Tuesday, May 5

Vivienne in The Parlor With the Watercolors.

I just adore the paintings and illustrations of artist Vivienne Strauss. Her work evokes in me a combination of memories - they remind me of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his lovely (albeit somewhat troubled) wife Zelda, and then for some reason, conjure up the images of Diane Arbus for me. I'm not certain why exactly, but I love Vivienne's work and find them completely charming with a wonderful retro feeling to them. Vivienne has some new watercolor work available in her etsy shop, in addition to some beautiful gouache and gocco prints. Here's a peek at her endearing and lovely new work.






10 comments:

Cedar said...

I absolutely love these...thanks for sharing!.

desiree said...

I have never seen these before. Thanks Victoria. I love them. My favs are the couple on the lounges having lemonade and the women in the park. So wonderful.

Elizabeth said...

I love Vivienne's paintings! So glad to see them here.

Unknown said...

I love Vivienne's artwork!

Waxy said...

Great artwork - she gave him chest hair! That made me giggle...

vivienne strauss said...

thank you so very much for the lovely post!

matte stephens said...

Vivienne is wonderful! We just had our 6th wedding anniversary! It has been the best 6 years of my life I look forward to the next 60 or so :D

sfgirlbybay said...

You two are the cutest! I want to meet!! :)

pigeon.toed said...

i love these! they remind me of wes anderson for some reason.

Two Tall Girls said...

Fantastic!!