Ok, this is some of my most favorite collage I’ve stumbled upon in quite some time! Belgium based artist Katrien De Blauwer combines only two images in each piece, yet magically creates a fascinating & mysterious story. Oh, and don’t even get me started on her amazing color palette, created solely through found images and found paper that she somehow manages to maintain throughout her entire, huge, gorgeous portfolio. Love with a capital L.

…And, as a little post-nod to the Oscars, here are three pieces from Katrien’s series, “Cinematic Cuts”:

{via Erna Reiken on Pinterest}

These are the most beautiful real estate pages I’ve ever seen! These gorgeous cut-newspaper installations are by American artist Pat Shannon. She meticulously cuts away the text, leaving only the sweet little houses behind. She does this with all sorts of newspapers {comics, want-ads, inserts}, but for me, it’s all about these tiny houses! Love.

Watercolor on paper. Um. What?! That metallic oil can, that mixer… but how? The matchbook and candles are oil on panel, but still, I’m in awe… Yes, Robert Townsend, you have me baffled. Hm, it feels pretty good on a Wednesday morning, actually. Thanks, Robert.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Shall we make a toast… with tea?

Yes! A lovely, papery, tea-cuppy way to ring in 2013! This is the gorgeous work of Swedish artist Cecilia Levy. Delicate, complex, and yet, so simple. Now, this didn’t  really work into the whole ‘new year’ thing, but look at this! Paper eggs, and thistles!!!

Sigh… 2013 is going to be good! Happy happy to you and yours! xo

Oh boy. I found the work of LA based artist/designer Ming Ong when I was putting yesterday’s post {about Garage Gallery} together. Um, I love these little paintings on found paper oh so much! Slightly disturbing? Yes. Crazy awesome? Yes.

And on that note, may your weekend be filled with cow cuddles and giant bras… you might want to avoid birds and bunnies though.

Maria Dubrovskaya is a Russian-born artist, who now lives in the Philippines. What does she do in her new tropical home? She makes moveable, hand-painted, paper dolls out of kraft paper and white paint. I love that there are references to her life in one of the coldest parts of the world, and to her new life south of the equator. Yep, I love ‘em… almost as much as that girl loves her bear.

{via curate1k}

Oh my. American artist Shannon Rankin usually specializes in large, cut-paper installations… however, today I wanted to show you her newest series of small paper collages. Impeccably cut layers of translucent, colorful vellum. Sigh. So, so, lovely, and oh, so perfect. Really, really perfect. Wow.

Ok, just when I thought it wasn’t possible to be jealous of Minneapolis based artist Jennifer Davis AGAIN, I am. Shooting targets. Yes. Bizarre, brightly-hued, incredibly detailed creatures living happily on old shooting targets. Hm, living happily for now that is… let’s hope no one actually uses these for target practice!

{If you want one of these – I do! – you can place a custom order at Jennifer’s Etsy shop! psst – they’re only $100 for an original! Seriously!!!}

Ok, who else wants to start worshipping at the church of The New York Times? American artist Donna Ruff finds beauty & inspiration in “sacred texts such as the Torah and the Qur’an, but also in the New York Times and the Manhattan phone book; in cathedrals, mosques and synagogues.” Guess where I find beauty & inspiration. Yep… you’re lookin’ at it.

{via Poppytalk on Pinterest}

Gah! Siobhan McBride’s work is dark & moody, gouache on paper. Ok, now I’m feeling a little dark & moody that I don’t know how to make gouache look like this on paper! Here is her description of this work:

They are descriptions of awkward experiences, passages from books and film fragments, things caught in the corner of my eye, and an attempt to conjure slippery memories … I hope the work is strange and suspenseful like the excitement of exploring a new place, and the thrill of knowing you are drifting back into a frightening dream.

Yep!