artist love

I know it's been a while (yet again) but I really wanted to share this artist's etsy shop. I just came across it and I really love his prints.

The shop name is Elgarbo Art and the photographer is Michael Garbutt who is based out of Sydney, Australia. He has an incredible array of the most beautiful vintage-style art prints (I read in his profile that he digitally ages his photos to create this effect). Here are a few that I particularly love:

Highway Surf Patrol

Ballooning

Melody

Beach Wagon

Wouldn't these look amazing hung together in a room?! (My room :)

artist love

This week: Sharon Montrose of The Animal Print Shop.

Her photos are so incredible, they actually made me tear up. I know I generally have a bit of a ridiculous soft spot for animals, but there is just something in the way she is able to capture their eyes and their movement, it is really just breathtaking. I would love to create a mini-gallery wall with a grouping of her prints. These are just a few that I have fallen in love with.

Giraffe Close-up

Nubian Goat No. 2

Donkey Ears

Baby Fox

Baby Kangaroo No. 1

Baby Raccoon No. 1

White Goose No. 3

  {I first saw her work in this post from A Cup of Jo}

wise words of the week

Due to my absence for the past little while, I am sort of rolling some artist love into the wise words this week. I found these three prints on Daisy Janie, and I love the quotes as much as I love the colours and the
beautiful fabric they're printed on.

"Why push the envelope when you can shove it the hell through?"

  

"Make time don't kill time"

"Talent may start it but attitude will finish it"

{All images from Daisy Janie}

artist love

This week's artist is amber alexander.

First of all, I have to take a moment to say, wholeheartedly: Thank you Dooce! I am SO thrilled to have been led to this incredibly talented artist's etsy shop. I saw these two prints on Dooce back in April, and the rest, as they say, is history. At this point I think I've said enough, I will let her amazing work speak for itself.

I. love. her. I want to buy every single one of these prints. And maybe I will do just that.

artist love - roz

For my second edition of artist love, I am pleased to present - Roz.

I first saw this talented artist's work (a.k.a. Rosilyn Young) at one of my favourite breakfast places ever, in Kingston, Ontario. {Pan Chancho, if you were wondering... I highly recommend stopping by, whether it be to indulge in my personal favourite, the Weekender - I can't ever seem to order anything else - or to pick up one of their delicious to-go foods from the front shop, it is well worth it.} She refers to her style as "whimsical fine art" and I don't think it could be more accurate. I have fallen in love with the personality she gives to everything she paints; the roosters, cows, bees... it is impossible not to love them.

Cow #191

Cow #293

Bee #124

It is just incredible, what she is able to convey through these creatures. I highly recommend that you check out her website where you can order prints as well as original paintings, or visit her etsy shop.

artist love

Every week on maison d'hibou, I will be featuring a different artist whose work I have somehow come across, and fallen in love with. It could be anyone at all, from Van Gogh, to a new Etsy discovery, and everyone in between. I have a passion for collecting art and finding new inspiration, and I am so excited to share this with you every week!

Although it's only the first edition of artist love... I have to ask a favour:

I am desperately seeking Susan a print of this George Grosz painting; Matrose Im Nachtlokal. It is one of my mother's favourites, and I would love to get her a framed print as a {most likely somewhat belated} mother's day gift. The thing is, I can't believe how difficult it is to find one. If there are any art experts out there who have any unusual suggestions for me, I would really love to hear from you.