August Newsletter! 🌅

Published about 1 month ago • 1 min read

hi from me at the flower market…where i was gathering buckets & buckets of flowers for an event = kristen’s happy place

…recent tattoos…

just a couple of the fun pieces i’ve been lucky enough to do this month! & some dreamy film photos a sweet client took of me & the studio during a late evening tattoin’ session ✨

(this last piece was a custom tattoo inspired by traditional czech embroidery which we designed to complement the southwestern vibe of the existing scorpion tattoo [not by me])

…my fav ikebana-inspired decor i made last month…

i got to do decor at a festival/camp-out this past month! while i made tons of pretty live floral arrangements for the property, this decor for the giant speaker stacks on the late night dance-floor in the lodge made me particularly happy. even in the fog and darkness, these giant fake magnolia, sparkly branches, & real dried lunaria reflected the club lighting soooo beautifully

…artist of the month…

Hector Hyppolite (Haiti, 1894-1948) was a Haitian painter. Born in Saint-Marc, he was a third generation Vodou priest (or houngan). He also was a working artisan, making shoes and painting houses. He didn’t take up fine art painting till age 50 and was completely self-taught, starting out using chicken feathers as brushes and cardboard for canvases. Much of his work was influenced by his devotion to his work as a priest. Hyppolite played a significant role in expanding the international visibility of Haitian painting. In 1948, at the height of his fame, he died of a heart attack at age 54. In only four years, he produced nearly 800 works (!) of which about half survive. Hyppolite helped legitimize self-taught art—visual art created by artists with no formal art-school education or training—as a credible form of artistic expression. He helped dismantle the stigma surrounding self-directed creative expressions in Haiti, arguing for their equal standing with European art.