STYLE SKINNY: Art

La Shoesie - Holiday Gifts for The Shoe Fiends

If you're like me, One of a Kind's are your thing. I love speciality gifts, trinkets, and the sorts, and generally check out places like Etsy, weekly for interesting finds. So anyway, yesterday I was talking to a friend and came to realize that she was a master at combining two of my favorite things (shoes & artwork!)to form a specialty piece that would be perfect for anyone's holiday gift giving.

Check out La Shoesies. The creator makes a replica of your favorite shoe (Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, Sam Edelman etc.) with the letters from your name. These amazing personalized pieces are delivered beautifully framed, boxed, and ready to be wrapped up and gifted. Although shoes are her speciality, she has also made pieces for baby gifts and even a few styles for the animal lovers. Check out the photos below and if you would like to order one go HERE. If you cannot access the link, shoot me an email :) Time is running out for the November promotion...BUY ONE..GET ONE 50% off! xo-SBG

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Weekend Gauguin

Here are a few works from Post-Impressionist artist Paul Gauguin, to get your weekend going. Hope you're inspired by the bright colors. :) -SBG

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The Geffen Contemporary at Moca for the Art in the Streets Graffiti exhibit!

I have to say, I wasn't all that excited to take my latest week long work trip to LA... mainly, because as I've stated... it was a work trip. Not that I mind working at all, in fact Im one of the rare folks that actually do like it, yet being in such a beautiful state...palm trees everywhere... I wanted to bust out of each meeting with urgency! Not even continual bottles of water, coffee, and batches of baked oatmeal cookies could make me disinterested in the wonderful world of LA! The Hollywood hills were calling me!

... But such changed when I and my team were given the opportunity to take a planned tour of one of the Geffen museum sites. In a rugged almost dirty location sat a raw yet peaceful building, housing works from some of THEE most talented and amazing artists of our time. ...and huddled into a sweet little corner were the works of the great Lady Pink. Now, if you were a former viewer of my personal blog (back in the day), "thatskinnybrowngirl2.blogspot.com" You'll remember when I was in my grafitti days. I discovered Lady Pink and 5 minutes later I purchased my first pack of markers and simultaneously drove home while attempting to quickly develop a TAG. Needless to say, Although I pride myself in being a pretty nifty graphic designer, I lack pretty much all skills in the art of grafitti. That however doesn't stop me from indulging in the crazy pen strokes of others, and sokeing up each feeling and thought from marker to paper. This exhibit was WILD. Check out my photos below, and if you ever get a chance, check it out. xo-SBG

Posted at 03:51 PM in Art, Cool Shoots, Culture, Prints and other 'graphically appealing' pieces., the STREETS | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Cassette Tape Art, & Other Cool Pieces...

I found these oh-so-interesting works of art on my girl Tasha's blog which I tend to visit on the regular for a little graphic/art inspiration. The below works by Erika Iris Simmons, are made of everything from 8mm film reels, reel to reel tape, cassette tape, and even baseballs ... all mounted on canvas. Many of her pieces have been shown internationally and are now on display at Hermes in Vienna, MD. Read more, HERE. -SBG