


Loving the quirky, folk arty feel of Kentucky based artist Becca Stadtlander. Her art has a fantastic sense of place that makes me want to visit Kentucky (just go to West Virgina and make a left) and calls to mind the works of Grandma Moses.



Loving the quirky, folk arty feel of Kentucky based artist Becca Stadtlander. Her art has a fantastic sense of place that makes me want to visit Kentucky (just go to West Virgina and make a left) and calls to mind the works of Grandma Moses.




These beautiful life-like portraits by artist Anita Dominoni makes me conjure up fun stories about the characters she draws (it’s those eyes, I tell you!)
Anita captures each of her characters’ quirks in subtle sweeps of pencil brilliantly! And when combined with collage elements, the overall image has layers of textures that truly draws one in. See more of her work in her Flickr stream and see originals for sale in her Bigcartel shop.



I stumbled on Ivy’s Etsy shop a few days ago and discovered that she’s seventeen and is gearing to go to college in fall. I really like her simple watercolor drawings and of course, the humor that shines through! And if you buy her art, you’re chipping in to help her with college education fund – so how about doing a good deed today?
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