I’m thrilled to share another post by Art That Fits guest blogger, Tracey Smith. In her, “Prolific With Pink” post she shares what inspired her new-found appreciation for a pink color palette, and it’s something only a mother’s love would understand… Enjoy:

Although we are several weeks away from Valentine’s Day, I thought it might be [...]

Filed under: Art, Artists, Inspiration on January 21st, 2010 | 1 Comment »

I was first introduced to Brian Patrick Flynn, lead on-air designer for TBS’ “Movie & A Makeover” and maverick behind the brand new {and totally awesome!} magazine-style Decor Demon blog, when doing a rare hand-delivery to the TBS’ studios for a project we were working on with popular home decor guru, Elizabeth Mayhew. I was [...]

Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Artists, Blogs, Design, Inspiration, Interiors, Interview, Pop Culture, Style, TV on January 4th, 2010 | No Comments »

Whether you love it or hate it, the painting “A Friend in Need”, by Cassius Coolidge is known around the globe. This is his most recognizable work, but many other of his works can be seen at www.dogsplayingpoker.org.
Mr. Coolidge was born in 1844 and lived until 1934, just shy of his 90th birthday. Although he [...]

Filed under: Art, Artists on December 9th, 2009 | No Comments »

Artaissance artist April Richardson’s paintings are currently being featured in 3 different shows in the Seattle area. She is inspired by the beauty of nature around her. Her painting, Hydrangea 1 is shown below, Prints of this image are available from Artaissance. 

October 2009 - January 2010   Â
Ottica Bellevue
10204 Main St.
Bellevue, WA 98004
425-635-2020
November 6 - December [...]

Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Artists, Exhibits, Inspiration on December 4th, 2009 | No Comments »

Artaissance artist Kay Carlson is a Wisconsin native who moved to the San Francisco area in 1971. Her paintings feature the vineyards in Napa Valley and boats in Marin County.
Kay will be having an open house at her studio in the Industrial Center Building on Friday night, December 4th from 7 to 9. This is [...]

Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Artists, Events, Exhibits on December 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »

“What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.”
~ Willa Cather, American author (1873-1947)

Willa Cather, 1936
I appreciate how Cather thinks of life and art, and how [...]

Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Artists, Inspiration, Quotes on November 18th, 2009 | No Comments »

I love seeing the different ways people incorporate art into their lives. While perusing the internet, I came across Carl Warner’s website. This man is a genius with food. For example the image to the left is a “landscape” he created using stalks of celery for the trees. When each scene is complete, he photographs it. All these years I have just [...]

Filed under: Art, Artists, Photography on November 17th, 2009 | No Comments »

One of the great things about art today is the sense of self and personality artists are putting into their work. In my opinion the art market reached a low point in the 80s. Many of the images that were available as prints were trite and overly commercial in the sense many artists seemed to [...]

Filed under: Art, Artists, Trends on November 10th, 2009 | No Comments »

I was thrilled to open up my November issue of Family Circle magazine & find that designer Angelo Surmailes selected an exclusive ArtThatFits image, by artist Thomaspaul, for a home office makeover feature!

The home office makeover features a bold color palette, graphic artwork {of course!} and one of Angelo Surmailes’ signature Antohio:HOME chairs.

For me, this [...]

Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Artists, Before & After, Design, Interiors, Publications, Style on November 4th, 2009 | No Comments »

I am an artist. When people ask what inspires me, it isn’t always easy to put my thoughts into words. Recently, though, I came across a quote that does just that:
“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place; from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing [...]

Filed under: Art, Artists, Inspiration, Quotes on November 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »