paper swick

Chairlift - Amanaemonesia

2012-01-24T14:46:00.000-08:00

Favourite New Video:

Sad

2012-01-02T19:19:00.000-08:00

Hausu - The Piano Scene

2011-11-14T14:25:00.000-08:00

Twin Sister's Kimmi In A Rice Field sort of indirectly reminds me of Hausu, I really like the piano scene when things are beginning to get freaky.

Twin Sister - Kimmi in a Rice Field

2011-11-14T08:39:00.001-08:00

Sylvia Ji - Día de los Muertos

2011-10-18T07:49:00.001-07:00

Inspiration for my halloween costume:

Midnight City - M83

2011-10-17T11:00:00.001-07:00

Repulsive, I Know

2011-04-10T20:08:00.000-07:00

A few sketches in progress ...

kaleidoscopic

2011-03-30T21:10:00.000-07:00

I'm drawn to the work of Malene Landgreen if for no other reason than the pure simplicity of her colourful work. Each colour seems so perfectly complimentary to the next. (I also enjoying saying her name in my head, it sounds musical.)

Image from Marlene Landgreen's 2008 Reality - In Extenso

The Wild And The Innocent

2011-03-08T20:22:00.000-08:00

I took a visit to the AGO to check out a couple exhibits with a friend recently and one exhibit in particular that drew me was the Savage And Sublime featuring a collection of original mezzotint prints of works by George Stubbs.
Stubbs often created paintings depicting wild animals and lions attacking horses in particular.
A couple years ago now I created a few drawings that were meant to exemplify the different natures of animal behavior for a friend, two of these showing the attack of one animal on the other. If I get an opportunity I will post pictures of them at some point. Anyway, with a background in technical and scientific drawing and an affection for the intrinsic contradiction the more organic subjects such as plants and animals create when using these techniques I find that I am inherently drawn to Stubbs work. I think his work balanced the true anatomy of the animals and environments well with the wild and animated scenes of his imagination.

Girl In A Navy Dress

2011-02-27T14:41:00.000-08:00

Over the holidays my wall of artwork needed some updating in order to adequately accommodate my newly cherished Vargas print (I was honored to received it as a present, how lucky am I?). I couldn't wait to re-arrange my wall to make it a focal point, but the puzzle wasn't as easy as I had hoped, most of the frames are different sizes and in order to maintain a sense of movement I couldn't just shift them anywhere, it also appeared that one or two were posing as real obstacles because of their colour, size or style, I was left at one point with a big empty space. I resolved to take a few out of the equation and went in search of something new to put up. I found a spread that I had saved in an issue of Frankie Magazine from 2007 by Eveline Tarunadjaja, matted it, framed it and placed it up in the empty spot and found that it was the perfect fit. Eveline Tarunadjaja works from Melbourne, Australia and I find her pieces to be adorable and simple.

Here is an image of one angle of the wall:

Black Swan And Stallion

2010-12-30T20:13:00.001-08:00

I haven't seen it yet, but these posters by LaBoca are excellent!
Sort of off topic, but it has me thinking about the Black Stallion posters by Bob Peak with the red and black (although far less deco and geometric obviously)...

above posters by La Boca and images from: TRENDLAND

above posters by Bob Peak and the images from: Bob Peak

(me:) I Love You Movie Posters (movie posters:) We know

2010-12-30T20:04:00.000-08:00

The Star Wars posters released this week as limited edition silk screens by Olly Moss and Mondo Tee's are amazing and with the up and coming sale of Tyler Stout's version of the trilogy posters tomorrow I've been searching my face off on the net for interesting star wars prints. Olly's are excellent. I also have a think for Tomer Hanuka's work and Daniel Danger is right up there as well, love love. I also appreciate Matthew Ranzetta's minimalist approach. Another set I've found are by Fro Design Co which definitely portray a similar feel to Olly Moss's and Matthew Ranzetta.

the above three are by Olly Moss and images from: SlashFilm

the above poster is by Daniel Danger and the image from: SlashFilm

the above poster is by Tomer Hanuka and the image from: SlashFilm

the above poster is by Matthew Ranzetta and the image from: SlashFilm

the above two posters are by Fro Design Co and images from: Fro Design Co

Jewelry

2010-12-11T10:02:00.000-08:00

Audrey Print

2010-09-02T10:14:00.000-07:00

There's a new Audrey Kawaski print being released over the long weekend and it's lovely as usual.
Sept.4 1pm pst. Limited to 200.

Squid and the Sea

2009-04-09T08:02:00.000-07:00

A dark but adorable squid from DanBobThompson .

Bear Head

2008-12-19T13:14:00.001-08:00

I found this print by Rob Bridges on etsy quite a while ago. I really like it.

Recently though, I came across one by Mareike Auer on Little Paper Planes. I wonder where the connection comes in here.... I want to know.....

Stamp My Way To The Top

2008-11-19T06:49:00.000-08:00

These stamps from ThisandThatFromJapan's ETSY shop are amazing! I'm full of all sorts of thoughts of things I could do with these...

Their shop also carries some really cute fabric....

WOWWEEE

2008-11-10T11:08:00.000-08:00

BurdaStyle is an amazing site where trendy fashion designers post patterns for clothing that they've made themselves. You can buy the patterns and make lovely stuff.

An Artist's Guide

2008-11-10T08:14:00.000-08:00

An artist's guide to ... dressing fance ...making money .... "An Artists Guide" journal series....
Wouldn't this be a great coffee table book? What a creative idea. All illustrated for the visual thinkers...

Laura Laine Inspiration

2008-11-05T12:44:00.000-08:00

I've been thinking lately about reverting back to my own personal style of drawing. I remember looking through my mother's artwork when I was a kid and being completely captivated by the unrealistic and somewhat abstract long legged girls she'd drawn in her fashion illustrations. I don't think it was long after that I began adapting those long limbs to my own art. I can easily say that there was a point in time when I had to consciously decide not to draw limbs so long and lanky. But I have veered away from this I guess with a bit of time, and I am looking forward to returning and embracing this style again.
Catching a glimpse of Laura Laine's artwork is exactly the kind of thing I needed to inspire me.

Etsy Store is Open For Business

2008-08-23T19:29:00.000-07:00

Goat Girl and Tiger girl are the first for sale!
I have posted one of each for my first sales on etsy.
Check out my shop paperswick.etsy.com

YAY! Who's going to buy them?

A Peak At Some New Items

2008-08-10T16:28:00.001-07:00

Etsy Shop

2008-08-09T19:24:00.000-07:00

Today I set up my PaperSwick Etsy shop. How exciting!
I'm hoping to have some art up by tomorrow for sale.
If anyone actually reads my blog, I hope they are as excited for me as I am f.... hahaha.

I just bought some art!!!

2008-07-29T12:27:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to show of a pic of the piece of art I've just purchased from Etsy.
Check out Caitlin Shearer and her stuff, it's great!!

Labyrinth Pillow for Brianne

2008-07-25T13:39:00.000-07:00

fish girl

2008-04-28T17:32:00.000-07:00

moose girl

2008-04-28T17:12:00.001-07:00

Tiger Girl

2008-04-17T06:20:00.001-07:00

goat girl

2008-04-08T14:07:00.001-07:00

frog girl

2008-04-08T13:07:00.000-07:00

Good News On The Repro Front

2008-03-17T11:30:00.000-07:00

I am very excited! Today I received my silkscreen supplies in the mail which means, I will be able to being reproducing my pretty girls!