Caitlin McGauley

Happy Valentine's Day!

These watercolor hearts are painted by illustrator and artist Caitlin McGauley. You probably know her work. She has created commissions for Lonny, Matchbook, Ralph Lauren, Tory Burch, Hermes and Kate Spade, quite a list of impressive clients!

I contacted Caitlin a year ago after seeing a cute Indian elephant she had painted and posted on her blog. She had not started selling prints on her website yet. She wrote back and offered to sell me the original.  I decided it would be the perfect birthday present to moi! She is very sweet and friendly as well as being so talented. Here is the painting, on a shelf in our bedroom. I posted a photo of it the other day on the blog because I have been making changes in our bedroom....

She sells a similar elephant on her site (sold out for now)...

It is hard not to love everything Caitlin paints. Here are a few more of my favorites but I pretty much love everything she does.....

She now sell pretty porcelain trays made in Portugal with images of her work, although they are a bit pricey!

To learn more about Caitlin, visit her website here.

Hope you have a Happy Valentine's Day, treat yourself to something sweet!

All illustrations are the property of Caitlin McGauley.

dog art

Suellen Gregory

My talented friend Pam, author of the inspiring Simple Details blog wrote about adding art to her kitchen this morning. She included this kitchen by Suellen Gregory that I love. The dog painting, the floors, the windows, the furniture, the slipcovers, the wallpaper, the basket, I just love the whole thing. Anyway, we have dog art in our house that is bright and fun and comes at a very reasonable price.

Ron Krajewski paints dog portraits in watercolor. He prints them on quality watercolor paper and sells them on Etsy and his website Dog Art Studio. These two are in my art room/studio. I purchased them because the one on the right looks just like Andy, our boy golden retriever, the left one resembles his sister( not from the same mom), our old girl that is no longer with us, Dinah.

This one is in our basement on the staircase wall. I think it is so beautiful.

Check out Ron's portraits here and more of Suellen Gregory's work here. She is another talented Southern designer whose work is as beautiful as Suzanne Kasler and Phoebe Howard. She tends to use more color than they do.