According to Cutting Edge Stencils, you can stencil an accent wall using these geometric and allover stencil patterns and get a stunning look for a fraction of the price of designer wallpaper! It’s easier and faster than you might think, even beginners get great results. With stencils, DIY wall decor is easy. Durable and strong, these stencils will last long time and can be reused again and again.

Yolanda Sanchez’s most recent series of paintings attempts to “evoke an experience through the relationship of surface marks, the material of the paint itself, and color.” She achieves this lofty goal with an Impressionist palette and works that are reminiscent of yet distinct from Seurat’s Pointillism. Employing the canvas as a frame, she makes interesting use of negative space, lending an intentionally unfinished quality to her work, which seems in line with her goal to “provide a moment of contemplation without literally telling a story.”

Article from www.blog.lonnymag.com. Art Lesson: Yolanda Sanchez, August 25, 2011

A friend turned me onto this online magazine the other day, www.lonnymag.com. I instantly fell in love with their style and incredibly relevant and useful content. In their Spring, 2011 premier issue of TRAD Home, they featured a designer, Ryan Korban, that I had to share with everyone! Check out his work…

“I feel like most people come to me for one of two things,” says designer, Ryan Korban. “There’s the romantic look that you can really see at Edon Manor” – a Tribeca boutique that Korban co-owns – “and there’s the harder, ’70′s sexy look.’” The client who approached Korban to design her Upper West Side apartment got the best of both worlds.

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Content from www.lonnymag.com, TRAD Home, page 240-244.

 

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