Mats Gustafson

This guy is pretty fabulous. His career skyrocketed in the late 70s, when the world of fashion was ruled by photography. Using water colors and simple paper cutouts, he pushed his imagination to its furthest corners, opening new doors and windows for the art world. Mats' work is always very elegant, with subdued color palletes and classy silhouettes. Maybe its just the Halloween spirit creeping in, but his work also seems to have a kind of eeriness that I can't get enough of.

This one is my personal favorite. Everything is so simple but SO sophisticated.










He did a campaign of somesort awhile back that showcases his love for black (which is fairly obvious after seeing the above picture). Below are some of his drawings from that campaign:

Heart Shaped Box

Last week, Henry, Eliza, Dylan, and I went to our local Goodwill to shop around. Eliza and I stormed the women's section, while the boys went off to try and find a birthday vest for Henry. (Oddly enough, Dylan walked out with a vest but Henry did not). While browsing through the color-coded racks, I found the mother of all Nirvana shirts....for three bucks. I was pleased. No, more than pleased...estatic. The little voice in my head that normally screams at me to let the impulse by go and think things through had no words. I guess she was just as thrilled as I was.

I don't have a picture of the shirt itself, but I always like a good action shot better anyway.

thoughts in the a.m.

I want to be anonymous. sometimes.

Lovisa Burfitt

Lovisa Burfitt is a swedish illustrator, known for drawing hands and feet. She is playful with her work, which I absolutely love.
You can find more of her work here.

Egon Schiele

I've been loving this man lately. His lines are magical.

The start.

Hello.
I've been slowly building up a collection of inspiring photos, music, words, poems, and other media throughout the past little while. Some of it I have done, but most of it is by other fabulous people that I am inspired by. I have decided to start a blog where I can place all of these wonderful items for other people to enjoy, and for me to look back on. I'm not saying that it will necessarily be interesting for everyone, but hopefully everyone will be able to take away something from this experience. I'll be posting events that happen to me personally, such as photos and music, along with famous works of art and other things that I am interested in at the current moment.

Enjoy!