by mati | Feb 13, 2014 | artist crush, collabs, feast on your life, goodness and gratitude, heros/ people i admire/ artists i love/ friends
If you’re familiar with my dear friend Kelly Rae’s soulful art, you know that she has a gift for translating her heart to the canvas + weaving in words of comfort, grace, and authenticity. Good news for the rest of us: her new e-course teaches us how to do...
by mati | Feb 7, 2014 | artist crush, artist spotlight, heros/ people i admire/ artists i love/ friends
Have you ever tried image transfers? It’s an awesome technique to combine with painting and just on its own! I’m excited to share Courtney Cerruti’s “Playing with Image Transfers” book with you today. It is chock full of great ideas and...
by mati | Oct 18, 2010 | artist crush, heros/ people i admire/ artists i love/ friends, sf love, upcoming show
i’m so excited to spread the word of andrea corrona jenkins’ solo show entitled “built like this” opening this friday at arkay workshop!!i am such a big fan of andrea aka hula and hot damn, it’s about time she had a san francisco show!...
by mati | Jun 15, 2010 | artist crush, heros/ people i admire/ artists i love/ friends
1. it’s really simple really, to paint is to trust to believe in our instincts; to become.2. painting is an investigation of being.4. painting is an act of devotion. a practiced witnessing of the human spirit.5. paintings are about: paint, observation &...
by mati | Dec 15, 2009 | artist crush, inspiration
french artist nathalie lete’s work is so gorgeous… i want to make rugs like her!
by mati | Sep 29, 2009 | artist crush, heros/ people i admire/ artists i love/ friends, my husband hugh's a rockstar
it feels overkill to say this, as it seems so obvious, but i am really really extremely proud and inspired on a daily basis by my husband hugh and his artistic vision. yes, i get annoyed with him for all the typical domestic things like…. leaving every cupboard...
