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ARTmonday: Caroline Moore

I happened upon these photos on Etsy by Caroline Moore (aka “sixhours”) last week when I was browsing for child-appropriate pieces I could buy as baby gifts. Obviously, these don’t fall into that category. However, they caught my eye because they remind me of a short story by A.M. Homes in The Safety of Objects. In the story, if I remember correctly, a teenage boy dismembers his sister’s Barbies and does bizarre (sexual) things with them.

I read it over 10 years ago, after reading The End of Alice for a book club and becoming obsessed. (I loved it…. especially because the pearl-wearing girls who comprised the club were appalled by it. It’s narrated by a pedophile in jail, and also involves a young girl experimenting with the boy she babysits.) If you are not familiar with her work, she is an excellent writer, never dull, and often compellingly offensive.

I wonder if the photographer is familiar with the story?

ARTmonday: Lindsay Brackeen

Lindsay Brackeen is another girly artist I found on Etsy. She too seems to have gotten lots of attention from other design blogs, but I bought a couple of her original works last year, so I thought it’d be ok if I featured her too. Some of these are original works, but most are prints. Hope you love.

“Don’t Mind Me”

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“Stargazer”

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“Peace, Love, Hope”

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untitled original painting

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“Candlelight”

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“Soak It All In”

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“Peacock Girl”

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“Amongst Magic”

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“Soak It All In”

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“Branching Out”

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“The Visit”

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ARTmonday: Stephen Sheffield

On Thursday night my husband and I stopped by The Achilles Project on Summer Street for the opening of the solo show of Stephen Sheffield, a friend and, as we just discovered, a very talented fine arts photographer. (Not that we had any doubts!)

Check out Stephen’s blog, . . stephen sheffield has something to show you . . , for video of the installation, previews of new works, and general artistic musings.

ARTmonday: Vivienne Strauss

I discovered Vivienne Strauss on Etsy last year. Her quirky paintings of fashionable ladies and couples in equally fashionable settings make me laugh. (I love her titles too.) Her work has been featured on a couple of other design blogs, but since two of her paintings are perched on the shelf right above my desk, I thought it would be okay if I too talked her up. : ) Besides, her pieces seem to move pretty quickly, so you may not have seen these images before. Check out her blog, The Artist Side of Vivienne Strauss, for commentary on the origins of her creations.

I own the first two . The others are currently offered on Vivienne’s Etsy shop as either original paintings or limited edition prints.

“Martin Loved Dora, He Just Wasn’t Sure About All Those Dogs”

“Jean, Tillie and Albert Relaxing at Home”

“Mrs. Evelyn Bradstreet of West Palm Beach with her Dog”

“Everybody’s Talking About Mabel, She’s the Talk of the Town”

“Luisa Gingelbuscher in her Living Room in Budapest on an Early Autumn Afternoon”

“Mary Alice and Joan Were Grateful that Dorinda was There So They Wouldn’t have yo Think for Themselves”

“Margaret and Fern, 1949 by the lake”

” Elinor and Clive Arviddson Enjoy Their Morning Coffee, Early Spring of 1933″

“Edna Mae Mueller Drinks Her Morning Coffee and Wonders if Life is Passing Her By”

“Lillian Wasn’t Sure What was Making Her So Sleepy, the Warm Sunshine, the not Very Good Book She had Brought with Her or Henri’s Monotone Voice”

“Iris Higginbotham Crosses the English Channel, First Class”

“Lily Was Almost Positive that Her Cats, Edward and Franklin Talked About Her When She Wasn’t in the Room”

“Iris Higginbotham at Her Upstairs Bedroom Window, London, UK”

“Ms. Olive Gladstone Reflects for a Moment While Warren Almost Dies of Boredom”

ARTmonday: Dana Ellyn

My sister, DanaEllyn, is an artist who lives and works in Washington, D.C. While I spend my time writing about beautiful houses, clothing and people, she spends her time dissecting and distorting them. She doesn’t do pretty.

Dana just completed a series called “31 Days in the News” which involved creating one new painting per day in response to a news story that captured her attention — and imagination.

Before that it was the “Year of Presidents” series, which concluded on Inauguration Day. Dana created one painting for each U.S. President, plus some images of the losing (thank goodness) candidates. Last year when we visited D.C. she and my sons compared fun facts on early presidents. Seems we all read the same silly book.

Dana’s got a few group shows in D.C. coming up, as well as a solo show in the fall. If you’re in NYC in early May, you can check out her work at the Affordable Art Fair, where she’ll be represented by Mayer Fine Art.

Beyond that, Dana’s planning shows in (and trips to?) Vancouver and Belgrade.