movie stills: bright star

I recently rewatched Bright Star with Ben Wishaw and Abbie Cornish.  Oh how I loved this film.  It's so quiet, sad, lovely, and tender with beautifully captured shots of rooms bathed in light from the windows, fields of wildflowers, gorgeous old trees, and a room filled with a butterfly garden.  It is the sweet and sad tale of the life of poet John Keats.  These stills look like paintings from the same era the film was set in.  If you haven't already seen it I would highly recommend it.

Small Business Saturday

Today is Smal Business Saturday so everyone either go out to your favorite small business or go online to etsy, society6, big cartel or one of the many other online artisan shops.  Society6 is having free international shipping though Monday and they have now added these lovely new pillows.  The above is a selection from my shop.

And for anyone in the Atlanta area I will have work along with many other great artists and crafters at the Indie Craft Experience Pop-Up Shop which opens tonight inside Criminal Records from 6-9pm.  There will be live music and the first 100 attendees will receive free swag bags so come on out!

spread the word

 

I really hate when things like this happen.  A fellow photographer Jessica Nichols had her work stolen and used repeatedly by fashion designer Chris Benz.  He is denying allegations that this is the same photograph.  (c'mon!)  Please help her fight this battle and spread the word.  More info on her blog.  

feathers, antlers, & pagodas oh my

 

 

 Alexander McQueen was a master of theatrical fashion.  He used materials in ways you'd never imagined.  I am constantly inspired when I go back and look through his archives.  I particularly love his fantastical headpieces that adorned his looks.  I'm just going down the street in a gorgeous lace gown with giant glass(?) antlers with sheer fabric on my head.  So dreamy.  I wish I could have seen the Savage Beauty exhibition at the Met.  This book will have to suffice.

movie stills: save the date

Saturday morning I was watching a movie trailer on imdb and then it rolled into the next one (so sneaky) and that is how I discovered this movie.  It was exactly what I felt like watching at that exact moment so imagine my delight when I found it was available on amazon instant.  It was a pretty good film with a great cast.  I'm a sucker for art related characters and story lines.   The artwork of the main character Sarah (played by Lizzy Caplan) was done by graphic novelist and illustrator Jeffrey Brown.  One of my favorite things in this movie was the carousel horse outside the front of the gallery.  So perfect.  And music from the fictional band "Wolfbird" with Martin Starr and Geoffrey Arend was pretty awesome also.

Artist Discount

 

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Barnsley Gardens

 

My husband and I went to Barnsley Gardens for you 7th wedding anniversary earlier this month.  It was so beautiful.  It was only about an hours dive away and the gardens happened to be mostly deserted that day.  I met a beautiful swan who swam across the pond to pose for me.  My favorite part had to be the amazing ruins though.  We saw similar ruins in Cumberland Island, but you aren't allowed to enter the building.  Here you can wander around aimlessly and just enjoy yourself.   A wonderful anniversary trip.  Some of these prints are available here and here.  You can see more from that trip here.