Saw the photography of Neeta Madahar and just had to post. Loved the feeling of her Falling series… images of spinning maple seeds as they fall from her second story window. Such great movement and color in these photographs. (via House & Garden.)

David Downton’s fashion illustration and celebrity portraiture is truly stunning.. Lovely painterly style is gracefully loose yet is able to capture fine detail. Gorgeous stuff… wish his prints weren’t all sold out.

Noticed that Steven Harrington updated his site with new work. Lovely as usual. Great color sense here. Love the peacocks. Check out the Etc. section for photos of his installations.

After two months of work, the Wooster Collective’s 11 Spring Street project opens to the public today at 11am featuring artwork from the best street artists in the world including Shepard Fairey, Swoon, WK, and Lady Pink.

11 Spring Street, a former carriage house, has been over the years a revolving showcase of street artists from both New York and the world. The building was recently sold to make way for new condominiums and many thought the sale would mark the end of the progression of the ever-changing urban canvas. The new owners, development group Elias Cummings, wished to give proper tribute to the art and artists that graced the walls of the building and contacted the established Wooster Collective to help organize a proper farewell. The Collective in turn invited the best street artists in the world to come and mark the walls on the interior and exterior for one last time.

The preview photos from the Collective and Gothamist look amazing. Definitely will be checking this out this weekend. The building (at Elizabeth and Spring) is open to the public beginning today at 11am until Sunday at 5pm after which the new owners’ contracters will move in and begin renovations for the new condos.

Stina Persson’s work is also for sale at Gallery Hanahou. Her’s are gorgeous in color, graphic in shape and form. Lovely in all.

I got a lovely email from the Gallery Hanahou about their upcoming exhibitions. I took a peek at their shop and was delighted to find work from my favorites Tina Berning, Stina Persson and Jeffrey Fulvimari. I especially loved the concept of Jeffrey’s paper plates… simple paper plates adorned by Jeffrey with his trademark girls. There’s something lovely about seeing doodles and illustrations done on paper plates and paper napkins. Lovely stuff.

Such a crazy week for me. I apologize for neglecting this…. I was looking at d*s and saw that Grace had posted about the paintings of Jen Garrido. These are totally swoon-worthy and I had to post them here too. Great color combinations, great compositions and form. So graphic… reminds me of this Marimekko fabric but with an edge plus gorgeous textures. Beautiful stuff.

Dale Chihuly, one of the most innovative glass artists (in my humble opinion), will be exhibiting at the New York Botanical Gardens beginning June 25th until October 29th. His work evokes floral form so elegantly with gorgeous color and fantastic surface treatments on his glass sculptures… I can’t wait to see it in a garden setting. I’ve only seen his work once in person (a glass chandelier at the Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina) and it was truly stunning. I am so looking forward to this.

Randel Plowman’s A Collage A Day has such beautiful work. Everyday a new 4×4 collage is posted for sale for $25 which includes gallery matting, documentation and free shipping within the US. The collages themselves are comprised of found type, illustrations and patterns. Love it to death.

Graffiti influences and a dark, gritty feeling is what I think of when I see Matthew Curry’s work. Great colors and form. Love the drips and drabs of paint and the quality of the brush strokes. MakingRoom Magazine has a great interview with Mr. Curry and he explains his process. His process is further illustrated in the step-by-step gallery of one of his works in the article.

Scott Ingram’s work allows for fate to step in. He has begun using nail polish as a medium (range of colors and high gloss finish make it attractive.) and pours it directly on his surfaces. What results is due to gravity, room conditions, nail polish consistency and fate. I enjoy looking at his work for the sheer simplicity of it all.

“Fashion in Colors explores color as a design element through 300 years of Western clothing, examining the changing perceptions and meanings of color through various eras. More than 60 costumes are on display, ranging from eighteenth-century court gowns to couture creations by twentieth-century masters such as Balenciaga, Vionnet, Chanel, and Watanabe.” Closes Sunday.