work.place: Evan B. Harris
Posted by Amy on Tuesday June 7, 2011
I’m loving the old-school style of work.place – a website started by photographer Carlie Armstrong detailing the work spaces of artists and craftspeople in the US Pacific Northwest. She hopes to present the inspiration and process of each individual; how they work in a space and how they decorate their surrounding studio.
My current favorite artist on there at the moment is Evan B Harris (I’m linking to his Etsy shop as his website hasn’t been updated since 2009). His illustrations seem to be rooted in folklores and stories culled from his imagination. The best part? He has had no formal art training and is self-taught.
I like the freshness of the website, and the quirky style at how the images and text is presented. With static frames surrounding it, it’s as though the viewer is looking through a camera lens or a picture frame. It has a simple and yet editorial layout, which I thought was interesting because a lot of the websites I see these days seem to consist of slick, rounded corners and metallic-glitz.
To see more artists and pictures, head to the work.place website.
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Sponsor giveaway: Nan Lawson
Posted by Amy on Wednesday March 24, 2010
Nan Lawson is a 25 year old illustrator and photographer who lives and works in Los Angeles. She keeps herself busy by running two shops – one for illustration, and one for her photographs.
Today she’s offering ONE Pikaland reader a choice of TWO 8’ x 10’ illustration prints from her shop worth USD$32!
Feel free to comment away; or if you already have the names of the two prints in mind, just write them down in the comments! The winner will be emailed after the giveaway ends on the 30th of March.
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is Maya.
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Leigh Bullard
Posted by Amy on Friday May 22, 2009
Loving the prints of Leigh Bullard’s girls, of which the originals were done with acrylic & watercolor. She hails from Denver, Colorado and maintains a blog where you can see a lot of her work, which also includes beautiful photography.
She was on Dujour Magazine (no wonder her work looks familiar!), and you can read more about her from her interview with Ofifteen Magazine.
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Jessica Fortner: 3D sculptures
Posted by Amy on Friday May 1, 2009
Aren’t these sculptures by Jessica Fortner amazing? They’re really interesting in a folksy kind of way (and sometimes in a morbid sort of way) that I can’t help but break into a subtle chuckle when I see them. She creates these 3D figurines and scenes using a variety of materials and then photographs them to create the final illustration.
Good news if you’re in Toronto, Canada as her dolls will be at C1 Art Space’s All Dolled Up show happening from May 1st- June 28th. You can also buy prints of her work over here and here’s her blog.
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