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must have: vintage book art

penguins must have: vintage book art

Scale is everything. It can transform frumpy into fabulous, and vintage into cutting-edge vogue. I love what artist Alanna Cavanagh has done with these timeworn retro Penguin Books covers. By blowing them up to enormous proportions — these measure 43 x 32″! — they’re suddenly au courant art for the home. And how cute would “A Room Of One’s Own” be in a bedroom? I love the coffee cup-stain too — pure class!

Alanna Cavanagh limited edition 43-by-32-inch silkscreen prints

Price: $1,400 each (framed)

Available at: Canvas Gallery, Toronto, 416-532-5275

must have: silhouette art

picture 21 must have: silhouette artI was scouting for product online late last night — scouting in PJs is highly underrated, btw — and made one of those “Eureka!”-esque finds that was totally unrelated to what I was actually on the hunt for. I was on the website of Karl Johnson, an absolutely brilliant cut-paper artist who I’d actually interviewed for STYLE AT HOME not long ago — read the interview here! — and came across one of his prints that I knew I had to have. (For my own work-in-progress digs, that is — not for the STYLE AT HOME story I was working on… Oops!) It’s a totally clever “spot the Hitchcock movie icon”, and plays into several of my obsessions — black and white art, Hitchcock, and Johnson’s breathtaking silhouette artistry. What’s more, it’s art I can actually afford. Bonus!

Limited Edition Hitchcock Print, signed by Karl Johnson

Price: $45 US (8×10″, includes 11×14″ mat)

Available at: Cut Arts, 877-288-2787