Abstract

I know next to nothing about art, but I've been loving all the abstract paintings that Kate finds. What do you think of abstract art? I don't have any at the moment, but I feel like it could change with your mood and look different as the light in your home changes throughout the day.









I think abstract art could be a step towards overcoming my genetically-inherited decorating disorder: it's nearly impossible for me to commit to hanging something on the wall. My mom is the same way (my sister jokingly calls her nothing-on-the-walls decorating style "serial killer chic"). Now, if only most of these pieces weren't already sold.

Paintings via Kate's Pinterest. Painting 1, painting 2, painting 3, painting 4, painting 5.

New York Texture

When I first saw these images, I found myself itching to reach out and touch them (I'm a terrible gallery-goer). French artist Daniel Castan adds resin to acrylic paint to make it dry quickly, so he has to work quickly. The result is these gorgeously textured paintings that mirror the pace of the city they capture. His site is in French, but it doesn't appear that he's showing these pieces in the US anytime soon, so we'll all just have to stare at our computer screens for a bit.

Via My Modern Met

The Falling Rocket

{Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, James McNeill Whistler, 1875}

Isn't this painting gorgeous? I'd want it to hang over my bed if it weren't already hanging in a museum.