I just moved to a new apartment last weekend and have been searching for some artwork to hang on my bedroom wall. I am thinking of buying 2 to 4 prints to hang together in a cluster over my bed. I had a great poster from the Met’s Poiret exhibit framed for that spot, but the Jewish mother that lives inside my roommate came out and told me the large frame wasn’t very earthquake safe. It now resides in the living room. In my search, I came across the work of the immensely talented Emily Martin and I absolutely adore her paintings- they are whimsical, beautiful, have great musical references, and can be a bit dark and lonely at times (yet manage to not be depressing). I highly recommend checking out her wonderful craft on her blog Inside A Black Apple. While looking at her work, the outfits on her girls made me think of one man: Marc Jacobs. Case in point:

I’ve been crushing on this Marc by Marc Jacobs dress for months, the painting above immediately made me think of it. The aesthetics are quite similar, and both quite wonderful.

Image Credit: Emily Martin

Posted on June 16th, 2008 by zuri