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Margot Tenenbaum Muse Extraordinaire

Spoke Art, a San Francisco based art gallery, has for the past couple of years, organized exhibits based on director Wes Anderson’s movies (they’ve also hosted a couple of … Read more
Posted in Art, Movies | Tagged Ana Bagayan, Art Nouveau, Audrey Pongracz, Caia Koopman, Cate Rangel, Chuck Sperry, Exhibit, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hollywood, Icon, Ken Keirns, Ruben Ireland, Sandi Calistro, Shanon Bonatakis, Stuntkid, Tatiana Suarez | Leave a response
Pautasso and his classic ladies

Some ladies are just the kind that last for ages, become iconic and influence designers, illustrators and photographers to reinvent them in many a form, be it through makeup or … Read more
Posted in Illustration | Tagged Alessandro Pautassos, Audrey Hepburn, Digital Art, Hollywood, Icon, Marilyn Monroe, Mixed Media, Portraits, Retro | 4 Responses
Bride of Frankenstein Redux

The Bride is back!! More treats and interpretations of the dame. I’d been adding them up to my previous post, but decided it was time to make a brand … Read more
Posted in Interior Design, Jewellery, Pop Surrealism | Tagged Alex Gross, Apricot Mantle, Digital Art, Icon, Jessica Ward, Mostly Wanted, Toys | 11 Responses
Bride of Frankenstein

The Bride may have been a human patch but she is alive and well in the mind of illustrators and artists the world over.
Bride of Frankenstein is a 1935 … Read more
Posted in Art, Illustration, Jewellery, Movies | Tagged Dienzo, Emma Mount, Flounder, Icon, Isabel Samaras, Mab Graves, Michelle Mia Araujo, Mood Board, Movie Posters, Sarah Joncas, Tom Whalen | 16 Responses
Mother’s Day

Of the holy variety.
The lore of the Virgin Mary and the imagery supporting it, provide a rich canvas from which many take inspiration, regardless of religious orientation. The … Read more
Posted in Fashion, Photography, Pop Surrealism, Surrealism | Tagged Andrew Zip Leipzig, Dita Von Teese, Eiko Ishioka, Floria Sigismondi, Icon, Inspiration, Jean Paul Gaultier, Julie Zarate, Mark Ryden, Miles Aldrige, Mood Board, Oleg Dou, Pierre & Gilles, Religion, Signe Vilstrup, Sylvia Ji | 5 Responses
Playing Pretend Hollywood Edition: Kevyn Aucoin

Kevyn Aucoin was one of Hollywood’s top makeup artists, almost a celebrity on his own right (he even did a cameo in “Sex & The City” as himself), who … Read more
Posted in Fashion, Photography | Tagged Audrey Hepburn, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hollywood, Icon, Playing Pretend | Leave a response
Playing Pretend Hollywwod Edition: Marilyn Monroe

If you’re an actor, playing pretend is pretty much your everyday routine, so in order to stand out, you really have to do it big time.
Marilyn Monroe arguably is … Read more
Posted in Photography | Tagged Hollywood, Icon, Marilyn Monroe, Playing Pretend, Retro, Richard Avedon | 1 Response
