Great Day in the Mornin by Kathryn Wiggins

Posted on September 23, 2011

I am a huge fan for everything that Kathryn Wiggins does. She’s a good friend of mine who lives in Jackson, Mississippi about five minutes away from our house. She is an amazing artist. She put this painting on etsy about a month ago and I flipped out. I still can’t stop looking at it. It reminds me of quilts and stained glass. And there is a lot of yellow warmth in there, so of course this would be a favorite of mine. I wanted to share it with you. Secretly I really wish my shop would just explode with sales so that I could buy this painting. ha! But I am such a fan of Kathryn’s work so I want her to continue painting. So please support her work and purchase one of her paintings on her etsy.

Description on “Great Day In The Mornin” • 40 inches x 40 inches • Oil and wax on linen • 2011 • Depth 1.5 inches (sides painted white) • Unframed but ready to hang, linen is stretched onto aluminum bars for a perfectly straight hang!

State Friends Graduating!

Posted on April 21, 2011

I graduated a semester early, which was great because I didn’t have to pay that tuition, but I was put ahead of my friends in working on portfolios. So that means I now get to just gaze at all their amazing work. The class website it called The Freak Show. Here are some of my personal favorites from their portfolios. Please visit their sites. And someone hire them! (Unless you are Target or Kate Spade, then you should hire ME!)

(Above) Cristina Jucan

Cristina Jucan & Sara Renfroe

Joey Brennan & Kayla Stone

Allison Parker & Rob Toombs

Tim Cook & Sara Renfroe

Tim Cook

Dave Whitley

I’m so proud to say that I went to school with them. These are some pretty dang talented designers and some all around great friends.

Kathryn Wiggins

Posted on April 14, 2011

I think Kathryn Wiggins is brilliant artist. I love how she thinks and processes. Her work feels fresh and new, yet reminds you of the ancient past. I really got to know Kathryn’s work when I worked on her website. I learned so much from just talking with her about her work. And I really studied her paintings when I was renaming/resizing. It was such an honor to do. I plan on doing several posts of hers. So this first post is about her latest series “Home.” She knows that I LOVE these paintings. And she is selling them on etsy. (***Side note – get a painting now while she is producing a lower-priced originals. She is going to be famous. You heard it here on Little Things Studio. Yep. FAMOUS.)

Above: Summer

Above: April

Above: Domestic 2

AND for all of you lucky folks who live near Jackson, Mississippi, Kathryn and I are sharing a booth at an art festival Art on the Greens. You can find more details on the facebook event we created! It’s THIS weekend. And you’ll LOVE seeing her work in person. And if that wasn’t enough, you can meet her CUTE baby Harris!

Andrew Le

Posted on January 31, 2011

Andrew Le is just one of my favorite people. Witty, clever, and talented. And what some of you might not know is he’s really got a soft spot for his friends. He has been a very good friend to me over the years. He lives in Austin, Texas, being just awesome there. We talk on iChat everyday now, thankfully. (It’s lonely here in Yazoo City!) I love going “shopping” with him online. We send each other links on stuff we want to buy. We bought the same paper cutter which we both highly recommend!

He graduated a year ahead of me in school. His work always inspires me. He’ll always be one of those designers I just look up to. I can’t do what he does. His style is very clean. He’s great at type. His copy is so clever. He’s just a master at what he does. There is no way for me to put all of his work on here. There is nothing this guy touches that isn’t amazing: photography, songwriting and playing, letterpress, video.

So here is a very limited sampling. This is the Valentine’s series. He started off giving these out to friends, but now letterpresses some of the prints. They are for sale in his shop! And check out all of his work!!!

One of my favorite things about Andrew – his Twitter.

Here are some of my favorites.

It’s 2011. You can stop posting fake vintage, square photos now.
Looking forward to 2011′s portmanteau offerings for women’s leggings.
I predicted the rise of the ninjas, pirates, and lumberjack… and I think the next big thing is going to be private detectives.
I can’t remember people’s names, but I never forget a typeface.
I know some of you guys don’t care, but this new Gap logo is like the graphic designers’ Gulf Oil Spill.
Hipsters lead to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

Okay. Now this next one probably needs some explanation. Andrew loves to ask anyone this question: If you put 5 elephants against 5,000 poodles, who would win?

You’ve got to watch this video. It’s Andrew interviewing everyone around the art department. Oh my goodness this makes me miss everyone so much!

Elephants Versus Poodles from Andrew Le on Vimeo.

So. Who do YOU think would win?

Captain Carl Carbonell

Posted on January 25, 2011

I think I’ll just start at the beginning. Carl was my first friend in Graphic Design at State. We became friends doodling together. We both went to the same campus ministry. We’d be in Starbucks at the same time, so we’d sometimes sit together. We would just sit and doodle for hours. Then we started making it a thing. We’ve been friends ever since. He introduced me to the Avett Brothers (if you don’t know who they are, look them up!) and jorts. I have learned so much from him about life. He’s the brother I never had.

I honestly think everyone needs to get to know him. I really do. I think the world would just be a happier place.

Carl makes lists a lot. So I’m going to make one about him.

Mollie Simpkins. This is the love of his life. She is pure sunshine.
His faith. He takes it seriously. And he’s open and gracious to all around him.
Good music, good coffee, good design, and good whiskey.
Jorts, beards, pocket knives, and red hats (like the gnomes. He buys his usually at Wal-Mart.)
Poop stories. He loves talking about poop.

Carl is a prolific designer. Everything he touches is magic. I think it’s apparent in his work. I’m not going to post any of his “portfolio” work here. You can go look at his work yourself (which you should!). Instead, I’m going to post a few of his doodles that I have. I have TONS more, but they are all in storage right now. I’ll get them out and post them when I move somewhere and can unpack all my boxes. I feel like they’ll be worth a lot of money one day. But I wouldn’t dare sell them. You can’t put a pricetag on something that reminds you of such a dear friend.