Maven Northwest

03/26/2017

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The New York-based artist Kim Keever is known for crafting elaborate dioramas in an aquarium then releasing pigments into the tank and taking pictures of the resulting underwater scenes. Keever, who studied as an engineer and began his art career as a painter, has said that he draws inspiration from geology, botany, and from his own personal experiences of the natural world, seeking to create images that “sit between reality and artificiality.” The image shown here, from his “Abstract” series, from 2015, devote entire frames to conflagrations and billows of radiant paint.

02/20/2017

on days like this, nothing less than a truck full of dahlias will do. photo Floret Flower Farm.

12/16/2016

"choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and that way you might change the world." a call to those of us working in our corners in our respective disciplines. happy birthday to ray eames. learn more about and thanks to for the repost.

12/07/2016

heading downtown tonight? swing by the front of house gallery in jessica helgerson interior design from 5-8 pm to enjoy a glass of wine while you check out the dreamy "refraction monologue" exhibit from andy paiko glass. the entire collection of stunning glass sculptures is available; and for tonight only, an additional 20% off. all sales go directly to the artist.

08/24/2016

these walnut lovelies, new at the shop. i use my paddle as a cheese plate too!

08/20/2016

so beautiful. from its origins as an empty white room, roman ondak's installation "measuring the universe" at tate st. ives expanded through the contribution of around 90’000 participants to a constellation of black marks that gives a visual sense of the space we inhabit in the universe.

08/09/2016

keep close at hand: the canvas tool roll, new at the shop.

08/03/2016

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pics from july 2016. is this you? pm me!

08/01/2016

one of our favorite hues is a pantone color of the year. sharkskin brings edge but works as a neutral. try it tabletop in geometric leather placemats, new at the shop.

07/30/2016

old-school vibe.

Claudia Cardinale listens to Ella Fitzgerald records, 1959.

07/27/2016

new at the shop, geo coasters in wool felt.

07/27/2016

this is so beautiful ... take a peek at this article about an extraordinary book on color written by a dutch artist in 1692.

271 Years Before Pantone, an Artist Mixed and Described Every Color Imaginable in an 800-Page Book http://www.thisiscolossal.com/