Small mixed-media collage series that sold this last weekend at my pop-up. Been busy making smaller originals on paper this month... I love the tiny moments of gold leaf on these ones. A bigger batch is heading to @goldenruleexcelsior sooooon and a few bigger ones are up on my site to see.
Got "stuck" wearing hand-made art by @indigoandsnow with @louisamarionphotography for a day of photos this summer and I'd do it all over again. Look at that color?! Pretty lucky to know so many talented ladies in this town.
Got a new laptop recently and had to clean out all my old photos. Ran into this collage gem from when I was a student at @mcadedu . I made one per month for a calendar, I think this was July...bc clearly July is for scuba. I like that I'm still incorporating collage into my work years later and now I'm thinking how rad would this arrangement be in a large scale painting?! Ideas....
Today's event at @madewell MOA was✨ 💫and I was so happy when I woke up to rain! Thanks to all the very sweet faces who came out to shop and say hi and new people I got to meet, best part of my job. And thanks to @weshopamano who made our table look pretty and brought a cart bc she had her shit together and even let me eat her stale licorice 😉aaaaand the lady bosses there for making a lovely space for us to sell in and then want to spend all of our money in. I sold this small original to the sweetest mama, made my day. Ready to crash now...😴
This first painting kind of hung around longer than I had patience for so it became the next painting, that now lives in a baby girl's room. Sometimes I miss the first archy love, maybe I'll bring it back in some way some day, perhaps smaller? #ashleymaryart
"Hello Friday? Can you hear me?"😴
Throw back to this pink treat I sold last fall and forgot to share. "Hello" 〰 #ashleymaryart
DISCOUNT DANG GINA! This Sunday from 2-4pm I'll be selling my goods at @madewell at @mallofamerica alongside my lady boss gal @weshopamano ! I'll have prints, pins, pillows, zippers, cards, and a slew of Pom earrings all that will be 15% everything at the event only (including originals). AND I'll be giving a pair away at the end of the event to anyone who enters that day. AND madewell shoppers get 20% off their purchase during the event too. Treats and sips provided bc one needs nourishment when shopping. Hope to see ya cuties there! #madewell #ashleymaryart
🌸 or 🍦? If you've ever wanted to try your hand at drawing with a tablet, I'll be teaching "Digital Illustration for Social Media" this fall with @britandco where I'll show 3 very different ways to illustrate and also how to bring your hand-lettering into a digital space. You do NOT need to know how to draw at all, I specifically designed this course to explore lots of way to make it less intimidating to illustrate. I want to have all the curious folks out there to come be computer nerds with me! Ice cream might be involved...You can pre-register to get on the list when the class launches through the link on my profile! #bcclasses #ashleymaryart
Collaging is where I got my start in my own creative work years ago. And while I now primarily paint, I often come back to collage as a part of my design process or when I want a break to work on something smaller and more quickly. So I am very excited to be hosting a workshop this Thursday for PIQUE put on by @iidanorthland . We'll be chatting about brand identity, surface design, and process all by playing with paper and some other mixed-mediums. ✂️✂️🔸🔴🔷
Dreaming of that time I was on a boat in Saint Tropez. I jumped in the Mediterranean, got back in the boat dripping wet, and plopped myself down to paint because the water was florescent turquoise and demanded me to. Easy to say I'd do it again. And again. #ashleymaryart #sainttropez #frenchriviera #traveljournal
She came for Pom earrings and left with a painting! Thanks for making my Friday @tess_bernadette (how good are these jeans?!) 😉#ashleymaryart #ashleymarystudio
Pins (I love my upside down pink rainbow one SA MUCH), Pouches, Pillows, Prints, and P⚫️M earrings!!! Preeetttty set because tomorrow is first Thursday at @northrupkingbuilding and I'll be in my studio 211 from 5-830 selling all these small goodies pictured (and original art). SO MANY POM EARRINGS all made with vintage yarn. Come hang. And if you do, take Quincy from Broadway bc there is construction on Central. #ashleymaryart
One of my big babes for sale at @goldenruleexcelsior currently! Go visit it and stay for the million other beautiful goods. 📸 @bethcath for @etsy blog #ashleymaryart #goldenrulecollective
I have a habit of painting over my paintings, usually happens within a year of it hanging around. It's not from a place of hating it, but feeling excited for what it could become next. I had plans to change this one up but it got scooped up by @livbylinda before she moved back overseas. She swooped into the studio with all of her lovely creative energy and left leaving me feeling inspired to paint more. So glad I didn't work over this dotty rainbow, it was craving a boat ride. #ashleymaryart
Holy moly...having a very long and tough month with July if I'm gonna be honest. Anyone else get pooped on by July? Work has been heavy and hard and I'm ready for August (plus I love starting new months). I'm lucky to have some pretty sweet girlfriends check in on me, encourage me, and make sure I'm still breathing. Special thanks to my girl @weshopamano who put a bunch of photos she snapped of me in my email to make me smile and told me to slow down and take care of myself otherwise I will have no creative self. This image from a carefree play-time photoshoot last month of all the recent beautiful things @indigoandsnow has been making. Thanks for making me smile friend. August, im ready to hug you...
When making my zipper purses for @minnyandpaul I first design the entire structure laid out flat on my computer. To start I color over a painting I scanned using a tablet, adding shapes where necessary. From there I tweak colors until I go cross eyed and test print on paper. Here's a peak at the full pattern before it went to print. See (and snag) the finished product on @minnyandpaul #process #surfacedesign #minnyandpaul #ashleymaryart
Said farewell to this "P" this week! It had been stuck with me for awhile and finally won the heart of @jeniferharris It was a delight to meet you and chat vintage! I love when people pop into my studio mid-week. Next Thursday it's @northrupkingbuilding First Thursday from 530-9. Swing by for pom earrings, bags, prints, and art! Studio 211 #ashleymaryart