And now for someone completely different

My new friend Natalie Wright does good works of all sorts. Here's to her. And here's a link to her Pancake Dinner site:



Her work spans a lot of media and styles, including textile design and painting, but all seems characterized by intentional, unusual color and a feeling of DIRECTNESS, both in the mark making and in the content. There's lightheartedness here, as well as plenty of concerns and wonderings. Natalie's work is Trying, as is she. If you visit her site you'll not only find good work but also a load of great links to environmental and humanitarian groups working in fields from green housing to food activism to plant culture archiving. Fantastic browsing, hopeful and big.

The images below are links to her flickr set of drawings, paintings and prints.



Another of her flickr sets features her crafts and handmade pillows. Her pillows are great and tend to portray, in felt, specific cuts of meat, or eggs on toast and the like. Which is great because nobody doesn't like a meat pillow, and all the more intriguing when you consider that Natalie is a dedicated vegan. I don't get the feeling that they're protest pillows, but perhaps they're pillows with questions.




Yet another set on her Flickr site is called "Life is good" and features very simple photos that are startlingly convincing.



You know. Life good, Natalie Wright good.

Good day, then.