A new month, and unusually warm weather, yet dreaming of the breathtakingly stunning Canadian Rockies in Alberta, in all their incredible beauty, a world of nostalgic landscapes, lovely white yukons and a dog sledding team, photographed by a friend lindsay rosset, who has perfectly captured her family’s pretty horses, including the newest addition, handsome ozzy, on what quite possible may be the most beautiful morning walk ever, in the plantation among the tallest trees, evergreens and pretty fallen snow of Manitoba.

Wishing you a beautiful february, filled with love. xo

{images: photography by lindsay rosset}

Beautiful, bold contrast and strong but romantically delicate brushstrokes – incredibly mesmerized by the enchanting paintings of san-fransisco based Clare Elsaesser, who transforms gentle sinuous figures into remarkable works of art.

Using acrylic on wood panels, Clare creates impossibly passionate portraits that evoke a sweet sense of mystery and nostalgia, introducing wonderful layers and dimensions to her paintings – perfect lines, highlights, shading and texture, in a pretty palette of olivine greens, turquoise, glaucous, charcoal, ivory and honeydew.

{p.s} visit Clare’s etsy shop for a lovely selection of paintings

{images: tastes orangey}

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Have fallen for the playfully delicate and charming watercolor illustrations of uk-based clare owen, so lovely in gilded frames stylishly adorning dressing room walls or perfectly hanging in the bedroom.

{p.s} visit clare’s shop for a selection of lovely prints

{images: clare owen illustration}

Tina Steele Lindsey, Atlanta-based artist with a focus on realism and abstraction, paints to the sweet music of the violin in the background, which greatly influences the beautiful soft palette of her work and light brushstrokes – blushing rose, teal, mustard, lemon chiffon and mint – evoke the sense of morning light and dusky sunsets, using walnut oil and acrylics that would look so wonderful against white living room walls.

{images: tina steele lindsey}

Upon researching for the first graduate school assignment, happily encountered the exquisite and ethereal work of australian-based designer and paper artist bianca chang, who perfectly transforms post consumer waste recycled paper into beautiful 3 dimensional letterforms by hand-plotting and cutting, and documenting the way each piece unfolds through an inspiring stop-motion animation.

{stop-motion animations: bianca chang; images: jacob ring}