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“I feel my art has a sense of nostalgia,” says Mirtalipova, “it’s folkloric and musical. When I paint my stories, I like them to communicate positive energy, to be bright and colorful, to bring joy and to spread joy.” Though she works from her home studio in snowy Sagamore Hills, Uzbek and Russian folklore serve a constant source of inspiration.

Surprisingly, Mirtalipova studied first Computer Science, before following her passion and transitioning into a career in the arts. Completely self-taught in illustration and design, her creative process includes carving lino blocks and painting with gouache and acrylics.

“Only after I grew up and graduated from the field of computer science, I realized I couldn’t stop painting,” she explains. “To my surprise, I began receiving commissions to draw and design for people and companies. And after my client list grew I decided it was time to concentrate on art professionally.”

You’ll want to follow her creative journey via Instagram.

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“I am interested in exploring the fluidity of water against the firm resistance of hard rock,” explained Shearing on her website. She notes that she is particularly fascinated by the movement of the ocean waves expressing the rhythm of life and the force and strength of nature.

But though her work is in direct dialogue with her natural surroundings, it isn’t meant to be representational or realistic. “My mission is to explore the emotional symbolism of something like a broken egg in a nest,” says Shearing. “This for me represents the tension between birth and death, the purity of simple form in contrast with nature’s complex structures and designs. The fragility of the shell which can beak and shatter versus its strength to encompass life and growth.”

With a background both in sculpture and painting, her creative process includes mixing minute amounts of paint to get the exact tone and intensity of colors she wants. “I work very carefully, thoughtfully considering composition and juxtaposition of tones and colors,” she notes. “I spend time choosing my palette very carefully as this is the platform from which I build the timbre and mood of the piece.”

The post Chasing Waterfalls: Andrea Shearing’s Abstract Art appeared first on MobiSpirit.

A freelance illustrator, Buurlage’s work is varied and includes editorial illustrations for magazines, children’s books, and book covers, as well as posters, apps, and e-books. She also sells her own line of merch through Etsy where you can find products like posters, pins, and postcards.

Based in the Netherlands, Buurlage grew up in a small village where nature was prevalent. “I think what mostly inspires me is nature,” she told the Hidden Hipsters. “All the colors, patterns, and shapes that you can find in nature are so amazing and beautiful!”

Inspired by nature, her illustrations might be seen as an extension of her immediate environment. “My work often contains ornaments that are inspired by nature,” says Buurlage, “I don’t think I could create anything that is really ‘me’ without these botanical decorations.”

The post Add Joy to Your Feed with Marijke Buurlage appeared first on MobiSpirit.

A common thread throughout her work is an emphasis on nature, with a specific interest in plants and flowers. “We at Olislagers have a passion for art and are inspired by nature,” reads her studio’s website. “Plants bring a room to life in a way that nothing else can. But let’s be honest, these living creatures need space, light, water and lots of love. With this new collection, we offer everyone the possibility to create an urban jungle however big or small.”

Olislagers’ love of plants is quite literal, as both her artwork and her work environment is steeped in greenery. Based in Maastricht, the Netherlands, the great outdoors also provides Olislagers a natural source of inspiration. And more specifically, the changing of seasons.

“With the coming and going of seasons, there is always something to discover,” she writes. “Whether it’s small like a flower in bloom or big as the ever-changing lights and colors in the sky, all you have to do is take a step back, really look around you and find that there is beauty everywhere.”

Introduce springtime to your feed by following her Instagram page.

The post Birgitt Olislagers Will Inspire You to Get More Houseplants appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“The freshly pressed blog is my way of connecting with others and hopefully inspiring them to further explore the melding of art and nature,” she informs on her website. Having pursued degrees in biology, fine arts, and environmental studies, Buck believes that designers and scientists can both benefit from exploring across fields.

“My blog brings various projects and musings to press to motivate both professions (as well as those of us who fall in the middle) to approach their work with a fresh perspective and renewed sense of wonder,” she notes.

Her website also includes a short guide on how to collect and press flowers, so you too can follow her footsteps. Either that or you can admire her collection from afar via Instagram.

The post Lindsay Buck Will Teach You How to Preserve Flowers appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Working from an old railway house in a small town in Coastal Otago, New Zealand, Wilson says she finds inspiration in nature. This includes her garden, the landscape around her, and her long nature rambles in the surrounding countryside.

Informed by her careful observations, her illustrations focus on the simple, sweet and cozy things in life, creating a warm environment where anyone and everyone is invited. “I think I’ve always drawn and painted,” reflected Wilson in an interview with AWW Magazine. “My mum was always making things so I’m sure it was her influence that made me start drawing.”

“I’ve always loved animals and have always either had dogs or cats or horses or chickens in my life,” she further relayed. “I try to simplify the shapes and textures of the animal whilst still keeping it recognizable. I also try to show its personality through facial features and gestures.”

Her work is featured on a variety of products, anything from stationery and children’s books to toys and clothing. But you can also admire it by simply following her Instagram page.

The post Katie Wilson’s Whimsical Illustrations Will Calm Your Anxiety appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“Many of my greeting cards feature punny phrases that I think of myself,” explained Kwok in an interview with Lake. The name of her brand, Art + Soul Creative Co., she adds, is a pun in and of itself – a play on words of “heart and soul”. “I put everything into my art and I wanted my company name to reflect that,” she says.

With nature a clear and constant source of inspiration, themes like flora and fauna are present in almost all of her designs, with her color choices also reflecting the natural world. According to Kwok, she enjoys traveling around the world and is constantly inspired and informed by her natural surroundings.

“I think I’m influenced the most when I go on vacation and travel to places of natural beauty,” she says. “Most recently, one of my best friends and I explored Iceland and all the mountains, waterfalls, and glaciers that the country had to offer. It was all so wildly beautiful, and memorable adventures like those really inspire me to create when I come back home.”

Invite nature inside your home through her unique illustrations.

The post Add Some Greenery to Your Feed With Laura Kwok appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“My work is heavily influenced by a particular museum that I discovered at the age of eleven while I was studying at a performing arts boarding school in Tring, UK,” she admitted in an interview with Enchanted Living Magazine. “The Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum is famous for holding one of the finest collections of stuffed mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects, and this amazing collection of animals is what triggered my obsession with taxidermy.”

And so, fueled by her childhood memories, she took to fabric, thread, and paint, creating an unbelievable realistic collection of faux taxidermy, that consists of insects and other small creatures. While taxidermy still greatly inspires her work, her creative process requires a different set of tools and thankfully, no animals are harmed in the process.

“One evening, I randomly decided to dust off my old sewing machine and rekindled my love for textiles,” she recalled. “I gradually began to incorporate fabrics and machine and hand embroidery into my wire creations at the very end of 2017.” Her progress on that front alone is remarkable.

The post Emily Yeadon Creates Faux Taxidermy Out of Fabric appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Marianne is a Copenhagen-based artist. She studied fashion design at The School of Design at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1995. Since then, she’s been working with some of the leading magazines and fashion houses in the world and has slowly gravitated away from fashion and towards are.

Marianne describes herself as a slow art advocate, which means her works cane take hours and hours, though she doesn’t keep count. Her bouquets are all made by hand, each petal-shaped and put into place, with no patterns or templates to guide her. She doesn’t plan anything, not even what sort of paper to use, she uses what’s available to her, and tries to focus on the creative process rather than on the design and planning aspects of her work.

Marriane draws inspiration from her childhood in the Danish countryside. Many of her installations refer to Danish folk art, which is in its own turn inspired by nature. These floral installations have been Marriane’s focus for the past five years, and she doesn’t mean to stop anytime soon. She shares her work in her Instagram account, where we can also enjoy her weird, beautiful creations.

The post You Wouldn’t Believe What These Gorgeous Bouquets are Made Of appeared first on MobiSpirit.

With a BA in Industrial Design from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University and an MA in Fine Arts from UWE, Herrera’s studies included researching different materials. According to her website, her interest in economic materials in general, is based on their potential of transformation, using the simplest of techniques.

“When I started to work with paper, I was developing very structural elements,” she told My Modern Met. “I used to have a lot of strips of paper that I used to cut and glue to form a volume.” Much like patterns found in nature, her sculptures comprehend massive groups of elements that together compose a major complex system.

According to Herrera, there’s inherent flexibility with paper. “I spend a lot of hours collecting images of the subject in different positions, then I do some reading to find the right measurements,” she explains. Her finished products are exhibited in solo and group shows around the world. But you can also follow her online, via Instagram.

The post The Birds and the Bees: This Paper Artist is Worth Following appeared first on MobiSpirit.

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“I feel my art has a sense of nostalgia,” says Mirtalipova, “it’s folkloric and musical. When I paint my stories, I like them to communicate positive energy, to be bright and colorful, to bring joy and to spread joy.” Though she works from her home studio in snowy Sagamore Hills, Uzbek and Russian folklore serve a constant source of inspiration.

Surprisingly, Mirtalipova studied first Computer Science, before following her passion and transitioning into a career in the arts. Completely self-taught in illustration and design, her creative process includes carving lino blocks and painting with gouache and acrylics.

“Only after I grew up and graduated from the field of computer science, I realized I couldn’t stop painting,” she explains. “To my surprise, I began receiving commissions to draw and design for people and companies. And after my client list grew I decided it was time to concentrate on art professionally.”

You’ll want to follow her creative journey via Instagram.

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Dinara Mirtalipova (@mirdinara)

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Dinara Mirtalipova (@mirdinara)

The post These Illustrations are Inspired By Russian Folklore appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I am interested in exploring the fluidity of water against the firm resistance of hard rock,” explained Shearing on her website. She notes that she is particularly fascinated by the movement of the ocean waves expressing the rhythm of life and the force and strength of nature.

But though her work is in direct dialogue with her natural surroundings, it isn’t meant to be representational or realistic. “My mission is to explore the emotional symbolism of something like a broken egg in a nest,” says Shearing. “This for me represents the tension between birth and death, the purity of simple form in contrast with nature’s complex structures and designs. The fragility of the shell which can beak and shatter versus its strength to encompass life and growth.”

With a background both in sculpture and painting, her creative process includes mixing minute amounts of paint to get the exact tone and intensity of colors she wants. “I work very carefully, thoughtfully considering composition and juxtaposition of tones and colors,” she notes. “I spend time choosing my palette very carefully as this is the platform from which I build the timbre and mood of the piece.”

The post Chasing Waterfalls: Andrea Shearing’s Abstract Art appeared first on MobiSpirit.

A freelance illustrator, Buurlage’s work is varied and includes editorial illustrations for magazines, children’s books, and book covers, as well as posters, apps, and e-books. She also sells her own line of merch through Etsy where you can find products like posters, pins, and postcards.

Based in the Netherlands, Buurlage grew up in a small village where nature was prevalent. “I think what mostly inspires me is nature,” she told the Hidden Hipsters. “All the colors, patterns, and shapes that you can find in nature are so amazing and beautiful!”

Inspired by nature, her illustrations might be seen as an extension of her immediate environment. “My work often contains ornaments that are inspired by nature,” says Buurlage, “I don’t think I could create anything that is really ‘me’ without these botanical decorations.”

The post Add Joy to Your Feed with Marijke Buurlage appeared first on MobiSpirit.

A common thread throughout her work is an emphasis on nature, with a specific interest in plants and flowers. “We at Olislagers have a passion for art and are inspired by nature,” reads her studio’s website. “Plants bring a room to life in a way that nothing else can. But let’s be honest, these living creatures need space, light, water and lots of love. With this new collection, we offer everyone the possibility to create an urban jungle however big or small.”

Olislagers’ love of plants is quite literal, as both her artwork and her work environment is steeped in greenery. Based in Maastricht, the Netherlands, the great outdoors also provides Olislagers a natural source of inspiration. And more specifically, the changing of seasons.

“With the coming and going of seasons, there is always something to discover,” she writes. “Whether it’s small like a flower in bloom or big as the ever-changing lights and colors in the sky, all you have to do is take a step back, really look around you and find that there is beauty everywhere.”

Introduce springtime to your feed by following her Instagram page.

The post Birgitt Olislagers Will Inspire You to Get More Houseplants appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“The freshly pressed blog is my way of connecting with others and hopefully inspiring them to further explore the melding of art and nature,” she informs on her website. Having pursued degrees in biology, fine arts, and environmental studies, Buck believes that designers and scientists can both benefit from exploring across fields.

“My blog brings various projects and musings to press to motivate both professions (as well as those of us who fall in the middle) to approach their work with a fresh perspective and renewed sense of wonder,” she notes.

Her website also includes a short guide on how to collect and press flowers, so you too can follow her footsteps. Either that or you can admire her collection from afar via Instagram.

The post Lindsay Buck Will Teach You How to Preserve Flowers appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Working from an old railway house in a small town in Coastal Otago, New Zealand, Wilson says she finds inspiration in nature. This includes her garden, the landscape around her, and her long nature rambles in the surrounding countryside.

Informed by her careful observations, her illustrations focus on the simple, sweet and cozy things in life, creating a warm environment where anyone and everyone is invited. “I think I’ve always drawn and painted,” reflected Wilson in an interview with AWW Magazine. “My mum was always making things so I’m sure it was her influence that made me start drawing.”

“I’ve always loved animals and have always either had dogs or cats or horses or chickens in my life,” she further relayed. “I try to simplify the shapes and textures of the animal whilst still keeping it recognizable. I also try to show its personality through facial features and gestures.”

Her work is featured on a variety of products, anything from stationery and children’s books to toys and clothing. But you can also admire it by simply following her Instagram page.

The post Katie Wilson’s Whimsical Illustrations Will Calm Your Anxiety appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“Many of my greeting cards feature punny phrases that I think of myself,” explained Kwok in an interview with Lake. The name of her brand, Art + Soul Creative Co., she adds, is a pun in and of itself – a play on words of “heart and soul”. “I put everything into my art and I wanted my company name to reflect that,” she says.

With nature a clear and constant source of inspiration, themes like flora and fauna are present in almost all of her designs, with her color choices also reflecting the natural world. According to Kwok, she enjoys traveling around the world and is constantly inspired and informed by her natural surroundings.

“I think I’m influenced the most when I go on vacation and travel to places of natural beauty,” she says. “Most recently, one of my best friends and I explored Iceland and all the mountains, waterfalls, and glaciers that the country had to offer. It was all so wildly beautiful, and memorable adventures like those really inspire me to create when I come back home.”

Invite nature inside your home through her unique illustrations.

The post Add Some Greenery to Your Feed With Laura Kwok appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“My work is heavily influenced by a particular museum that I discovered at the age of eleven while I was studying at a performing arts boarding school in Tring, UK,” she admitted in an interview with Enchanted Living Magazine. “The Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum is famous for holding one of the finest collections of stuffed mammals, birds, reptiles, and insects, and this amazing collection of animals is what triggered my obsession with taxidermy.”

And so, fueled by her childhood memories, she took to fabric, thread, and paint, creating an unbelievable realistic collection of faux taxidermy, that consists of insects and other small creatures. While taxidermy still greatly inspires her work, her creative process requires a different set of tools and thankfully, no animals are harmed in the process.

“One evening, I randomly decided to dust off my old sewing machine and rekindled my love for textiles,” she recalled. “I gradually began to incorporate fabrics and machine and hand embroidery into my wire creations at the very end of 2017.” Her progress on that front alone is remarkable.

The post Emily Yeadon Creates Faux Taxidermy Out of Fabric appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Marianne is a Copenhagen-based artist. She studied fashion design at The School of Design at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1995. Since then, she’s been working with some of the leading magazines and fashion houses in the world and has slowly gravitated away from fashion and towards are.

Marianne describes herself as a slow art advocate, which means her works cane take hours and hours, though she doesn’t keep count. Her bouquets are all made by hand, each petal-shaped and put into place, with no patterns or templates to guide her. She doesn’t plan anything, not even what sort of paper to use, she uses what’s available to her, and tries to focus on the creative process rather than on the design and planning aspects of her work.

Marriane draws inspiration from her childhood in the Danish countryside. Many of her installations refer to Danish folk art, which is in its own turn inspired by nature. These floral installations have been Marriane’s focus for the past five years, and she doesn’t mean to stop anytime soon. She shares her work in her Instagram account, where we can also enjoy her weird, beautiful creations.

The post You Wouldn’t Believe What These Gorgeous Bouquets are Made Of appeared first on MobiSpirit.

With a BA in Industrial Design from the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University and an MA in Fine Arts from UWE, Herrera’s studies included researching different materials. According to her website, her interest in economic materials in general, is based on their potential of transformation, using the simplest of techniques.

“When I started to work with paper, I was developing very structural elements,” she told My Modern Met. “I used to have a lot of strips of paper that I used to cut and glue to form a volume.” Much like patterns found in nature, her sculptures comprehend massive groups of elements that together compose a major complex system.

According to Herrera, there’s inherent flexibility with paper. “I spend a lot of hours collecting images of the subject in different positions, then I do some reading to find the right measurements,” she explains. Her finished products are exhibited in solo and group shows around the world. But you can also follow her online, via Instagram.

The post The Birds and the Bees: This Paper Artist is Worth Following appeared first on MobiSpirit.