Audrey Kawasaki

I think I have to officially thank my friend Arvin for turning me on to Audrey's work, although I had seen it before, it was going to get a print at her Thinkspace opening a few months ago that I got to see a full show of her work in person and up close.

As I've been painting more and more recently, and thinking about where I want to take my own art, I've been studying her style a lot more, and admiring her sense of color and the soft erotic nature of her female forms. I also love the way she works in animals into her pieces- it's very intimate and emotional in a very subtle but strong way.


http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com

 

 

 

Camilla d'Errico

I've had a slow burning fascination with Camilla d'Errico's work- when I first saw her work profiled on Boing Boing, then in person at G1988 at the Crazy for Cult show, I liked it, but the more I see of her stuff, and the more I look at it, the more I really start to appreciate it more and more.

I really like her subject matter of juxtaposing girls and animals, her sugary-sweet color palette (strong but sweet and delicate at the same time), and the way the girls eyes pop out of the canvases is so arresting.

These are some of my favorite works of her, and some sampling of some of her beautiful color palettes. Check our her website (which has her blog, online store, and a bunch of links) here-

http://www.camilladerrico.com

 

  

 


 

Japanese watercolors

Found these in a stationary store in Japantown, San Francisco

"Plovers" Shoko Uemura 1976

"Fawn," Shoko Kawasaki 1943

"Green Pond" Seiho Takeuchi, Early period Showa

Tsurutaro Kataoka, 1998

"Snow in Morning" Goun Nishimura 1922-25

American Museum of Natural History

Just found this fantastic site of old museum photos from the American Museum of Natural History via Morbid Anatomy.  There are TONS of fantastic photos on the site- these are just a small small sampling of some of the ones I found on a first perusal...

Especially love the vintage feel and surreal quality of people setting up the museum dioramas and displays and the stark b/w look...