Now, that’s my kind of princess! POW!

I wrote about Swedish artist Alexandra Hedberg almost two years ago. In that post, I was jealous of some of her gorgeous, washy watercolor/acrylic paintings… but look what I just found!!! A series of hand-colored screen prints titled {quite appropriately}, Colouring. My favorite images in this series feature Snow White, behaving in very unprincess-like ways! Love ♥

I minored in print making back in my BFA days, so I have always had a place in my heart for it… add some embroidery {and a little chine-colle}, and well, I’m completely smitten! Belgium based artist Ronald Ceuppens combines lovely etchings, inspired by his daily nature walks, and just the right amount of red thread. I wish I had thought of that… it might have helped me get an A+ in etching class!

{Thanks to Erna Reiken for a link to this work.}

I’m going to be perfectly honest… I’m not entirely sure what we’re looking at here. According to Danish artist Pernille Snedker Hansen, these are “exclusive one-off marbeling prints”. Hm. Ok, I think it might have something to do with wood {they look kind of woodgrain-ish, right?}, but the only reason I think that is because of the insanely beautiful wood floors she also creates. Oh well, however she does it, the result is absolutely gorgeous… and I want all of them!

{via Design for Mankind}

Hm, I don’t think I have ever shown work this way before… in context, inside someone’s home. I have to say, it really makes me want to have Chicago based artist Alex Menocal come over to install a few of his very bold, complex/yet simple, triangle configurations on my wall… pink & yellow for me, please!

{first three: tape  // middle three: screenprint  // last one: vinyl paint }

Paul Burger is yet another BFF that I met at Alt Summit last January. He runs the very fabulous cargoh.com {a curated marketplace for independent artists & designers} with his partner in crime/wife Cariann Nesler. What started as small talk at a party in Salt Lake City, has turned into an amazing friendship that I feel very blessed to have.  For whatever reason this unbelievably generous guy is looking out for me… yes, I have referred to him as my fairy-blog-father {although he’s younger than me!} on more than one occasion. And now, as if he wasn’t awesome enough, he sends me this very cool guest post:

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I’m jealous of The Post Family…

Ok, that’s it, you’re all invited over for fancy cake on fancy plates… but I call dibs on that gun! Hm, on second thought, let’s just use our hands, and I’ll hang these gorgeous ceramic pieces, by Vancouver based artist Laura McKibbon, on the wall where they belong. Yes – that’s a much better, although somewhat messier, plan.

Oh, Little Paper Planes… an online gallery/shop that is full of beautiful prints from a huge selection of amazing artists. I decided to put a little grouping together {you know, just a few of my favorites}, but that ended up being about 25 artists, so I forced myself to scale back. My ode to lpp ended up being four very talented women, whose work I thought hung together nicely. Oh, and also, I’m totally jealous of all of them… but you already knew that, didn’t you? Yep.

{1. Alyson Fox 2. Erin Gilkes 3. Ramis Kim 4. Julia Pott}

I love it {and when I say love, I mean LOVE} when sweet images from childhood storybooks have been rearranged ever so slightly to be, well… really wrong. Guns, smoking, and booze? Yep, Dick and Jane are living it up now, thanks to London based artist Ceal Warnants. I love {and when I say love, I mean LOVE} her Stories for Bedtime series, and I want all of them displayed on my bedside table… you know, right beside my gun rack, ash tray, and half empty bottle of vino.

{I found Ceal’s work through London’s Jealous Gallery, when I wrote about them last week.}

I am a huge fan of mixed media work, so clearly I have no choice but to be a huge fan of Tristram Mason, a student at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London {yes, I said student!?} What I absolutely love about his work, is that he experiments with so many techniques and materials – screenprint on paper, screenprint on canvas, a little embroidery here, a little embroidery there, and even ink on leather. Love, love, love!

{via Not Paper, an amazing blog dedicated to collage work… so, so good.}

Hello Jealous Gallery, it’s me, The Jealous Curator… um, I think we might be made for each other. Just sayin’.

Seriously, how did I not know about these guys? Jealous Gallery in London is filled with some amazing work, by an amazing roster of artists. They produce, and sell, limited edition prints {by both emerging and established artists}, and also curate bi-monthly exhibitions of original work. Am I jealous? Uh… yep.

{1. Charming Baker 2. Pam Glew 3. T.WAT 4. Ceal Warnants}