stephanie congdon barnes

"you can have the life you want" inspired me to feature stephanie congdon barnes today. i love that she loves that quote. so inspiring. check her etsy here. these are pics from her blog - happy fourth of july everybody!

colin blakely

today's 20x200 photograph is very happy birthday america so i'm gonna go ahead and feature colin blakely, an artist prone to wordy titling. these pictures are from a collection called the histories beneath. i love how these bare walls look- gutted, exposed.

shaun o'dell

bay area artist shaun o'dell was introduced to me by my friend mr. regular fit. you might know him from the underground dj circuit in sf. he spins a lot of house, is 7 feet tall with red hair & green eyes and puts on a fantastic show. here are some of my o'dell favorites.

justus roe

i spent last friday night in andersonville ... we ordered pizza from great lake (phenomenal) and we picked up some wine from in fine spirits. on the walls we saw justus roe - in fact the top image is what caught my eye initially. but perhaps even better than the paintings themselves are their titles. my favorites include cartoon candyland, urban tumbleweed, gentriphied, and of course, ice crunk.

jason karolak

a friend introduced me to jason karolak who's in a new exhibit called paper love. you can check it out at devening projects & editions june 29 - aug 8. as the days go on i'm sure you'll see me covering some of the artists from the show. these images remind me of ellsworth kelly. karolak also does some cool b & w line drawings- and coincidentally he may or may not be obsessed with tornados.

matthew rose

collage by matthew rose from an exhibit called spelling with scissors found via keep calm.

bert teunissen

domestic landscapes by bert teunissen found via 20x200.

alec strang

found illustrator alec strang via the concrete hermit ... makes me miss the mission real bad. give me a large phil's and some skinny jeans please.

betsy walton

found portland artist betsy walton via the shiny squirrel. shop betsy walton here. some of betsy's favorite artists include joseph cornell, ellsworth kelly, margaret kilgallen. loves.

kari byron

san francisco artist (and mythbusters girl friday) kari byron makes these sweet but slightly dilapidated-looking marionette-type sculptures. totally rad.