View from the Exterior

I just received my "View from the Exterior" print from Fieldguided. It is something we both like...now to find the perfect place for it..

Have a good day you guys.

Art: Aidan Koch

i like this aidan koch fellow..
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Oliver Voss statue

Did you see this crazy statue created by Oliver Voss in in Hamburg (Alster lake)? I've wanted to go there for awhile for a hamburger but now...I need to see this statue. forget ancient cathedrals and such, things like this is why I travel..

Beautiful.

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Debbie Carlos

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Do you know what I did? I went and won a debbie carlos giveaway over at Live & Enliven - and I won that poster up there!! And it has arrived! And I'm geekily excited about this magnificent thing and I'm keeping it safe and protected until I can hang it up in my new flat - it has upped the moving excitement x10. I'm easy to please. I'm more than likely going to get another one, too, I just have to check out the wall space and decide! That's all - just wanted to share :)

Gerhard Richter

"These blurred paintings of photographs are close to reality but also contain a nostalgic distance, because the eye can never precisely capture the image being viewed, rather like trying to remember the features of a person whom one hasn't seen for a while." (source)

I've never been one to claim a favorite artist but as silly as it sounds, my world might have just shifted a little with the discovery of photo-based painter, Gerard Richter (thank you to nga waiata). Born in Dresden in 1932 he grew up during the Nazi movement with significant family involvement on both sides of the tragedy.  Thanks to his mother he was encouraged to study art and the rest is beautiful history. (You can read more of his interesting biography here) He has such a wide variety of work and my only disappointment is that some of his pieces been sold for millions, ensuring that I'll never get to own one =(

The top left painting is of the Vierwaldstättersee (The lake of the 4 forested cantons or Lake Luzern), the lake that I live on - and the left is of the beautiful alps. sigh. It attracts me because I live there, but also, it reminded similar-ish pictures that I've taken.

Anyway, I'm completely enamored.

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Moleskin Art

So some artists actually drew/painted these...in a moleskin. Impressive! I think it would annoy me that it was trying to close all the time, know what I mean? You can see a lot more examples here

Well now, I'm off to run some errands around rainy Luzern (which is beautiful). We are apartment searching (we live outside of the city now) which is turning out to be more like an olympic sport. It's very competitive and you have to be ready! And aggressive! And prepared! (all while not speaking fluent german!)


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Friday Fancies

Why not join in on a little what I'm fancying on Friday, yah?

 Art by Eric Hurtgen

Imperfect gold nugget necklace by Upper Metal Class

the perfect weekend jacket.

a laptop skin.
get it, wood chucks :)

these shoes.

and this pretty song.

I hope you guys having an amazing weekend. I'll be heading to Luzern tonight to rendevous with some friends and then to Zurich for a Band of Horses concert on Saturday! Your plans?   

P.S. Friday Fancies brought to you by {AV} an Long Distance Loving

 

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Nocturnal

{Teresita Fernández. Nocturnal (Star fall), graphite on panel, 2010}

Please be in my house on my wall now!

Jungkunst Exhibit

A couple weekends ago, Mark, Bama and I visited an art exhibition that is put on to showcase the artwork of young artists in Switzerland. (Jungkunst) It gives them a platform to sell their work as well as a relaxed atmosphere and affordable prices for people who are interested in purchasing their first pieces. I was in love with the venue - the top floor of huge industrial building with tons of natural light, huge windows - and random pipes, you know what I mean! It was cool!

I don't think Bama felt the same..
(I really want to to invest in a cool piece of art, have you ever done so? I haven't quite been able to part with that much money yet. One of these days...)

My eyes like.

This gorgeous photo taken in Venice by Kristina, one of my Swiss blog friends=) This picture mesmerizes me and I can't wait to get to Venice. (You can see more on her site)

This fun print from Mystery Moor's Etsy shop

In the Woods Illustration

And this In the Woods Illustration appeals to my relaxed fall nature (from, Late Night Drawing).
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P.S. How do you feel about me having a CSN giveaway?
P.S.S. Sabrina is having a giveaway of one of her hand-made journals! Go here to enter

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Poolga

Snow Owl by Nate Duval / Landscape by Paul Isabella 

Big Camera by Raul Ferris / Spring has Come by Elena Giavaldi

Did you know...that there is a website called Poolga where you can download free artsy wallpapers for your iPhones and other i-gadgets? Yep, I just spent about 40 minutes flipping through and downloading some great ones like the ones above! (Beware: time vacuum)
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Studio M.M.E

I was so excited to have ran across the Studio M.M.E. blog - where artist Megan M. Eckman writes as well as showcases and discusses some of her art which she sells in her Etsy Shop.  There is something about this Ghost Fish print that had me stalking her blog and waiting for her to finish it so that I could buy it right up.  It's so unique and ghost-like - There is just something about it that I love!

She was reminiscing about that game at the fair - where you throw the ping pong balls in to the fish bowls, remember? It was my favorite and when I was in HS I won a fish (a.k.a rescued it) that lived for something crazy like 3 years...it grew really huge too and for it being a fish, I kind of loved it a lot =)

Here are some of her other items that I liked!

Update! I just saw that For the Easily Distracted featured Studio M.M.E today also AND is doing a give away where you can select one of her pieces! Check it out!