Joseph Cornell, Habitat Group for a Shooting Gallery, 1943-1 By drollgirl An avid collector, Joseph Cornell was fascinated by remnants of once beautiful and precious objects that he discovered during his frequent visits to bookstores and thrift shops. He carefully collected and catalogued his many purchases, and utilized them to make intricately layered and constructed …
Artist Spotlight | Julien Marinetti | French Bulldog Sculptures
Doggy John | Life Size C | 2012 I think for obvious reasons I am in love with these French Bulldog sculptures by French artist Julien Marinetti {via Artnet}. And if you’re not sure why, it’s because these little and BIG Frenchie sculptures look exactly like my Frenchie, LeRoy… if he was bronzed and splattered …
Artist Spotlight | Scott Zaragoza
Artist Bio: Los Angeles native Scott Zaragoza is a visual artist and art professor at Otis College of Art and Design. Over the years Scott has created a body of work that stands out as being eclectic and extremely well crafted. His approach to figurative art combines a broad range of traditional and contemporary themes …
Share The Gift of Art this Holiday Season
* Diamond Dust Shoes by Andy Warhol * Check out the video below for a look into my life, my home, and my art {& shoes!}. I’ve always had art in my life in one form or another, and if you’re a long-time reader, you’ll also know that I worked in an art gallery for …
Gun Art // Various Artists
While I do NOT love the idea of keeping a gun in the house {which as far as my husband is concerned is a necessity} or pro-violence, or pro-gun in any way {although I have shot guns in a safe environment and must admit it was rather fun} I happen to love gun art. And …
Random Art Finds & This Week’s Favs
We are having an event at our gallery this evening so I’m stuck here until 8pm. I actually work for an art dealer but we have a rather large gallery space and on occasion, we lend it for events. It is not in any way art related but I’m sure the boss thinks he’ll get …
Baby Fever
above art:Mark Ryden “Cecella” My husband and I got married (well, eloped) September 4, 2006. He proposed at my 30th 80’s Roller Skate birthday party at the end of the Hokey Pokey – and it was awesomely radical! I thought soon after we’d buy a house and start makin’ babies. Real estate in LA slowly …