the jealous curator

One of my favorite categories of blog posts to write are artist features. I love discovering and sharing the work of talented others - although, sometimes it can be a struggle to find artists to present. Enter - The Jealous Curator - an art blog created by Danielle Krysa. Krysa posts a new artist and their work daily. Art that very simply she likes or rather makes her think "damn I wish I would have thought of that". I like her uncomplicated approach to her blog and apparently, so do many others as it has becoming wildly successful since its launch in 2009. Krysa has written one book - Creative Block - and has another due for release in 2016. She also does regular speaking engagements including this interesting talk I watched given at a Creative Mornings event.

Below are just a few artists that I discovered via this amazing blog. 

Alison Mortisugu

Wilderness - 1998 - 45" x 94" x 2 1/2" - oil on 194 oak, maple and ash sections

Christina Carrozza

Tsunami Japan: Skeletons - 2014 - 43.5" x 32.75" - fiber, thread and paint textile

Nicannette Miller

Set of 3 Robin Birds Woodcut Sculptural Print and

Jen Garrido

Golden Hour C - 2014 - mixed media on paper - 29" x 22" and Indigo Rock 17 - 2014 - mixed media on paper - 22" x 22.25"

To see more amazing artists head over The Jealous Curator website now!

P.S. Did everyone watch the premiere of season 3 Fixer Upper last night? To read past posts about Joanna and Chip Gaines' mega hit HGTV show click here and here. 

talk by swissmiss

This talk is a little off topic for the blog but its a great one so I couldn't not share it. Its by Tina Roth Eisenberg or Swissmiss. Eisenberg is a blogger, designer, entrepreneur and all around inspiring individual. Here talk is about her path to becoming a designer and the 11 rules and values she has come to live by. Its an hour long but well worth it especially on a Monday! Click here to listen. 

resource review: THE DESIGN FILES

THE DESIGN FILES

THE DESIGN FILES, founded in 2008 by Lucy Feagins, is one of my most recent blog finds. The site presents fresh and interesting content related to all things that fall under the category of Australian design - architecture, art, interiors, graphic design etc. The team of three (Feagins, her editorial assistant and photographer) post daily with every Wednesday being a featured Australian home and every Friday an interview with a local creative talent. The organization of the site is clean, simple and intuitive - a challenge considering the amount of content they put out each week. 

I became a bigger fan of the site when I read this "Biz Ladies"   interview with Feagins on Design Sponge (another great design blog). Feagins explains how she started the blog and how she allowed it to grow organically over the years. Calling her approach as just sort of 'leaning in to it', a phrase and strategy she learned from How To Go From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be by Jack Canfield Feagins explains that instead of getting stuck on figuring out the big picture she just moved in the general direction of where she wanted to go. 

Most recently, Feagins has started The Design Files' Open House in which Feagins and her team take over a real house and create a show home featuring local artists and designers. This year, two homes will be featured on in Sidney and one in Melbourne.