Don't forget to....

Feels like Erin Hanson should do a book for all 1st year students embarking on a life away from home...  Mind you, who couldn't do without a little helpful reminder every now and again?  See more of her brilliantly irreverant work here: http://recoveringlazyholic.com/index.html

Look for a loveheart

I set myself a little brief of taking a picture a day on my Hipstamatic app but sometimes fail to do so if I don't have the time or see anything worth photographing...  Just came across Quentin Bacon's site where he has a few inspiring series in his Personal section based on a sole subject he's stumbled across in different situations; crucifixes, chandeliers, finished plates and love hearts as shown here.  Love hearts are all around us and not just scrawled on walls or carved on park benches it seems... http://www.quentinbacon.com

Jubilee Tea!

Gavin Reece

Garry Walton

Paul Boston

Jenny Hoare

Anna Hymas

Melvyn Evans

Lucy Truman

Robyn Neild

Nick Kobyluch

Sean Syms

Maxwell Dorsey

Andrew Farley

It's a special long weekend for the Jubilee so here's a special long Jubilee-themed blog post!  Claire Meiklejohn got all the artists at her illustration agency to celebrate those two great English institutions, tea and the Queen.  These are some of my favourites.  http://issuu.com/meiklejohnillustration/docs/jubliee_royaltea_2012_300?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23ffffff

Twitter Feed

@CigaretteBurns_ brings the finest forgotten cult films back to the big screen, rumor has it that he watches in excess of 500 films a year.

@AlOverdrive his passion for the frozen image is only exceeded by his talent.

@deedeesvintage Dee Dee runs an awesome vintage on-line shop where you can find the perfect mix of Americana and British clothing

@ElectricAdam creates incredible latex costumes, inspired by science fiction and his own warped imagination.

@samo72 An outstanding collector of circles in squares and forgotten pictures. Whiskey. Ice. Crashed cars. Maps. Rubble.

Travis Hodges has done an intriguing project here... He picked one of his favourite twitter friends and photographed them then they picked their favourite twitter friend and he photographed them and so on and so on... It's a fascinating visual thread of a group of virtually-connected friends.  Each caption is Travis's brief description of each person. Check it out on his site http://www.travishodges.co.uk/followme/

Nostalgic Food

Nigel Slater wrote a great book called Eating for England which is a sort of culinary portrait of the nation.  In it he describes the various foodstuffs he used to eat as a kid and the memories they invoke.  It's a shame that he didn't commission Joel Penkman to do some paintings for the book.  She uses egg tempura to paint with which means its not a quick process but the results speak for themselves.  Orange Club anyone? http://www.handsomefrank.com/illustrators/joel-penkman/

Colourtastic!

Don't know where Jessica Backhaus was when she found these wonderful brightly painted walls saturated in sunlight, but I want to go there.  Somewhere very hot, no doubt. She calls this series her symphony of shadows.  Simple and beautiful!  http://www.jessicabackhaus.net/symphony_of_shadows/images10.htm

Street collage

Been away for a few weeks so it's the first post in a while.  Came across Sandrine Estrade Boulet's work today whilst doing some research and it made me smile...  Just goes to show that other people's detritus can be turned into someone else's treasure...   http://www.lebookmaker.com/artist/4/sandrine-estrade-boulet/portfolio/?image=969