By Sara
Whenever I look for pretty and inexpensive art, I turn to Etsy (obviously). I find I'm drawn to beautiful watercolors the most and love finding ones that use watercolors as an medium of expressing movement.
Koi Pond Archival Print, 16 x 11, $30 at TheJoyofColor via Etsy
The colors are bright but the subject matter is soothing. My neighbors have a koi pond in their front yard and we love watching the fish swim. This would be a great print in a kids' bathroom or even in the grown up one!
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By Jennie
You know, I like to think if I wanted to, there's little I couldn't give up: Meat, sure! Alcohol, if I had to! Sugar, after a tough first week, absolutely! Shopping, of course!
But, you will pry my Diet Coke from me, kicking and screaming.
Which makes this print oh so perfect for me.
{From Penny Jane Designs}
I covet!
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by Kerri Anne
This week's featured prints come from designer/artist Karen M. O'Leary, whose hand-cut map art and city prints are my new favorite things.
There was no way I could (unbiasedly) choose a singular favorite (though if you backed me into a corner and made me, I would probably say, "Paris, Paris!"), so I'm showcasing some of the cities I liked best, to provide added incentive for you to visit Karen's shop and choose your own city (or your favorite non-city) yourself.
Portland {35 USD}
London {35 USD}
Paris {35 USD}
Rome {35 USD}
San Francisco Diptych {40 USD}
{Image credits: Karen M. O'Leary via Etsy}
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by Kerri Anne
Today's featured print comes from Portland-based artist Cathy McMurray.
She was recently a featured artist on Etsy, and so I'm recently captivated by her interesting use of mixed media combined with bold colors and unexpected shapes.
For more on her print-making process, go here. You can also view all of her work from the past year on Flickr.
Print O' The Week: Eureka {20 USD}
Some of my other favorites:
At the beach {20 USD}
Oasis {30 USD}
Spirit (Limited Edition) {40 USD}
Floating {12 USD}
Jellyfish {20 USD}
Cascade {20 USD}
{Image credits: Cathy McMurray via Etsy}
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by Kerri Anne
This week's featured print comes from the Etsy shop of Minnesota-based artist, Tim Sebright. The second I saw Tim's work I wanted to favorite all of it (and nearly did), before realizing the reason I loved it so much was that it's both fantastic and realistic, like something I've maybe seen in a dream.
All of his prints are made from his original watercolor paintings, and offered only in limited editions.
Print O' The Week: Sometimes I Act Like Myself {28 USD}
My other favorites:
The Slow Gentle Rise of My Heart {28 USD}
Chicken Sit {28 USD}
Cowgirl {28 USD}
Pickie-Nik Tree and a Bee {28 USD}
You can also find more of Tim's work, and info about any upcoming shows, on his website.
{Image credits: Tim Sebright via Etsy}
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by Kerri Anne
I stumbled on The Pairabirds this week and was instantly struck with how beautifully strong and unique Tabitha Bianco Brown's graphic art is. Operating from a studio just outside of Chicago, in her own words Tabitha's work is all about "reinterpreting classic soul and modern minimalism."
I think it's all about being awesome.
Summer Sisters {20 USD}
Some of my other favorites:
Night, Mountain {20 USD}
Wood Stack (I Love You Very Much) {20 USD}
Great Grey Owl {20 USD}
Mending Hearts {20 USD}
Hello, Stranger {20 USD}
Morning, Mountain {20 USD}
Lady MC {20 USD}
Liking what you see? You can also find Tabitha via her blog, and Twitter, too.
{Photo credits: Tabitha Bianca Brown via Etsy}
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by Kerri Anne
As if her unique and beautifully bizarre prints weren't enough to win my artistic affection, the first sentence of Sophie Blackall's bio made me want to move to Brooklyn just to befriend her:
Born in 1970, Sophie Blackall grew up in Australia where she learned to draw on the beach with sticks, which has not altogether helped her sense of perspective.
And then there's her charming suggestions for how to use the cardboard sleeve in which each print is mailed:
Each print is signed and dated and shipped with care in a serious, sturdy, cardboard envelope which you can put to use later as a wobble board, a fan or a convenient rectangle for sitting on damp grass.
More than just adept at clever word-play, Sophie's prints are some of the most striking and visually interesting I've seen on Etsy, and I would love to own about seven of them. Being that I'm nearly out of wall space in my apartment, I knew I had to share them here so that some of you will hopefully buy them and/or gift them, as I verily intend to do.
I love how half of her prints read as artistic "I saw you"s, featuring tiny stories about people she's perhaps seen around New York City, on the C, in Central Park, or even at a friend's party. There's no way to tell if her tiny stories are real or imagined, but I like to imagine them as a little bit of both.
Print O' The Week: Valentine's Day {40 USD}
Some of my other favorites:
Rowing Girl {40 USD}
Girl With The Golden Swan Bike {40 USD}
Face Painter {40 USD}
Ice Skating In Central Park, We Collided {40 USD}
Unbelievable Moustache on the C {40 USD}
We Shared A Bear Suit {40 USD}
{Photo credits: Sophie Blackall via Etsy}
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by Kerri Anne
This week's Print Of The Week is inspired by capes and an upcoming holiday that makes me want to buy heart-shaped everything.
Rosy Designs is a Vancouver based artist and printmaker and I love the way her characters look like they walked straight out of a children's book I verily want to read. (The artist is also on Twitter.)
In addition to adorable prints, her Love & Hearts Postcard Collection Set would make super unique valentines.
Print O' The Week: Super Heroes {19 USD}
And some of my other favorites:
Rainy Day Love {19 USD}
9 Ways To Say I Love You {19 USD}
Swim Team {19 USD}
Love Is In The Air {19 USD}
{Photo credits: Rosy Designs via Etsy}
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by Kerri Anne
This week's featured print comes from Brooklyn-based painter and printmaker, Kristiana Parn.
I fell instantly in love with "Black Bear" the moment it was featured on an Etsy treasury, and then after clicking through to her Etsy shop (krisblues) I realized there was even more artistic treasures to behold.
Kristiana's work is bright and stylized, playful and yet still grown-up enough to make me daydream about someday having an office space filled with her pieces.
Black Bear {20 USD}
Some of my other favorites:
Elephants in the Living Room II {20 USD}
Save the Polar Bear {20 USD}
Solitude {20 USD}
Rosemary Ruth {20 USD}
{Photo credits: Kristiana Parn (krisblues) via Etsy}
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by Kerri Anne
Rachel Austin is a local Portland artist I love because she uses bright bold colors and shapes, and also because she paints on maps.
What is more (and even better!), when she's done painting on maps she makes affordable prints of her map paintings so we can all enjoy lovely, unique art without sending our respective bank accounts into a Spiral of Doom.
This week's Print O' The Week: U.S. Map {24 USD}
I love this map on a map because it's (a map on a map, yes! and) multitasking as both perfect for a kids' room or play area, or to brighten up a map lover's living room or office space.
Some of my other favorites:
Paper Planes on Red {18 USD}
Bird on Tent {18 USD}
Birds and Trees {18 USD}
Paper Planes over Circle Weeds {18 USD}
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Have a print you'd like to see featured here (either yours, or someone else's)? Send me an email at kladish{at}gmail{dot}com.
{Photo credits: Rachel Austin via Etsy}
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