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In the studio with Joan LeMay: Recent projects, challenges, and inspirations.

Portraitist and painter Joan LeMay infuses a tonic into her paintings: a warmth, openness and curiosity, and an unmatched exuberance. Viewing art as a soothing, healing force, she sees the act of communicating with the emotional and energetic core of her subjects, herself included, as one of conn...

New! Karl Blossfeldt's expressive plant portraiture 🌿

The original architect of everything is nature herself, and nobody knew that better than German photographer and sculptor Karl Blossfeldt. Humankind has, after all, been taking cues from the natural world since we started carving its representation in stone. From the 5th century BC acanthus leaf ...

Art world drama and seemingly superhuman "sea women"

We have three tales for thee: some 18th century drama, some 20th century drama, and the foraging tradition of a matriarchal society. Read on!

Horizons—As far as the eye can see

There's staring into the middle distance...and then there's staring into the horizon. Whether you're peering into a sunrise or sunset, the ocean or an expansive field, there's nothing quite like being able to see, well, as far as the eye can see.

Coooold summer treats 🍦

Sometimes, it's just too danged hot to even THINK about eating anything that's not ice cold. With heat indexes cresting 105 degrees in NYC this week, we've been pressed against our ACs and salivating over cold summer treats—both in art and irl.

New! A feathered friend 🦜

Japanese kachō-e, aka “bird-and-flower” pictures like painter and printmaker Ohara Koson’s Cockatoo and Pomegranate (our fourth Vintage Editions release by the artist), were designed to depict an intangible sense of peaceful harmony through balancing the beauty of avian wildlife with something fr...

The biggest organisms on earth 🌲

Trees are among the most magnificent life forms on the planet. Besides being extraordinarily beautiful, they keep dirt where it needs to be, molding the shape of our waterways; they provide humans and animals with life-sustaining shade, food, and structures.

Our take on the coconut tree 🌴🌴

We've been around for over 16 years (!!), and have released thousands of editions. As Kamala says (has it been echoing in your head as it has in ours?), "You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you."