While surfing on internet this morning, I found this inspiring & colourful Urban Art from artist Michael Tompsett. I hope you're inspired! This is a repost of my blogpost of 05-02-2015.
Marilyn - Urban Art by Michael Tompsett
London Big Ben - Urban Art by Michael Tompsett
New York Skyline - Urban Art by Michael Tompsett
Statue of Liberty - Urban Art by Michael Tompsett
Leaning Tower of Pisa - Urban Art by Michael Tompsett
More about the artist
Art and design has interested Michael since an early age, so much so that art class was the one lesson at school he genuinely looked forward to every week. After school and university he had the fortune to be able continue his passion, working as a senior designer at Conde Nast Publications in London. After an exhilarating 12 years he bid farewell to his job and England and moved a couple of thousand miles south to Spain. He now dedicates himself full time to his artistic pursuits in the tranquil and idyllic surroundings of a Mediterranean coastal village. For more information, see the enclosed link below.
Vogue revealed a list with the most-viewed men’s fashionshows of Spring/Summer 2024. The fashion house Louis Vuitton was number 1 on this list. They did do a great job again! Of course I could not resist to share some inspiring photos with you of this show. I will post 2 blogs, this is Part 2. Be Inspired ......... Thank you for reading this blogpost. Sources: VOGUE 01 and VOGUE 02 Photos: courtesy of Louis Vuitton
As interiorblogger I am
always looking for interesting color palettes which I can use for decorating
rooms and to inspire my weblog readers. Below you will find the color palette
'Italian Tones'. Be inspired by this lovely color palette ....... I wrote MORE BLOGS about color
palettes. Thank you for reading this blogpost. Source:Design Seeds For more photos, see also my Pinterest moodboard"Color
Palettes"
While surfing today on internet I saw these inviting daydream outdoor furniture from the brand Dedon. Love this elegant design! I guess it will be a real eyecatcher on your terrace. I wrote earlier more blogs about Dedon, see HERE
DEDON, an inspiring company
Dedon is an international brand that creates high-end woven furniture using a sophisticated synthetic fiber, weather-resistant and aesthetically refined. They say ..... they always choose for quality.
It began in 1990 when Bobby Dekeyser founded Dedon while starting with the creation of an innovative weatherproof synthetic fiber. The company set out to create a new kind of woven outdoor furniture, one that combined modern technology with luxurious hand-craftsmanship. A search for the world’s best weavers led Dedon to Cebu Island in the Philippines. While the early years were marked by trial and error, the uniqueness of the product, the artistry of the weaving and the company’s obsession with quality set Dedon apart from the beginning.
FROM A PIONEERING VISION TO A PIONEERING GLOBAL BRAND
Having revolutionized the outdoor furniture business, Dedon continues to set the standard for quality, artistry, innovation & design. Today, Dedon is represented in more than 80 countries on six continents.
Be inspired by this collection from Kate Spade New York Resort 2023. What a delightful and fresh collection full with sunny colors. Thank you for reading this blogpost. Source: VOGUE Photos: courtesy of Kate Spade New York
While surfing on internet I saw this interesting Pre-Fall collection from Proenza Schouler for their season 2023. Be Inspired ....... Thank you for reading this blogpost. Source: VOGUE Photos: courtesy of Proenza Schouler
As interiorblogger I am
always looking for interesting color palettes which I can use for decorating
rooms and to inspire my weblog readers. Below you will find the color palette
'Color Spring'. Be inspired by this lovely color palette ....... I wrote MORE BLOGS about color
palettes. Thank you for reading this blogpost. Source:Design Seeds For more photos, see also my Pinterest moodboard"Color
Palettes"
Longtime readers know how much I love art. Today I would like to show you artwork of the Russian painter named Vladimir Volegov. I am a huge fan of this work. He is such a very talented painter with a great and natural feeling for expressing beauty, elegance, purity and brightness in his painting. This is real craftsmanship on a very high level! I could not resist to show work of him on my weblog.Be Inspired ....... Earlier I wrote MORE BLOGS about this inspiring artist.
More about the artist
Vladimir was born in the city of Khabarovsk, on December 19, 1957. When he was two years old, his mother abandoned his father, took her son and moved to Sverdlovsk (formerly, Yekaterinburg). From then on, the family had often relocated from one place to another. The mother wanted Vladimir to become a doctor, but he had a strongly pronounced desire to paint. He was remarkably diligent and observant. While at school, his teachers often asked him to help create visual aids, and he earned his first money for drawing the slogan Long Live the First of May! when he was 13.
At the age of 14, he started to paint 3 m cinema posters, which later often added something special to the youth parties. In the city of Krivoi Rog, Vladimir entered an arts school, and during his time there, he discovered the art of many classical painters. The works by Ilya Repin and Valentin Serov had a particular effect on him.
In 1980, he entered the School of Graphics at Lvov Institute of Printing Art. At the entrance exam, he painted an illustration to the novel The Young Guard. The Admission Committee, having seen Vladimir’s work, unanimously made a decision about his admission, even though his Literature and the History of CPSU exam results were far from brilliant.
In 1982, in Krivoi Rog, Vladimir became the head of SPLAV artistic association. In 1986, he often visited Moscow, participated in international poster exhibitions, and in one of such contests, he won the first prize. In those very days, he visited the exhibition of Andreas Zorn’s works, which had a significant influence on him.
In 1988, he moved to Moscow in order to achieve his artistic potential. He started with painting portraits in Arbat, while at the same time he was looking for work. That was when his first contacts with publishing houses, advertising and record companies were established. They willingly employed him. With the emergence and development of digital technologies, Vladimir learned computer painting. He painted posters, covers for vinyl and CD albums, worked with advertising agencies for periodicals and street posters advertising. Throughout all that time, he never ceased to paint. The confused and hectic years of 1990 – 2000 were full of commercial orders, comic books, making sketches for promotional items. In order to survive, Vladimir accepted all the offers that came along.
In 1990, Vladimir started travelling to Europe, earning his living by painting portraits in the streets of Barcelona, Berlin, Vienna and other European cities. For 10 years, he participated in the Summer Portrait project in the Austrian town of Wels. Having seen his works on the vinyl and CD album covers he made for show business projects, Russian show business celebrities started making orders for painted portraits.
In 1992, during his summer work as a contracted painter in the park of Gardaland (Italy), in one of the local markets, he purchased a book with Giovanni Boldini’s pictorial reproductions, which impressed, amazed and inspired Vladimir.
When he saw the impressionists’ originals in the Musée d'Orsay, he started to spend more time on painting and never stopped working. At the beginning of 2000, Vladimir created a web page with his commercial and artistic works. It was through that page, that his art manager found him, and in 2004, Vladimir signed a long-term contract with Soho Editions, NY, USA. Vladimir discovered the names of John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, adopted the style of romantic realism and started to paint in that manner.
After seven years of marriage, in 2006, Vladimir and his wife, Ekaterina, moved to Spain. And in that same year, their son Anton was born. In 2007, he started his successful cooperation with Galeries Bartoux in France as well as with art galleries in the USA, Italy and Sweden.
In 2011, while Vladimir was working on a 3D project, an idea of creating 3D dolls dawned on him. He set up web page and took part in the exhibitions in Paris (Doll Expo 2012), in Barcelona (Doll Show 2012), in New York (Art Expo New York 2012), in which both his paintings and dolls were a tremendous success. Vladimir worked on the inflow of private orders for portraits while simultaneously pursuing his artistic endeavours, the main theme of which was depicting women and children. Besides, Vladimir created videos dedicated to the process of painting creation, and has composed music to them.
Since 2015, Vladimir has started to conduct video tutorials in figurative oil painting and, after his followers’ persistent requests, he has created a tutorial DVD. You can find more work of Vladimir on You Tube: Golden Day, 100x73, detail.
Thank you for reading this blogpost.
Sources: VOLEGOV, GOOGLE and YOU TUBE Note: these photos have been placed with approval of the artist.
Would like to show you this colorful menswear collection from Louis Vuitton for their season Fall/Winter 2023, seen at Paris Fashion Week. I hope you're inspired! Thank you for reading this blogpost. Source: VOGUE Photos: courtesy of Louis Vuitton
Marilyn - Urban Art by Michael Tompsett
