Art and Ghosts - Haunting Artwork by Louise Robinson

I recently happened to stumble upon the wonderful artwork of UK based artist Louise Robinson. Her work is almost dreamy, like a glimpse of a world you're not supposed to see when you're awake. I hope you'll enjoy her work as much as I do. She also has a wonderful home and I'd love a workspace like hers - light and cozy, full of cute trinkets and soft lights. I've added a picture of it below. And on her website she writes a little about her work and process:

"The majority of my works are created digitally, via the use of a Wacom tablet and Photoshop 7. Prior to 2008, most of my endeavors involved digital collage, the merging of photography with hand drawn illustration. Since then, I have concentrated mostly upon pure, digital painting, which I have more recently begun to combine with watercolour and acrylic painting, pencil sketching and hand drawn text. My most significant influences are drawn from fairytales, mythology, dolls, spectres, dreams and nature."

 

And above is Louise's wonderful workspace.

The Magnificent McBess

Some of you probably know this guy already but I thought I'd share anyway. McBess aka Matthieu Bessudo is a German illustrator who's style is so cool that I used one of his illustrations as my desktop wallpaper for an entire year at school. His artwork is very recognizable and I love the vintage cartoon references he uses. All in all he produces some pretty solid work and is definitely one to watch.

Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics

Last summer I went to New York for the first time and one of the places I enjoyed the most was Barnes and Noble. I was there almost once a day looking at all the gorgeous book covers, interesting titles and sipping my hot chocolate while eating yummy desserts. On the first day there I discovered this wonderful series of leatherbound classics that I just had to have. I couldn't of course as they weighed too much and wouldn't fit in my suitcase, so I had to pick just one. I chose the "H.G. Wells - Seven Novels" book and I just love it. It's purple and the graphics on it are all shiny. It's so gorgeous. They're also pretty fabulous on the inside and have wonderful illustrations and gilded pages. Anyway, I want to share these beautiful books with you so have a look.