Word Ways

Ben Shahn

Beautiful Angles

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Louise Bourgeois

Hello long-lost friend. Holiday trips home, gift makings, and a overly utilized library card have been keeping this tucked neatly and quietly in cyberland for months. Now reposting begins and it only seems appropriate to share what I have lately been devouring courtesy of oversized art book selection at the Portland Library. Text as or in art has some unexplainable ability to make my heart melt.

On Hands

" I am not what I am. I am what I do with my hands." - Lousie Bourgeois

||Lousie Bourgeois portrait||

||Lousie Bourgeois, 10 AM is when you come to me (2007)||

||Art Machine graphic||

||Bjorn Johansson's typeface||

||via Sabino||

||via Fuck Yeah, Tattoos||

||Roger Ballen||

My hand obsession has been exponentially growing over the course of the past six months. I have been working on a lot of embroidery lately and the unconscious routine of the hand amazes me. Delicate, skilled, and active. These are some collections I've gathered to wet the palette and feed the soul. Words also cannot describe my heart swells for Lousie Bourgeois and her work.

Valerie Pensworth | Portland Artist

Folk Innuendo

It's Good to Sea You

Valley of Daydreams

Portland is a city with all sorts of creative talent. Being here only two weeks, I know I have barely scraped the surface of everything creative the city has to offer; however, I have found some really great gems already. Hanging on the walls of Stumptown Coffee yesterday I noticed this Portland artist - Valerie Pensworth. Her ink and acrylic drawings are magical daydreams of giant women, awkward encounters, and victorian style portraits. Check out more of her work (and a sincere video of her talking about her work), plus her personal blog here.