Mandala Letterpress Set

Spring may be around the corner any day now... I really hope it is anyway. The mandalas are inspired by flowers and suns and feature bright colors like turquoise, fuchsia, teal and purple! The mandalas will also be available in larger art prints soon.

color Inspirations

Just a few colorful inspirations today!

color Inspiration

I love gladiolas. I buy them at the Farmer's markets in the summer. Usually I like to get dark rich colors like purple and red but I find this color combination so refreshing and tranquil right now. It reminds me of summertime and I look forward to spring and summer coming. I love the green with the pink.

walkabout

It is such a beautiful day today that I decided to take my camera for a little walk. Above are some of the things I saw today that inspire me and are just beautiful. I absolutely love sculptures and one of the great things about Chicago is that they sometimes just appear randomly although the two sculptures I photographed today have been around for a little while. My new favorite sculpture is the one of the woman on the left side (I call her the faerie) and her lower section is a trellis for the vines to grow up. She is by Congress and Michigan Avenue. I absolutely love this sculpture. I have not been able to find any information on her on the internet but I will keep looking. The other sculpture in the collage is at the Art Institute and is titled "Large Interior Form" by Henry Moore. The photo directly below the Henry Moore sculpture is a close-up macro shot of the one of the Lions in front of the Art Institute. The Lions are Bronze and the aged patina is a beautiful color. It is so interesting to see humans artistic mark on the world alongside nature. Then the sculpture almost becomes a part of nature because it is then subjected to the natural world and will age on her terms.

I love all types of sculptures. Maybe it's because I don't think in 3D — I think and visualize in 2D. My most successful attempt at sculpture was eaten by my dog in High School (it had a milk patina and my doggie loved milk so there you go... don't soak artwork in your dog's favorite treat). The flowers are from Millennium Park and along Michigan Avenue. I love the colors in the flowers — purple, pink and orange. It was a great day to be outside and take a little walk.

a little time away

I got away from the big bad city this weekend and I met my sisters in Manistee, Michigan! It was lovely to see Lake Michigan from the other side this weekend and nice to spend a little time in the outdoors with my family. I have not had an opportunity to go to Northern Michigan for a few years now. I have really missed it. As you can see it is beautiful.

The top left photo is from the beach in a little town called Frankfurt and we did walk out all the way to the lighthouse. It was a little scary at the end and we discovered the lake water was too cold to go swimming for us! We were hit by a couple of waves on our way out and back. The water was brisk (as it usually always is)! The picture on the top right is of some Lavender in a little park in Frankfurt. It smelled divine. The middle two photos were taken in Acadia at a scenic look-out. Acadia is between Manistee and Frankfort. The bottom photo is of some rocks in Lake Michigan. I love rocks especially rock walls! I think my favorite rocks are those huge ones in Central Park NY that look like they are from some prehistoric time. And Kentucky has some great rock walls.

We all picked up some super yummy natural soaps and lotions by Creation Soap from the Frankfurt farmer's market.

inspirations

inspirations