Inspiration

I am inspired by Jaymee Laws. Pop culture references, lovely portraits, and powerful quotes combine in her bright, colorful, illustrations.

I'm in awe of Travis Bedel collages -- breathtaking images using, in his own words, "anatomical, zoological, and botanical amalgamation".

I decided to perform my own actions for the first 100 days of the president's term.

Sally Nixon draws women and the spaces that they live in. Woman that look like my friends doing normal everyday things. Her diverse woman are watching TV, taking showers, eating chips. Her rooms look as if they someone has just walked out of frame and left their jeans, their dog, and Dolly Parton on the record player. Definitely click over to her site to see them all!

The Book of Memory Gaps by Cecilia Ruiz is a beautifully illustrated series of short tales featuring characters that have different types of memory loss. Thoughtful, beautiful and poetic, the words

The fact that Kylli Sparre is an ex-dancer should come as no surprise when you look at her graceful, fluid self portraits. Her images remind me of fairy tales and daydreams.

Cig Harvey's series Gardening at Night is breathtaking. I love the quiet beauty she creates in her photographs of her friends and family. The remind me of fairy tales that never existed, forgotten dreams, and children's flights of fancy.

Luce Lebart finds the beauty in decay in her book, Mold is Beautiful. A found box of plates that were covered in mold became the inspiration for this beautiful body of work.

I'm in love with these delicate images of organs composed of flowers by Camila Carlow. Kidneys made of moss and tendrils and a heart that could pass as a bridal bouquet.

Daisy Mojave Holland creates a quirky, individual, feminist group of characters with her funny and smart illustrations. Each one being themself without apologies, I love her women -- I want all of them for my friends!