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ARTmonday: Mariska Meijers’ Interior Paintings

When I posted 21 Interiors in Art back in January, I hadn’t yet discovered Amsterdam-based artist and designer Mariska Meijers. Meijers, who has no formal training, worked in the corporate world before pursuing a creative career in 2005. Her contemporary still lifes and interiors are an eclectic mix of object and patterns. I love the way she pairs African and Asian prints with both classic and mod style furnishings. She says about her work, “I stir a cocktail of objects, patterns and colours in my thoughts which I translate straight on to my canvas.”

ARTmonday: Mammoth & Company

I almost forgot to post today! It’s finally gorgeous on the Cape, though I actually spent the day doing chores, and recovering from the too much food and drinks with friends from the days before. I was checking my email and saw that online gallery Mammoth & Company just started following me on Twitter. Based in Victoria, British Columbia, Mammoth& Company was founded and run by artist Troy Moth. The site features original artwork and limited-edition prints from emerging and established illustrators, painters, designers, and photographers. The selection isn’t huge, but everything is lovely. Here are my ten picks.

On the Shore, Hagar Vardiom

Flowering Egg, Jenny Brown

Ready to Sweem, Hsiao Ron Cheng

Bridge, Jeremy Miranda

Savoy, Jessica Brilli

Untitled, TJ Watt

Forest, Tom Edwards

Leichen 08, Klaus Pichler

Formal Gathering, Steven Riddle

Mend, YT Tommy Lee

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Interested in browsing + buying? Click here.

ARTmonday: Winky Lewis

I have fallen hard for Portland, Maine-based photographer Winky Lewis. The portraits of her children are reminiscent of the photographs of my very first photo crush, Sally Mann. They’re also somewhat similar to photos taken by my friend Kathleen Schwartz of her fairy tale children. They also remind me of a photograph that hangs in my bedroom; the first portrait I ever purchased (you can see it at the end of this post). I love evocative black and white portraits of children and their fairy tale lives. Winky Lewis’ photographs are stunning and insightful. She also happened to photograph my friend Sharon Kitchens‘ homestead for a Boston Globe story I wrote, but I’ll save that for another time.

Winky Lewis (with her son) (and her camera)

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I think this is the first portrait I ever purchased. I bought it in the early ’90s at an auction at Little Red Schoolhouse / Elizabeth Irwin, a progressive school in NYC, whose alumni includes artists and artists’ kids. I remember seeing works by Francisco Clemente there. Those were certainly not in my budget. This photo was taken by one of the women who worked in the office of the school; it pictures her nieces. I still love it. It hangs above my bedside table.

ARTmonday: Petter Johansson Atelier Food

Petter Johansson is an artist and art director who heads his own small, experimental studio PJADAD in Sweden. The firm launched IKEAs design collection IKEA PS 2012 with a global multi-channel campaign last year. He recently emailed me about a new project, a still life for the Swedish food lab Atelier Food.

Atelier Food is a project that seeks solutions and innovation through food with cooking, food labs, and discussions. Topics encompass sustainability, energy, culture, urban development, and transportation. The project also link chefs with artists, designers, scientists, and business developers. Atelier Food runs workshops and a restaurant in the heart of Stockholm.

The Atelier Food still life created by PJADD is built on a grid. The still life represents the work of Atelier Food and the connection between food and society. It links the playfulness of the project with its ambitious goals and long-term challenges. In the spirit of the whole Atelier Food project, it is a creative co-operation between a chef, art director and photographer.

Photos by Henrik Petersson

ARTmonday: 12 Pieces at the Affordable Art Fair

Sorry for the super late posting today. Ok, tonight. I spent the weekend spring cleaning. Kinda achy now; was a workout. More importantly, the Affordable Art Fair is in New York City this week, from Wednesday, April 3 to Sunday, April 7 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street.

The Affordable Art Fair launched in London back in 1999, a few years after founder Will Ramsay opened and found success with his gallery Will’s Art Warehouse which offered work from unknown and emerging artists priced at $100to $5,000. The gallery is still around, and the Fair now takes place in 12 cities around the world. He also founded the contemporary art hub PULSE, held annually in New York and Miami; co-founded Art Hong Kong and is a co-shareholder of Art India. I think he has my dream job.

I was hoping to go the NYC this weekend, though that’s seeming unlikely. Here’s a preview of what’s for sale. If anyone attends, I’d love to see pics, especially of purchases!