Artist Review / / Elaine Pamphilon

I am thrilled to be able to share some inspirational art and design with you every Tuesday morning as Rachael's 'Art and Creative Writer'. This week, we're featuring the still life paintings of Elaine Pamphilon.

Elaine is a painter and harpist living and working in St. Ives, Cornwall. She enjoys painting everyday objects, patterned fabrics, souvenirs and scenes observed during her walks around the Cornish coastline and works on canvas, paper and board using mixed media.

There's a lovely naive quality to her work which shows some influences from her predecessor, St. Ives artist, Alfred Wallis. I love Elaine's use of narrative and the eye catching colour combinations. You can find out about her work and exhibitions on her website. More inspiration next week, Justine x

Mati McDonough

Recently Rachael announced that she is now a proud member of the Lilla Rogers Studio. For the next few months we have decided to feature a regular weekly showcase from Lilla's esteemed group of designers & Illustrators. Today we bring you the lovely Mati McDonough.

Mati McDonough is an artist based in San Francisco. Mati spends a lot of her time creating paintings of elephants, birds & florals. She creates stories within her paintings for hope & adventure for anyone across the globe, no matter what age they are. As well as using acrylic paints, Mati also brings collage into her paintings creating extra layers, bringing more textures & patterns into them.

Mati has exhibited at many shows around San Francisco. She has many clients including New Moon Girls Magazine, Oopsy Daisy & University Games. Mati has also taught at painting retreats in & round San Francisco as well as in Italy. Mati has published a book called 'Daring Adventures in Paint' which became available to purchase in July 2012. You can follow Mati on Facebook and twitter @matirose. She also has an inspiring blog sharing her paintings, inspiration & creativity regularly. Enjoy, Hannah.

Emily Winfield Martin

Introducing American illustrator Emily Winfield Martin. She makes books, paintings and is the creator of The Black Apple, which sells all kinds of art and interesting bits. Her work is inspired by her childhood spent drawing, reading, dressing rabbits up in fancy clothes and then having unusual daydreams. It is those daydreams that have influenced her beautiful work!
I love the enigmatic look on her characters faces and how they all seem to have a secret and exciting story to tell. Here's a small taste of her work. Visit her website for some more. See you next Thursday, Love Moni!

Wotto

Happy Friday!  Today I would like to introduce Wotto.
Craig "Wotto" Watkins is a British a freelance designer,  his very cool work can be seen as illustration, painting, or digital art.  He has created a very defined style and I love how he wants to "Bring cute into dark places".
Here are some of his illustrations,  check out his website for more of his work!  Have a lovely weekend, Love Moni.