Ok, let me take a quick step back here. Vancouver based artist Fiona Ackerman is an amazing painter who I’ve loved for ages. I’m sure you know her, but here’s a quick reminder of the work she’s famous for:

Gorgeous! Now, on to today’s post. I just came across her latest series of paintings. They’re totally different, yet I recognized them immediately as “Fiona Ackerman”. These new, large-scale oil paintings look like photographic studies, or dissections, of everything that has come before… and I LOVE all of it!

I totally admire anyone that continues to push, change, and grow with their work. That would be you, Fiona!

{I saw this new work featured on Booooooom – thanks Jeff!}

So, this painting is the first thing you’ll see on the site of Beijing born, New York based artist Yuanyuan Yang. Awesome, yes?! But if you click a little deeper into her portfolio {which of course you will, once you’ve seen that fantastic first image!}, you’ll find these lovely/weird little gems:

Ok, I’m just going to say it… that little nudie karate kick is my favorite. HI-YA!

{ps. Yuanyuan has a show opening in New York, at Fuse Gallery, this Wednesday, October 24th at 7pm. The work is this show is from the same series as the painting at the top of this post… you should go!}

Wow. That’s all I have to say about these paintings by Buenos Aries artist Diego Gravinese. Wow.

{via Artsy Forager 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!

…snap snap snap tappity tap… yep, I want to take pretty pictures, and then write a short novel to accompany them! Luckily, American artist Jessica Brilli has me covered! Lovely, very sweet, nostalgic paintings. Sigh.

Oh my! Jellyfish, mushrooms, flowers & fish in all their saturated, neon glory! Ok, I’m not sure I’d want them on my head, but that’s exactly where Chinese artist Zhou Fan wants them to be, and here’s why:

… my paintings are based on dreams that I had as a child of many, many jellyfish floating in the sky, some of which fell to the ground on parachutes and became mushrooms. These dreams had a strong impact on me, and I remember them vividly.

Vivid, indeed ♥

Ok, I love these. L.O.V.E. these! This is only a small sampling of one series by American artist Nathan Ritterpusch. All of these gorgeous oil paintings are part of  a series titled, “Old Enough To Be My Mother”. Wobbly, saturated portraits inspired by vintage film stills… frankly, it’s a miracle that I was able to control myself, and only show five. Such restraint, no?!

{Another series of Nathan’s work will be exhibited in “Wrap Troubles in your Dreams” at RARE in New York, October 11th- November 8th}

These paintings by American artist Kate Russo are speaking to me. It could be because we just sold our house, and have to be out in two weeks. I wish our pile of boxes looked this pretty! Anyway, I thought I had everything I needed for this post… and then I found these:

Gah! Colored pencil on graph paper. Holy moly… the detail and precision in this work is killing me! Hm, I wish I could pack a stack of these amazing drawings {there are plenty more where these came from!} into one of my moving boxes ♥

{via curate1k}

I wrote about American artist Jeremy Miranda‘s icebergs over a year ago, but I have no idea how I missed all of this! Let’s start with some muted palettes, and two of his lovely greenhouses, shall we:

Gorgeous! And for some crazy color, and a trip to somewhere much too warm for an iceberg:

Sigh… love.

These lovely rooftops {and pools!} by New York based artist Toni Silber-Delerive make me want to hop on a plane to just about anywhere… or move to the suburbs! So simple, gorgeous colors, and such a lovely view of the world.