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Miriam Wosk: A Tribute

I've been meaning to write about Miriam Wosk for some time now, and was reminded of her yesterday as I watched the Milton Glaser documentary To Inform and Delight (which I highly recommend, especially for artists). At one point in the film Mr. Glaser holds up the 1972 inaugural issue of Ms. Magazine, which Miriam Wosk created the cover art for, and I was reminded once again of her brilliance.

 

Miriam Wosk was a Los Angeles artist, a mother, and a woman of elegance and beauty. She passed away last November, leaving behind an enormous body of work: a glittering, lush, chock-a-block, wild collection of collage, watercolor, tapestry and mosaics.

I first met Miriam years ago, and while our interaction through the years was never much more than smiles and pleasantries, I always found her to be kind and graceful. She had a regal bearing and a certain gravity. I had always heard she was an artist, but I wasn't familiar with her work; it wasn't until she passed away that I went searching for her artwork online, and I was absolutely agog at what I found:

Darkness, Miriam Wosk, Watercolor and glitter on paper

Heartfelt, Miriam Wosk, Watercolor and glitter on paper

Lyrical, Miriam Wosk, Watercolor on paper

The Grotto, Miriam Wosk, Mixed media on canvas

Miriam Wosk's studio

Heaven, Miriam Wosk, Oil and glitter on canvas

Miriam's Song, Miriam Wosk, Mixed media on handmade paper and epoxy

Is That All There Is? Miriam Wosk, Mixed media on handmade paper and epoxy

Time, Space, Cosmology & Life, Miriam Wosk, Acrylic, starfish, jewels, mixed media on 4 panels

For a deeper look at Miriam's work, please visit her website, or check out her book: Sequins and Skeletons.

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And, thank you, Miriam, for being such an inspiration. You have left the world a more beautiful place.

 

 

Inspired by: Hannelore Baron

How is it possible that I am just now discovering the art of Hannelore Baron? Her work completely knocks my socks off. It is the kind of art that I make in my dreams.

Untitled, ca. 1976, Hannelore Baron

Untitled (C83 130) 1983 Hannelore Baron

Untitled (C78 01) 1978, Hannelore Baron

Untitled (C82 210) 1982, Hannelore Baron

Untitled 1985, Hannelore Baron

UNTITLED. 1981, Mixed Media, Hannelore Baron

UNTITLED. 1965, Collage, Hannelore Baron        

Kathleen Wheeler

I thought I'd take the opportunity to post about Kathleen Wheeler's beautiful work. Kathleen is my friend and aunt (older by only a few years, so the label of "aunt" never seemed right) and as long as I've known her she's always been an artist. She just recently started to post her work online, much to everyone's delight, and the world of collage seems very suited for her.

        

Kathleen's work is very playful, and she's not afraid of color-- something I very much admire!

     

       

Isn't her work lovely? You can see more of it here.

Amanda Hawkins

I've been meaning to post about a piece of work I received in the mail from Amanda Hawkins:

Isn't this just the best?

I've posted about Amanda before: she is an artist and graphic designer living in Arizona, and she has a fantastic etsy shop, to boot. I've admired her work for awhile now, so I am happy to own an original. 

Here's some more of her work that I love:

I especially love this last one, I'm crazy about elephants.

:)

Anselm Kiefer

*sigh*

I love Anselm Kiefer's work.

I've been so busy with my store lately that I haven't had much time to make new art in a couple of weeks, and I see work like this and I get all itchy. 

I did spend some time yesterday making a new winter banner, though; what do you think? I just love little birdies with hats.

Khairun's Giveaway

Okay, it almost kills me that I'm posting this because I WANT this painting. 

But I was just checking up on Khairun's giveaway, and a paltry six people have entered to win this gorgeous piece of work. Hello? Is everyone too busy with.. I don't know, what is everyone too busy with?

Enter her giveaway and lessen my chances of winning, go ahead.

Amy Thompson

I discovered Amy Thompson's art through Sofia Barão's blog, and I am just blown away by her work. I love the way Amy mixes classic illustration with collage. Her images feel wistful and nostalgic to me, simply beautiful.

From top to bottom:

Late Summer, Moon Child, Chickadee Fluff, Depart Not, Discovering the Universe

Ginette Couture

Ginette Couture and I did a materials exchange for Flickr's 6x6 Collage Group earlier this summer. She emailed me and said with things going on in her life that she wasn't going to be able to do her collages for a few months, so I put my materials in a pile and thought I'd get to them whenever I had the time. Well, I happened to be poking around Flickr last night when I saw that she'd finished and posted her collages, and they are gorgeous!!!

Click on these beauties to see them large.

The best part about this series of collages is that Ginette said she wasn't feeling particularly inspired by the materials I sent. I think she recovered quite well, don't you?

Design Work Life

Courtney of Design Work Life was wonderful enough to write about my work on her blog several weeks back. I'm so glad I found the blog, it's an inspiring place to visit, full of patterns, great art and design. -And thanks, Courney!

Susan Heggestad

Dragging Water

I just found Susan Heggestad on etsy this morning, and I'm really loving her ethereal work. Check out her shop here.

Calling Them Down

Indeterminate

Restraint