, I would like the portraits to reflect personal stories of each individual woman. The portraits will feature face, hands, etc. and objects relating to her life's stories, memories, etc. Think of these items as a still-life making up a moment or defining who you are.

Quite possibly, I can do a sitting a week, so please email me or message me if you are interested. I plan to have a showing once completed, so portraits will be made public, but you will of course get a copy of your portrait.