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Frank Gonzales Paintings

We love these paintings of birds that incorporate a somewhat digital deconstruction. With a modern, pixelated take on romantic and beautiful images, we'd love to hang one of these on our wall....

Inspiration: Thomas Doyle

It is Art, Craft and Collections Month here at Apartment Therapy, and we've been waiting for the chance to feature the amazing works of Thomas Doyle. Terrariums have been all the rage in the home des...

Chalkboard Doors as Art

We have seen many creative ways on how to use chalk paint to decorate your house, but we really like the idea of the chalkboard painted doors and used as art. The scale of this piece is what makes the...

Amy Ruppel's State Animal Series

Amy Ruppel, a Portland based artist, recently released a new series of state animals paintings. We previously posted about her State Birds Series. Quite a few of her paintings have sold already, but t...

Plywerk Photo Mounting

Tacking art to the wall is sloppy (not to mention it can destroy the work), cheap frames generally look cheap (sad but true), and custom framing is, well, expensive. Aside from that there aren't a ton...

More Artwork in Front of Bookshelves

It's been a while since we took a look at framed art placed on bookshelves, and we wanted to get your opinion on the concept. If you have the (enviable) problem of having too many bookcases and not en...

Tugboat Prints at Renegade Craft Fair

This past weekend's Renegade Craft Fair offered plenty of eye candy - some from old favorites, others from artists that were new to us. Of the latter, Tugboat Printshop stood out as one of our favorit...

The Gallery: Prints and Paintings by Jenn Ski

There are many aspects of art that move us, but we find that use of color is one of the first things we really respond to when looking at a piece. It goes as no surprise then that we are so taken with...

Mike Sinclair Print at 20x200

Fourth of July #2, Independence, MissouriIn San Francisco, Fourth of July and fireworks usually go together like oil and vinegar - they just don't mix. That's not for trying, of course, but most of th...

Etsy Find: Artwork by Sooooound

Reflection, 8.5" x 8.5" printThe mix of cool tones and misty layers in this archival print seems quite fitting to feature on an overcast San Francisco day like today......

Fun & Playful: Sarah Applebaum's Art

We have seen Sarah's art before in one of our house tours. This time around we explored her portfolio in much more detail. We collect vintage blankets for their fun designs and unusual color combinat...

Custom Paper Cuts from Julene

We love that inexpensive, versatile, and readily available paper has become the new medium of choice for so many talented artists, including our new fave Julene Harrison. Her amazingly detailed works ...

Inspiration: Twitter on Paper

As notorious "keepers of scraps of paper" who have been known to frame seemingly worthless doodles, quotes and images, we took to this new site immediately. An interesting take on the Twitter trend, t...

Inspiration: Books as Art

When it comes to books, there seem to be two types of people: those who would "destroy" one to repurpose it, and those who consider destruction of a book sacrilegious. For the former, there have been ...

Pottery Barn Frame Risers

Flipping through a recent PB catalog our interest was piqued by a product that we had somehow missed before. Of course we've seen these giant clusters of frames all over the place, and have even notic...

New Print from Ork Posters

Ork Posters' city neighborhood prints took the blogging world by storm when they came out about a year ago. Now they're branching out a bit with this new "Gotta Have Heart" print, available in shades ...

Look!: (Really) Small Space Living

As champions of living small, we're always on the lookout for exemplary models of diminutive homes. So imagine our glee when we saw this little spot in the Mission......

Color Study Quilts by Dainty Time

Search for modern quilts and your likely to have to wade through mountains of ultra-traditional styles before you come up with anything that looks remotely fresh. That's why we've always got our eyes ...

The Gallery: Sita Rupe Paintings

click thumbnails for larger picsPhotographer Sita Rupe originally started painting as a hobby, but as her style of combining silk-screened images with acrylic, wood and resin evolved, so did her one-...

Artwork and Prints from Hello There Friend

click thumbnails for larger pics Last weekend's Indie Mart had a bunch of talented crafters and artists on hand that were new to us, including Maria Puopolo of Hello There Friend. We loved her artwor...

Etsy Find: Crafterall's Wall Topos

We came across these one-of-a-kind topographic pieces and were instantly drawn to them. Upon further inspection, these one-of-a-kind, hand-cut pieces are at once beautiful and inspired. The land and t...

Posters and Prints by PCP

We're loving the sweet fantastical worlds created by artist PCP, aka Heisuke Kitazawa. The intricacies in each piece could keep our rapt attention for days. More images after the jump......

Look!: Magazine Clippings from Mood Board to Art

There are a lot of things to love about the home office featured in Jeanine's Smooth and Soulful house tour, but we like the simple idea shown here in particular......

Literary Prints by Isuwannee

We first found out about Jamie Meares via this article, and had to check out her blog, Isuwannee (because anyone who buys up to three copies of Domino a month is someone we want to know). We were happ...

Amy Ruppel at Zinc Details

We stopped by Zinc Details the other day and were so pleasantly surprised at all the artwork on the walls - it was fantastic! Turns out that in addition to providing a great selection of modern furnit...