Get to know Daniella the artist behind Pressed and the lady who teaches our Pressed Flower Framing Workshop!
Meghan Bustard is a Vancouver-based mixed-media painter who lights up a room with her smile and her talent. I sat down with Meghan in her studio to ask her about her art, her home and everything in between.
Answering your Instagram questions one week at a time. This week I'm tackling the question from a user, "How do you get inspiration for all your piece?" Learn about what inspires my works and how collection pieces differ from custom commissions. Leave your own question or comment on the blog!
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After one of the quickest feeling years of my life, Jesús and I ended 2018 by continuing a tradition that began only one year ago. For the second time, we spent the final days of our year - you know, that awkward-feeling span of time between Christmas and New Year’s - in a place far away from home,
Get to know Daniella the artist behind Pressed and the lady who teaches our Pressed Flower Framing Workshop!
20 Artworks by Iryna Yermolova, Saatchi Art Artist
Larisa Aukon joined Mirada Fine Art in late 2013, and every painting she sends our way simply blows us away! Larisa Aukon at Mirada Fine Art, Summer Snow, Oil on Panel, 20" x 16" Latvian-born artist Larisa Aukon experienced a life-changing moment about fifteen years ago, shortly after immigrating to the U.S. With a bag of rolled-up canvases and a $100 bill in her pocket, she arrived in Arizona, and shortly thereafter found herself alone on a hilltop, gazing at seemingly endless landscape, immersed in ‘an explosion of color’. Thus began Larisa’s love affair with the American Southwest, and her passion to express the ‘inner pulse of feeling’ that underlies everything we view. This passion now emanates from her natural and urban landscapes. Larisa Aukon at Mirada Fine Art, Inlay, Oil on Canvas, 46" x 58" An only child, Larisa spent long winters in Riga, Latvia, sketching the countryside her family occasionally visited. Her parents submitted an application for Larisa to the prestigious Janis Rosenthal Art School. After weeks of exams in both art and academics, she was chosen from hundreds of applicants as one of a handful of children accepted. Through her teen years, she attended 20 hours of art classes a week, in addition to rigorous academic classes. Larisa went on to earn a master’s degree from the Latvian State Academy of Fine Arts. After a series of art-related jobs in Riga, she knew it was time to move on. “I was like a dandelion,” she laughs, “blown to the United States.” Larisa Aukon at Mirada Fine Art, Narrow Street, Oil on Panel, 36" x 24" Ms. Aukon’s extensive education and inborn talent allow her to create masterfully-mixed and layered palettes, supported by a framework of balanced compositions. Bold strokes of color capture changing hues of natural light. Layers of paint create depth and brilliance, a hallmark of her work. She is compelled to translate onto canvas the current of emotion she feels. “I search for a perfect moment when inspiration and technique fall perfectly into place. Then I paint voraciously, as if time is running out on me.” Larisa Aukon at Mirada Fine Art, Overnight, Oil on Panel, 16" x 20" Larisa’s work is held in private and corporate collections throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. Her art is a frequent subject of glowing articles in magazines such as Southwest Art, American Art Collector and Cowboys and Indians. Larisa Aukon at Mirada Fine Art Larisa Aukon at Mirada Fine Art, The Forgotten End, Oil on Linen, 30" x 30" Larisa Aukon at Mirada Fine Art, Morning Latte, Oil on Linen, 18" x 24"
Artist Emma Currie shares her Thornbury home studio, and her process behind making her disticntive paintings that are both abstracted and figurative.
Klaire was so easy going and fun to chat with I immediately felt comfortable with her. She captured my space and my process in such a lovely way, I can't thank you enough Klaire for these gorgeous photos, they are such a bright spot! Check out Klaire Dixius Photography!
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Interior designer Kevin Dumais and his husband, lighting designer Charlie Dumais, began making lamps as a hobby. Now, the couple has a full-blown studio and e-commerce brand: Dumais Made. Inspired by vintage pottery, new plug-in sconces and floor and table lamps with textured finishes—one achieved using an old ravioli pin, another imprinted with a waffled effect via a Danish cookie roller—were developed during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order.
