I featured the work of Jared Andrew Schorr many years ago, when I first started this blog. I’ve been following him on Twitter and keeping up with his work ever since. Jared works with cut paper, using a lot…
I featured the work of Jared Andrew Schorr many years ago, when I first started this blog. I’ve been following him on Twitter and keeping up with his work ever since. Jared works with cut paper, using a lot…
I’ve featured the work of Julianna Brion on Brown Paper Bag before, and mentioned her last week because she’s apart of my newest exhibition for my online illustration gallery, eyra. Julianna is included in the exhibition Don’t Call Me Honney, a show about…
Rachel Levit is a recent graduate of Parsons School of Design. She uses gouache to create her illustrations, my favorites being her solitary portraits shown here. I love the sense of loneliness she’s captured, as well as her color palette. All images…
I’ve always enjoyed textiles, especially patterned ones. I like the story that patterns can tell, and how even a simple one can give something an instant historical context. The Design Center at Philadelphia University is home to 200,000+ objects…
Peter Nencini is an artist and illustrator living and working in London. In his bio, it’s written that his “work is rooted in a vocabulary of use, muffled into abstraction – this, applied to wall works, furniture, books, boxes, typography…
I was silent yesterday — my apologies. It’s because I was busy putting the finishing touches on eyra illustration gallery’s newest show, Don’t Call Me Honney. The exhibition centers around my home, Baltimore. All of the participating illustrators are living and making…
I’m not really a bat lover. I know that some people find them cute, but me? Not so much. I also don’t find rodents cute, either. (Sorry I’m not sorry.) BUT, I will make an exception for the Etsy shop Cretur…
I posted a couple of these paintings on my Tumblr last weekend, and wanted to show them on here as well. Nathalie Du Pasquier has a series of square paintings that depict still lifes. Nathalie sets up scenes that are of…
I’ve been doing a ton of work on my computer lately, and while I diligently worked my way through Netflix’s House of Cards, I’ve also been listening to podcasts! Previously I listened to just NPR and a couple of comedy…
Illustrator Rebecca Green has perfected pink cheeks and red noses. Using delicate brush strokes and subtle coloring, she constructs a world that is full of dreaming, wistfulness, and a lot of celebration. I think I most enjoy her painting. The strokes and…