The incredible artist Jacky Boehm @snacky_jacky now has Color Cloud 6: Leave It Open & Color Cloud 13: It’s Right There For You in her home and oh snap they look dreamy!!!
Thank you for sharing these pics Jacky!
Need this set in your life? Buy them together right here!
I cannot tell you how much it meant to me to get this note from Shannon!
As a person who wore all black for 20+ years, and who is just now starting to branch out, I know exactly what she means and I absolutely love that she got to experience new aspects of herself by taking a chance on a dress I made!!!
Oh snap, I’ve released a collection of CLOTHING into the world! I’m quite excited about it :) See how excited / badass I am in this pic? I’m wearing my Shift Dress and absolutely loving it.
I searched high and low for a partner that made high-quality garments with inclusive sizing, with reasonable shipping times and ethical manufacturing practices, and I found one! These pieces are now available in my shop at Contrado where you can purchase and have them sent directly to you!
This collection features Color Cloud 16: You Never Know. The original artwork is about the idea that anything could happen...but in a good way : ) It's about keeping the inner flame of curiosity, hope and openness to growth and change alive and well.
My Color Cloud collection is an exploration of the visceral experience of color - I’m always pursuing that feeling of being submerged and surrounded by the lush, comforting, energizing vibe color can create. And now you can wrap that vibe all around you!
Head on over to my Contrado shop where you’ll find more information on sizing, materials shipping options and more!
T-Shirt
Super soft unisex tee in sizes up to 7x! Get yours here!
Kimono
Super silky daywear or loungewear - with POCKETS! - and a white sash - sooo fancy! Get yours here!
Shift Dress
Light as a feather, SO COMFY! Get yours here!
Dress / Cardigan
Options! Buttoned up it’s a dress, unbuttoned it’s a cardigan! Get yours here!
Here’s a fun game I’ve just started playing: matching my art with wallpaper! (Yes, art + wallpaper is nuthin’ but a good idea.) This is Cole & Son’s wallpaper “Strawberry Tree” with Color Space 27 - love the balance of the traditional & the modern. Got wallpaper & need art? Send me a pic and I’ll make recommendations!
Natalie Myers brilliantly designed entry in the @oneroomchallenge is her daughter Ilana’s bedroom, which features Color Cloud 16: You Never Know ! Thank you Natalie for including my work in this project - I could not be more thrilled about how this piece looks in this amazing space!!!
Photo credit Charlotte Lea via Natalie Myers’ Insta
Nicole Gibbons the CEO of Claire Paint picked Pale Peach Structure: Soft Geometry in her roundup of faves on Artfully Walls - how awesome is that?!?! The other two pieces in the image are by Paulina Varregn & MannWear. Thank you Nicole!
And here’s a throwback to when Anthropologie styled this piece with a green velvet couch and a fluffy little cat 🐈 ;)
I love putting unlikely colors together, and I love serendipity, so I’ve combined the two to bring us downloadable Color Curiosity Activity Sheets!
Here’s how they work: choose nine random colors (you could use ANYTHING to color - markers, nail polish, crayons, pastels or a combo of all of the above!) and then fill in the sheet (choose from Squares or Squiggles) from top to bottom to deliberately avoid choosing where any color will go.
And then just see what happens! Stay curious, have some fun, find some new favorite color combos. And share the results - I’d love to see them!!! Post to Instagram and tag me and/or hashtag #colormecurious!
Here’s hoping these bring a bit of fun, joy, beauty and play to your literal and metaphorical/metaphysical space!
Just got this pic of Power Color 1: Love Is Real from collector Jessica Bryant Serrett who put it in her master bedroom and it seems like a great day to remember that LOVE IS REAL.
Have a great week everyone!
Erin (@e.ladybird on Insta) has the dreamiest space and I absolutely love this photo she took of it with Color Cloud 10: We’ve Been Here Before framing the scene.
I love that the Color Cloud series works in so many interior styles - mid-century, boho, minimalist & maximalist: it’s a vibe for all spaces & times! #cosmic Thank you Erin for having this piece in your space & your life!!! Pieces from this series are available right here!
New! Kinetic Lines 32: Blush in this dreamy dining area. It’s been a while since I’ve added pieces to the Kinetic Lines series. I love the hard lines/soft vibes in this one.
The Kinetic Lines series is about exploring the intricate and vital interconnectedness of all living things. There are three more new ones - go take a peek! If you need one in your life, Kinetic Lines pieces start at $50 right here. Take care out there! ❤️
Ashley Hosmer - influencer and interior & lifestyle blogger - is continually killin’ it with these setups in her LA apartment. All the items you see in this picture, including Color Cloud 6: Leave It Open, are from women-owned businesses. Into it. Links below to the goodness!
Color Cloud 6: Leave It Open is available right here!
Photo credit Ashley Hosmer via her Insta!
Portland artist/activist/author/legend Lisa Congdon got in touch last summer to say that she was trying to choose a couple of pieces from my Power Color series for her living room (!!!). I just happened to have test prints of all of the pieces in the series on hand, and offered to let her peruse them. She agreed that would help, so I dropped them off at her house (turns out we were living just about 5 minutes apart before we moved from Buckman to Creston-Kenilworth in August!)
A few weeks later, voila! Power Color 2: Your Presence is Required in the Blush to Crimson Colorway (top right) and Power Color 1: Love is Real in the Ivory to Blue Colorway (below right) were hanging in her living room!
Photo credit Lisa Condon/Clay Walsh via Milkshake’s Insta
This photo also features Milkshake, the latest addition to her family and if you’re not already following all of the adorable antics, you need to get over to Milkshke’’s Insta for a mental health boost.
I gotta share this bonus pic too, because this dog and this sweater (from Bauhound) are TOO MUCH CUTENESS TO HANDLE.
Photo credit Lisa Condon/Clay Walsh via Milkshake’s Insta
So honored and thrilled to have wall space in Lisa & her wife Clay’s dreamy home. Thanks Lisa!!!
Happy collector Kayla Watson capturing all the vibes from Color Cloud 6: Leave It Open & Color Cloud 13: It’s Right There For You in her extremely lovely minimalist bedroom.
Thanks for this amazing pic Kayla!!!
About four years ago, I got really serious about taking care of my mental health. Started therapy and dug in. I’m so glad I did! (And yes, I’m still going and it’s still a really important part of my life.)
One thing I learned (and just keep on learning) as I worked to address my mental health is that physical and mental health are 100% interconnected. In case you’re wondering, yes, I had known this before, but I keep conveniently forgetting it because tbh I’d rather live in my mind than in my body. Since that’s not possible….
Taking care of our bodies gives us the energy, power and joy we need to do literally everything else we want to do - and the ability to do those things longer and better and faster.
Okay, so we know this. But why is it so hard to do anything about it? (At least it is for me!)
I consistently find myself on the strugglebus with this, so I’m trying something new as an experiment. Rather than wasting my energy 1) trying to remember what the things are I should be doing everyday to take care of my body, 2) trying to do too many things and getting totally discouraged, and 3) giving up and feeling bad for not doing any of them, I made this visual self-care plan for me, and, if you want it, for you.
These are the five things (just five!) that I already KNOW make me feel way, way better. How do I know? Because when I’ve done them regularly, I felt way, way better. ;)
My hypothesis is that not only will I enjoy looking at this gameplan because it’s purty, I may also respond better to this list of five (again, just five!) things to endeavor to do every day because I have cleverly avoided the words exercise, water, meditation, gratitude and breathing (even though that’s definitely what the five things are) because they’re trigger words that spark eye rolls and guilty feelings for me.
At any rate, I’ll be posting this up in my workspace tomorrow, and we’ll see. Will I beat myself up if I don’t use it? No. Will I work on finding other ways to do these same five things every day if this doesn’t work for me? Yes. We live, we learn.
Click here or on the image below to download your own gameplan and shoot me an email or DM me on Instagram and let me know whether/how it’s working for you!
Greetings from the fake flower aisle at the Dollar Tree! More proof that, as Madonna wisely said, beauty’s where you find it. Also more proof that I am such a freaking sucker for color. Have a colorful day! :)
Hair in a bun, gettin’ things done - that’s a thing people say, right?✌️Studio times today - getting your orders going (🙏) updating the website & just maybe making some clay stuff for funsies.
Nothing like having too much to do to make me want to do more....🙄 Happy Sunday to you, take care out there ❤️
Power Color 3: Everything Intersects in the Burgandy to Red and Blush to Crimson colorways side by side here. I’d love to hang out on this couch. I’d love to hang out on any couch other than my own couch for a while tbh, but we are hard core distancing because, you know, pandemic. And like the title of these pieces, everything intersects and we’re all interconnected so let’s take care of each other. ❤️
Need these in your life as an ongoing reminder of how we all belong to each other while enjoying an energizing boost of color? Pieces start at $50 for unframed 10x10” - head over to see these and the entire Power Color collection. Happy Saturday y’all.
Friends can you even believe this spectacular install?
Honestly I don’t think I had dared to dream a dream where someone would create something this kapow!!! with my work but the extremely awesome Josh Machiz & his BFF artist Tom Smith had a vision for this space in his NYC apartment and they executed the eff out of it. I am absolutely blown away. Thank you Josh & Tom!!!
Need this set for your space? I’ve just added it as a gallery wall bundle in my shop so you can hit the easy button and get it! I’ve named it The Gotham in honor of its origin in New York City :)
Super-cute mini-gallery wall by Studio Llou featuring Kinetic Lines 11 in the lower right corner there! Love the minimalist western vibe!!! Yee haw! ;) 🧡🌵🧡
Kinetic Lines 11 looking good in a black frame in this minimalist western gallery wall!
Another installment of a game I play to amuse myself: matching up my art with wallpaper!
This one is the aptly named Iconic Leopard from Schumacher. I’ve paired it with Color Cloud 6: Leave It Open & Color Cloud 16: You Never Know framed in black.
Got wallpaper & need art? Send me a pic and I’ll make recommendations!
