Awesome napkin

My friend posted this image to her facebook, so that's all I know about it. I love the retro design and aquatic sexy lady...  I love the promise of a girl in a fishbowl! : D

Circus girls

Argh! I can't remember where I found this awesome picture- I think it was a blog post about old theatres in LA; it's from a mural in an old movie house.

Anyway, SO gorgeous!  I love the theme of circus girls on horses...

The Beautiful illustrations of Virginia Sterrett

Just came across Virginia Sterrett's work, a dazzlingly talented female illustrator, and am just in love with her stuff. A contemporary of Kay Nielsen, she illustrated beautiful illustrations for a variety of picture books in the 1920s, including Tanglewood Tales, Old French Fairy Tales, and Arabian Nights.

She died remarkably young at only 31 of tuberculosis, and I found it so impressive to read her life story (especially being a female artist myself, working in California, like she did)- she was truly a talent- hope you find her as inspiring as I do! I love the way she handles the female form, the colors, the art deco lines, and the content (fairy tales, etc)

Biography
Flickr Set

Sylvia Ji

I just caught one of Sylvia Ji's paintings on the cover of an LA Weekly, and WOW. I'm just blown away by the beauty of her Dios de los Muertos paintings..

I love the feminine qualities (delicate yet sexy), the Day of the Dead references, the colors, and the gothic meets old west saloon girl qualities.

She's a contemporary LA artist- currently exhibits down at Corey Helford. Definitely worth keeping an eye on!

Article on Metromix
Corey Helford Gallery
Some pics on flickr

Marigold

Blue Rose

Dona Delarosa

Rosemary

Norse Coasters

I got these coasters on a trip to Norway, and I fell in love with the colors and designs. I'm missing one in the set (my favorite, of course, of Freya ; a blond Goddess with cats), but I hope it will turn up one day and I can scan it in and add it to the rest.

The rest portray classic Norse Gods and Goddessess, including Loke, Frigg, Tor, Idun, and Odin.

I wish I knew who to accredit these too; I've long since lost the packaging they came in, and the only initial/ signature I can find on the artwork is "S.G."

Tammis Keefe

My friend Sandra posted about this amazing 1950s textile designer, Tammis Keefe, and I found her stuff to be so beautiful and simple! They evoke such a whimsical sense of style, design and color sense.

Here is a fantastic set of her stuff over on flickr- these are just a small sampling of some of her stuff!