Appreciating the world of art, design, and handmade craft -plus all things creative, lovely and inspiring! Sharing my travels, my experiences, my fancies ... My Paisley World!
Graphic designer Michael Mullan creates mixed-media art from digital and handmade elements.
His designs for editorial, book publishing and advertising clients include patterns, lettering, and illustrations. I enjoy seeing the collections he creates based on themes. His work is sold not only as prints, but also as wall art, fabric, and on licensed products.
Chicago-born and Vermont-based, Michael loves "creating art that is fun, colorful, and modern".
Take a look at a couple of examples from his collections:
The Vintage Desktop Collection
The Forest Folklore Collection
The Sunshine & Moonshine Collection
The Love Birds Collection
Here's where you can see more of Michael's fabulous art:
Artist Michael Owen often uses hands as part of his designs. He came up with a sketch of four hands in silhouette, spelling out the word "Love". His appreciation of the city of Baltimore led him to thoughts of giving back, and the Baltimore Love Project was born.
Those four hands, boldly communicating the spirit of love, are now spread throughout the city as huge murals. So far, 16 of the planned 20 have been painted. If you visit Baltimore, keep your eyes peeled and maybe you'll spot one. Thanks, Michael, for sharing something that can't fail to evoke warm feelings of optimism and hope: Love.
A marriage of 33 years
ended suddenly when 50 year old Janet Howes died of heart failure. Her husband
Winston came up with a unique idea to memorialize his love for her. A living, loving tribute.
He got busy planting hundreds of oak trees,
and over a week’s time, filled a 6-acre area of his 112-acre farm in South Gloucestershire, England. In the center, he left a heart-shaped area, and then outlined it with a hedge. He added a bench so he could sit, relax, and reflect back on their years
together. Daffodil bulbs were planted in the center to provide a burst of
beauty in the spring.
Seventeen years later,
the grown trees have provided a barrier for the private sanctuary inside.
The only way to access the meadow, which is 1 acre in size, is by a path that
connects to the tip of the heart. This tip points in the direction of the town of Janet’s birth.
The meadow can’t
be seen by the road. In fact, only family members were aware of its existence,
until a hot air balloon pilot flew over, and understandably delighted with this find, took
pictures from above. Winston, now age 70, recently flew over to see it
for himself.
Andy Collett / SWNS
Adventure-journal
Janet & Winston Howes
SWNS
Oh, the romance! Such a story to pass along to future generations!
