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I was perusing a blog called lovely clusters and found this great Esty shop called PerlaAnne for cute prints.  What an affordable way to add art to your art collection and supporting talented artists at the same time.  They’re simple yet appealing black and white designs.  Purchase one or multiple designs to create your very own art wall collage.

I’m actually looking for affordable art myself and came across this lovely site, The Poster Cabaret, with a delicious assortment of art posters.  They have styles for every pallet too, which I like as I’m quite picky.  Here are my favorite picks…

I found this beauty under new arrivals, I really like the simplicity of the shapes with the hits of vibrant blue and orange.

Title: The National concert poster
Info: at Massey Hall- Toronto- Jun 8 & 9, 2010
poster measures 18 inches x 24 inches
hand made three color silkscreen print
hand signed & numbered edition of 300
Artist: Doublenaut

I thought this poster would be cute for a kids’ bedroom.  It’s colorful, educational and simply adorable don’t you think!

Title: ABCs print
Info: print measures 19 inches x 25 inches
hand made three color screen print on cream stock
printed on heavy 80lb paper
Artist: Eleanor Grosch (Pushmepullyou Design)

This one is pretty neat for a concert poster, a lovely silhouette with an intersecting building as the backdrop. 

Title: Dave Matthews Band concert poster
Info: Antwerp, Belgium- Jan 3, 2010
hand made 3 color screen print
poster measures 18 inches x 24 inches
numbered edition of 400
Artist: Mark McDevitt (Methane Studios)

There are so many more options, I would recommend checking out their website The Poster Cabaret.

{Image Credit: The Poster Cabaret and the respective artists mentioned below each poster}

I can’t remember how I found this artist online, but I saved a link to Rex Ray’s book and looked further and found a talented artist. This is really my style of art, I have a hard time finding exactly what type of art I do like and I’m so tickled pink to have found this artist.

Check out his biography I found on his website, it’s pretty impressive!

Rex Ray is a San Francisco based fine artist, whose collages, paintings and design work have been exhibited at galleries and museums, including the The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, University Art Museum in Berkeley, San Jose Museum of Modern Art, The Crocker Museum in Sacramento, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Cheryl Haines Gallery, Gallery 16, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.

He is also a celebrated graphic designer. He has created work for Apple, Dreamworks, Sony Music, Warner Brothers, City Lights Publishers, Matador Records, Serpent’s Tail, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Rizzoli, Powerhouse, Mute Records and Crown Books. His package designs for David Bowie, as well as for Joe Satriani, Diamanda Galás, Matmos, and Deee-Lite, have earned him an international reputation for his innovation in type and with original photographs, drawings, and collage. He has designed over 100 historic Bill Graham Presents rock and roll tour posters, including ones for The Rolling Stones, Patti Smith, REM, Bjork, U2, and Radiohead.   

Video

I found this video where Rex Ray explains how he started and glimpses into his process.

Book

I can’t wait to get my hands on his book Rex Ray: Art + Design and peruse slowly page by page the beautiful artwork.

Book Description: Rex Ray’s highly collectible artwork is coveted in design as well as art circles. His color-bursting, curvaceous art graces the walls of high-design hotels, world-class museums, and hip restaurants, yet remains, as acclaimed author Douglas Coupland puts it in his foreword, ‘unslick, but superslick at the same time.’ Abstract and handcrafted, with a retro-futuristic mid-century feel, Rex Ray’s meditations on fluid forms are a rare combination of sophistication and decorative appeal. The first monograph to survey his multi-faceted work in various media including paper cutouts, mixed-media collages, paintings, digital prints, and the highly admired graphic design and music packaging that launched his visual career Rex Ray is a veritable trove of his sleek yet playful aesthetic.

And this is just the beginning… there is so much more to explore… Read the rest of this entry »