Affordable Art- John Derian

we just got back from going to moomah, and unfortunately it was closed. but, fortunately for us we got to go to the john derian company in the east village. john derian specializes in decoupage- and i especially love his decoupage trays. while at first glance they might not seem budget friendly, treat them like the art piece that they are and... voila! affordable art. can you guess which one we got?

xoxo,

maddie

images via john derian company

affordable art- take the risk?

this weekend, i was inspired by daily candy's suggestion to go out and see some galleries, particularly the sloan fine art gallery in the lower east side. i was intrigued that there was an artist making pictures out of 70's slides, because one of my favorite artists (more later) does the same.

i know that i need to be edgy... but the blood spot is too edgy for me. could you make it work in your home?







well, you get the picture. but i'm on a mission to get some new art for my bedroom. the blogs have been writing a lot about moomah and i spotted a great page on the scoop about moomah (a children's cafe in tribeca)owned by jon stewart's wife, tracey stewart.





i am drooling over this print to hang near our new curtains



i think it's going to work better than the murder scene. but, sometimes i think i might be choosing art that's too childish. what do you think? below are pictures from my favorite new artist from portland- jackie avery. i saw jackie's paintings for the first time in the secret society. i went home and bought two aviation and eddy merclx . check out the latter in my first post (it's a picture of italian bicyclists).


off to moomah and thanks to the scoop for a great post!


xoxo,
maddie

images via sloan gallery and moomah