{"id":8952,"date":"2015-04-07T23:55:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T23:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-newyork.com.fwtrading.x10host.com\/wp\/?p=8952"},"modified":"2015-04-07T23:55:36","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T23:55:36","slug":"two-artists-that-caught-my-eye-recently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-newyork.com.fwtrading.x10host.com\/wp\/2015\/04\/07\/two-artists-that-caught-my-eye-recently\/","title":{"rendered":"Two artists that caught my eye recently."},"content":{"rendered":"

Elspeth McClean. She paints rocks. Well, she paints a variety of surfaces, but primarily it’s rocks. Rocks covered in dots. They are fantastic.<\/p>\n

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Occasionally Elspeth will paint zodiac signs on the rocks. Or maybe a bird.<\/p>\n

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But it’s mainly dots on rocks. I also like her oddly-shaped rocks.<\/p>\n

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And her mandalas.<\/p>\n

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Since there is a huge demand for her work (as there should be) Elspeth will randomly put a bunch up in her Etsy store with no warning. They sell out almost immediately. Someday maybe I will be lucky enough to have a rock by her.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/ElspethMcLean<\/a><\/p>\n

The other artist is Xavier Casalta. He also works predominantly with dots but they are very different. Much smaller. And in greater numbers.<\/p>\n

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His ability to shade and craft letters using pointillism is impeccable.<\/p>\n

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I’m a little bit obsessed with Xavier’s skill. That takes a level of focus I don’t think I have.<\/p>\n

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You can order some of his stellar work through his website:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/casaltaxavier.bigcartel.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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