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I've found some new artist bloggers -- how about you?

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I follow over 200 blogs in my feed reader.

I know.  I know.

What's even more shocking?  Over 50% of them are penned by artists or designers.  I really believed that I'd cornered the market on artists who blogged. Surely there couldn't be any other artists out their who blogged.

You know where I'm going with this, right?

To test my theory, I decided to tweet it out.

 

For a BlogHer post...

As you might expect, many people responded, most of them with artists I'd never heard of.  It was really embarrassing, particularly since they are all beyond talented.  These are people who are being instantly added to my feed reader, for example:

I cannot believe that I haven't been following [i]LoveLife, because this woman is a seriously talented painter.  She also sells some originals, and I hate that I missed her recent online garage sale of originals that she was looking to get rid of.  Next time, Kal.  Next time.

The blog Hashai isn't updated all that often; however, my goodness, when it is, it's a pleasure, isn't it?  This woman has a serious decorating eye, so if home decor is what you love, go for that; in addition, her interior shots are beautiful, so if you're into interior photography, visit her site for that.  Really good.

Why have I not been following Loobylu?  I used to follow Loobylu.  I did.  But somehow, among several home moves, and several computer upgrades, for some reason, I lost Loobylu.  I'm thrilled to be following this talented illustrator again.

Ah, Wee Wonderfuls.  What this woman does with fabric is amazing.  I'm so not crafty in this way, but her work is seriously inspiring.

What about you -- any favourite artists bloggers I should know about?  Please leave the links to their sites below -- after all, talent like this should be shared.


Karen is a writer and a photographer in Houston, Texas.  You can read and see more of her work at Chookooloonks.

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TessaRose 5 pts

Thanks for the interesting list. There are so many of us blogging our art now, it's exciting to find new work almost daily. As a flower and landscape painter, I have found that my website and blog send each other trafic and both have and are worthwhile having in terms of selling art online.

Here's my landscape paintings ( http://landscape-paintings.blogspot.com ) blog to add to the list, in case anyone cares to pop by :-)

Theresa

(aka Tessa Rose)

Candelaria Silva 5 pts

I hae two artist friends who are thinking about starting blogs so I will forward this to them.

One does wonderful collages:  http://ekuaholmes.com ( http://ekuaholmes.com/ )

The other is self-taught and folksy:  http://noramaecarmichael.com ( http://noramaecarmichael.com/ )

Thanks for this post and the links.

http://blog.candelarisilva.com ( http://blog.candelarisilva.com/ )

Good and plenty!

Britt Bravo 5 pts

You might enjoy my friend Mary Daniel Hobson's ( http://www.marydanielhobson.com/ ) blog, Into the Studio ( http://marydanielhobson.blogspot.com/ ). 

I also like Favianna Rodriguez's ( http://www.favianna.com/ ) blog, Art and Activism ( http://favianna.typepad.com/faviannacom_art_activi... ) (I posted an interview with her on BlogHer in January 2009 ( http://www.blogher.com/favianna-rodriguez-politica... )).  

Creativity coach, Jennifer Lee ( http://www.artizencoaching.com/ ), also has a wonderful blog, Life Unfolds ( http://www.lifeunfoldsblog.com/ ), and is always pointing me to other fun, creative bloggers.  I posted an interview with her on BlogHer in January 2009 ( http://www.blogher.com/how-make-your-big-vision-re... ) too, and she was interviewed on BlogHer's The Juice about curing writer's block ( http://www.blogher.com/groups-forums/juice-tropica... ).

MiriamELewis 5 pts

Hiya, I'm an illustrator/animator/concept artist who blogs. You have some lovely links there, very interesting. I blog everyday with a new picture as part of my drawing-a-day project. I'd really like to know what you think:

mims-drawingaday.blogspot.com/