Look at These Things.

Andrew Schick is a Vancouver based illustrator. He is incredible. His work really inspires me for it's raw beauty. I'm always looking on his live journal and he posts slivers of his sketchbook and they're just as beautiful as his finished works.
http://aschick.livejournal.com/

Sleeping Patterns.

 I did this for my drawing class as my final project about a year ago. I was very interested in how the body could be the applicator of the mark onto space. I started to think about my body where I was most comfortable with myself. Sleep. So, I covered my body in black paint and I slept the night on a large piece of canvas. What were left was the shadows of my movements throughout sleep. In the morning I took a bath and filled 75 glass milk jugs with the remnants of what I washed away. The final image was the canvas hanging on the wall like a tapestry, it was hung with delicacy and pride in the center showing my confidence in my body when I was at peace. The bottles were put in rows in front of the canvas to demonstrate the concealment and removal of the darkness of the way I perceived myself. It was a piece that I was very proud of, unfortunately I never got a picture of it in its entirety but I do still have the canvas.

Ghosts.

Going through my beloved examination of memory and how it can be perceived visually I am constantly referencing Robert Rauschenberg's 'Erased de Kooning Drawing', 1953. After becoming interested in the idea that drawing is essentially making a mark Rauschenberg went to popular painter Wilhelm de Kooning and asked him for a sketch that he had done that he could erase. So, de Kooning, not being particularly impressed by the idea told Rauschenberg that he would give him one of his drawings, but it would be one that he loved and was in pastel so it would be hard emotionally and physically for Rauschenberg to erase. So, he went to work erasing and what's left is the ghost of an image that was removed. And the act of removing it was quite possibly just as challenging as the applying of it. Now, there are beautiful imprints and scratches that imply the presence of the past.

Lanvin Spring '11 RTW

The beautiful colour pallet and stunning use of fabrics makes me want to one day visit the beautiful planet that Alber Elbaz inhabits.
Images from style.com.

Twisted Expressions.

One of my favorite artists, Egon Schiele. His work is beautiful for it's muted colours and his expressive lines that move grotesquely along the forms giving them a shaking energy and character to each portrait.

Little Box Houses Row Upon Row.

Rachel Whiteread's incredible project 'House' from 1993. Located in Bow, London, it was the only remaining house left of a row of Victorian homes demolished indicating also the removal of the past and of the people and the class that once survived there. And so, Whiteread filled the house with concrete and removed the exterior leaving only this haunting statue or grave of what was.

Jil Sander Spring '11 RTW

An inspiring collection. The pattern collaborations in the styling is lovely.
Images from style.com.

The Selby.

I became obsessed with this website not long after it began and it has blossomed into an incredible thing. Where the everyday person can take a look inside icons and inspirations interiors.
All images are from theselby.com.

Preen Spring '11 RTW

The whole show was beautiful because of it's textural nature, but because of the cream, white, and tan monochromatic colour scheme it was light and refreshing. But this, this is the dress.
Image from style.com.

The Nature of Seeing.

The amazing Andy Goldsworthy. The British sculptor who has explored the use of materials that can only be derived from nature. So his pieces are only temporary but that is the beauty of using only natural materials especially when in most cases (other than his gallery works) they are left with the mercy of the outdoors and all the weathering that one can expect. Another really interesting thing, I think, that exists in his work is in the idea that he is using only objects and materials from their environment and leaving them in that environment. But, the actual assemblage and role of being the one who creates these installations makes them man made, creating this really interesting relationship between the sculptures themselves, the artist, and the space. As well,  I will always be fascinated by the idea of art that deteriorates and leads to its own demise. Along with this the action of Goldsworthy putting all the effort and energy and innumerable hours building these artworks and being aware that they are just going to slowly or quickly fall away.

Beauty By Pencil.

Julie Morstad, a Vancouver based illustrator. Her illustrations show the beautiful imagination behind an incredibly inspiring and kind woman.
Images from juliemorstad.com.

Lucian Freud.

He sees. 

My Dear Deer.

 I found this skull and as soon as I saw it I saw all the patterning on it. It was a joy to do and now he is the joy that sits in my room.

Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider.

This is a shot from the new issue of Russh magazine. Photographed by Will Davidson and the genius of a fashion editor, Stevie Dance. When I was looking through this magazine and I saw this photograph I actually started to cry. It's just perfect.

August Sander.

The amazing photographer that could capture the spirit of a persons essence.