More Good Cheap Art (And It's Not Even Neon)

I am an art hoarder, and it's becoming a problem. I literally have racks and stacks of original paintings, antique prints, vintage posters -- I love it all as long as it's good. I tell myself I NEED it because I have acres of pale, lonely sheetrock that must be filled. Nature abhors a vacuum, right? Art to the rescue.

As many of you know, I did time in art school so I am kind of a picky snob about what goes on my walls. I'm not above quirky vintage charm, but if I'm hanging contemporary art it has to be on point... yet cheap. I'm not exactly Saatchi and Saatchi, displaying my Damien Hirsts alongside my Cy Twomblys. Enter Society 6, 20x200's cheaper (and still operating? wtf?!) cousin.

I'm not gonna lie... a lot of the art on Society 6 is just cheesy digital stuff with words on it. Sorry, guys. I'm not saying you can't make art with Adobe Illustrator, but it's not easy -- definitely not as easy as the sheer volume of digital art would indicate.

When I'm buying prints from places like Society 6 I try to buy things that were originally created as two dimensional works designed to be reproduced, and that usually means photographs. Or in the case of Beth Hoeckel, collages created from photos.

This one is maybe a litte homage to John Baldessari. AMAZING in a girl's room.

I'm thinking about buying this for our bedroom. Kind of a cross between Richard Hamilton and bauhaus collage.

I would kill to see this in a super refined space. The colors are amazing and it could totally be a room maker.

I am devastated this only comes in 17" square, because I have a client who needs this to be 40x40... I may even email the artist to request another size.

I've ordered prints from Society 6 before and was pleasantly surprised at the print quality. Everything is on heavyweight matte (almost watercolor) paper and the inks are fairly saturated.

The prints are open edition, so these aren't investments the way 20x200's signed editions are. However, if you need cheap awesome art for your wall, here it is.

All art by Beth Hoeckel. Buy it here.

Also:

Tune in next week for an AMAZING wallpaper giveaway! Like, a ton of wallpaper.

It's going to be supercallafragelisticexbealladocious good.

Happy weekend and stuff.

Green Dreams

I cannot even begin to tell you how glorious the weather in Austin has been... high 70s, crisp breezes, the scent of roses and freshly mowed lawns wafting about. The weather here is usually so HELLFIRE HOT by now that this spring seems extra special and it's really hard to do anything other than lie on the ground and stare up at this:

I love it so much that I just want everything to be green right now...

Green kitchens.

Green walls.

Green wallpaper.

The perfect green accent.

In fact I'm considering a little living room switcharoo to bring in more green, inspired by this:

Hot. Sex.

Should I maybe put my new blue/navy rug:

In the front of the living room:

And put the red rug in the back of the living room?

Please pardon the bad styling and photography. I did move about 500 toys out of the picture, so I kind of rule.

I'm not convinced red rug will be ok next to those green chairs (it's definitely not as vibrant as my picture shows, but it's still dark raspberry red), however blue rug could be looking mighty fab with my giant fancy new Jenny painting:

And some new pillows made from this Robert Allen fabric:

I don't know... it's tough to say how this will look in real life. Could be good crazy. Could be bad crazy. That's a lot of squiggly lines and a lot of black and blue together.

When I can pull myself away from tree gazing I hope to move some things around. This is just the first configuration I'll try... I have a lot of big rugs now.

Of course, I also want more big rugs.

Of course, I also also want to stay married.

What do you think the chances of success for this new look are?

More than 50/50 = furniture moving time.

[images via pinterest and my house]

Random Awesome Crazy Cheap Art Source

Ebay. It is the mother. The life giver. The font of greatness.

At least I think so.

Today I straddle the line between insanity and genius. You may decide I have jumped the shark, what with my bad iphone picture posts and now this. I say you may be right. I may be crazy. But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for. Turn out the light...

Don't try to save me.

So the other day I was cruising one of my favorite antique/thrift shops Uncommon Objects and this peeped out from behind the rabble, and by rabble I mean piles of lampshade forms, taxidermied hooves and dusty crocheted blankets. Who buys that crap? Anyway, obviously it caught my eye because it's NEON and AWESOME. And it was only $49.

For some reason (poverty) I didn't buy it and I've been sad ever since. Enter ebay. Same poster, $19.

They had this one, too.

Now I am kind of a snob about art. I try to only buy original stuff, but I've been known to buy vintage posters now and then. I really like how heavy and good these looked in person. Nice paper stock, tight line quality, super saturated colors.

These are so crazy... I imagine them in an all white room with fantastic molding. Here and here.

I am obsessed with this, but it's $120. Still cheap, but not dirt cheap. It would look fabulous in my entry way, though.

I don't know. I just couldn't help myself. I love cats.

This is would shine like a star (duh) in a light cool colored room.

Hand screened. Big. Well under $100. Amazing colors.

There are a lot of ridiculous tweety bird penis booby posters out there, I can't lie. But there are some real gems, too.

If you buy one, please skip the blacklight unless you are 19 and need some ambiance to go with your acid and Meat Beat Manifesto.

Not that I would know anything about all that.

In other news, sorry I haven't posted any big awesome house tours or rug buying guides yet. The babes have been so sick it's dumb and I have to type most of my posts one handed.

Hopefully on to bigger and better things next week.

Until then,

Peace. Love. Other trippy stuff.