Margaux's Matryoshkas

Margaux Meganck makes beautiful Matryoshka bird sets.  I fell in love with these the first time I saw them and I'd love to hold some in my hands and slowly open them one by one to see the next little bird inside.  It looks like she painted these so lovingly that they are probably guaranteed to be full of tiny details to discover and examine.  She's also a pretty darn great illustrator and an all around wonderful person.  You can see more of her birds and latest illustrations on her blog here.   

Art comes to my neighborhood

So I recently went to the annual
Alberta Art Hop near my house.
 I got sunburned, ate some shave
ice and checked out the goods.
 There were some wild creations,
but I definitely stopped a few times
to talk to different artists and
tell them how much I liked their
art. I unfortunately didnt get all
their names, but one artist I
liked, is a local photagrapher
named Elizabeth Soule (www.esoule.com). She had prints of miniature
animals set up with background environments usually made
out of paper, and lovely lighting.
 Here are a few of her photos
that made me happy.