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the owls are on print and pattern today... thanks Bowie!
printandpattern
Available at Paperchase UK in early January. HOORAY!!!
Here are also some of my other animals....
having a picnic,
under the sea in an octopusses garden in the shade.
eating lovely, healthy fruit + veggies!
These dolls have been with me for a long time... they are constant sources of inspiration. Bold, bright colors + unusual pattern combinations. Imagine if i lived in Afica still, i'd be overwhelmed!
more of these lovely graphic prints tomorrow...
Here is the long awaited beautiful work by Trevor Appleson. His sojurn into the heart of Mexico has left us with a powerful + unique display of local imagery. Currently on exhibit at the Hales Gallery in London. If you are by any chance going, it's worth a visit. www.halesgallery.com
this is where i am headed in 2 weeks time to Placencia Belize for 3 WHOLE WEEKS!
there is so much to do but right now the catalogue is off to the printer's + i am starting to dream of my long awaited sunny vacation. More about this spot to come, but here's just a taste for now...
see you Monday.
Trevor Appleson
Los Loss
Private view: Thursday 22 November 2007, 6-8pm
More incredible work by another Londoner whose work i featured in October. Artist + photographer Trevor Appleson. If you happen to be in London tonight (the opening), you can catch this exhibition at the Hales Gallery in Bethnal Green. www.halesgallery.com. This is a solo show of Mexican still-life photographs taken in and around Mexico City this year.
Los Loss features staged and co-incidental compositions, involving the locals of Mexico in the creation of the works. The bright colours and exotic people on the tourist trail left their mark on Appleson but he challenges the obvious and digs beneath the surface of Mexico City and its surroundings. Mexican Wrestlers destroy traditional candy filled Piñatas, resulting in broken and burned cartoon-ish forms; a group of young boxers with their clumsy gloved hands attempt to break eggs into a bowl - egg mixture on the dusty desert - this is the focus and subject matter for his work.
Pictures that at first sight seem to be representations of the rural idle, on closer inspection reveal graves and brutish industrial farming. An image of a pig, its leg tethered to a post initially seems to be in a tranquil repose until it becomes clear on closer inspection the pig has been slaughtered and left in the dust.
What ties all of these apparently classical still lifes together is Appleson’s ability to avoid the obvious and his enthusiasm for developing a whole new way of involving the locals in the creation of the works.
Trevor Appleson’s work appears in several private collections and is featured in Free Ground, a published book from Booth-Clibbon Edition (2006) ISBN 1-86154-262-3.
i'm hoping i can post more images from Los Loss soon.
Check out this awesome work brought to my attention by my fabulous friend Mandi in LA.
Ron Mueck - a hyper realist with a difference, intriguing. Watch the movie, its about 30 minutes long, but gives you an in depth look into the man + his work. www.kavefish.com
here are some of our new Organics designs... any thoughts?
(hopefully you can see all of them + leave me some comments)
Blooms
Seeds olive
Poppies orange
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here are dogs + cats...
do you like our new cat + dog repeat designs?
