Sunday Safari - Puffin Island

Tom Eckersley

Woop Studios

Claude Kuhn

Kay Bojesen, 1954

Charley Harper

Patricia Drew, Spotter Puff, 1976, thanks to Hazel Terry

Abigail Brown

Sebastiano Ranchetti

Studio Tuesday, Puffin colony and Puffin at sea

Beethings

Geoff Waring

Jonathan Woodward

Flowers & Feathers

Nathalie Lete, La chouette orange

More folk inspiration to bring a touch of Spring 

into these barren Winter days

Julie Paschkis

 Neue Werbung cover and Bulgarian stamps by Stefan Kanchev

Evi Tihemets, Birds in folklore, thanks to vaula

Anja Jane, Ornamental Garden

Madhubani painting

Poster by Alfons van Heusden

Pierre Belvès, Découpages, 1947, thanks to Agence eureka

 The Shoo-Fly Pie, 1944, thanks to Jasper Armstrong

Milada Marešová, 1953

Nina van de Goor

 Jennifer Judd-McGee

Sukie

Sunday Safari - Nice Mice

Domenico Gnoli, Souris Blanche sur la nappe, 1967

Mouse-shaped box, Manufacture de Mennecy, 18th century, via Les Arts Décoratifs

Nicola Bailey

Marion Peck

Darla Jackson

swig

Christopher Wormell

Brian Wildsmith, thanks to The Art of Children's Picture Books

 Iliane Roels, illustration from The Mouse, 1969, thanks to art.crazed

Leo Lionni, Frederick (follow the link to the see the video adaptation)

Jason LaFerrera

Yvonne Gilbert, illustration from The Wild Swans

Miki Sato

Lisa Congdon

Lisa Congdon is a talented fine artist and illustrator based in San Francisco. 

I have posted a few of her artworks before, and have been wanting to feature 

some more. These chilly January days seem like a great time to do so,

since her pictures warm me up like a good cup of hot cocoa.

While her work explores a variety of media and styles, 

it always expresses a great love of nature. 

You can find Lisa Congdon's art on her website, flickr, etsy shop and blog,

while her love of collecting found a creative outlet in the immensely popular blog

 A Collection a Day, which is now also a book published by Uppercase.

If you want to learn more about Lisa you should listen to this podcast interview

by Meighan O'Toole, curator of the great art blog my love for you, 

which also featured a lovely series of photos of her studio last year.

The recent show Boreas was inspired by Congdon's love of barren landscapes and 

by her viewing of Heima, a beautiful documentary about the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.

I really enjoy this exploration of wildlife, arctic whiteness and colorful folkloric motifs!