May I Introduce the Artist Formerly Known and MFAMB

First up...I'm sorry I was MIA yesterday...the morning just totally got away from me and before I knew it, I was way too late to even throw something together...apologies.

To make up for it, I have something rather special to share with you...this little tidbit starts with a time rewind...let's go back a few weeks....and start with a some background info.

I mentioned a while back that my new kitchen is making my living room look like cacka...it's not that I don't still love it...I do...BUT...there's just a few things that need to change....mostly I mean textiles...

I want to go from this....

to this...

I'm also thinking of changing out one piece of artwork and here's where it gets really interesting.

Right now, I have these over the fireplace...

And I ADORE them but again, I'm not sure they're perfect for the big picture so I'm keeping one and moving it somewhere else...the other will be sold...more on that soon;)

So...what to put in their place?

Well...back to the time relapse...August 29th was the date...I went here...

as I do every day because PS, it's an irreverant, hilarious bible of fabulosity.

Anyhoo...on that fateful day in the dog days of late summer I saw this...

And said to myself, holy shit...she/Jenny painted that?

It's sublime.

So I left a comment and told her so...

'Seriously...the painting is fucking fantastic...If you decide to paint a big one in pale pink, grey, cream with some gold as well...I'll buy it from you and plunk it on top of my fireplace for the world to see...for realz.'

A few hours later (lucky blissballoons for me) I got an email from Jenny herself saying that if I was really interested, she'd love to do a custom piece for me...and then I went a little nutcrackers and started dancing around the room...OK not quite but I got really excited.

I also compiled some inspiration shots and sent her photos of these two paintings...

{word up Sally King Benedict and Dale Frank ...thank you for giving me such divine pieces of artwork to send Jenny}

After that, we exchanged a few logistical emails and Jenny got to work converting a 30x40 canvas into something that I promise you, is nothing short of a masterpiece.

And while she was doing that, I continued to read her blog everyday and watched the beginnings of a real art career take form...

I'm quite positive that one day I'll be able to say...'I have an original Jenny Andrews...one of her first works' ...and I'll be so cool for purchasing it before she got ginormous...I'll laugh when I see a JA 9x12 print  auctioned off for a zillion dineros...I'll pat myself on the back and give high fives to my own hands...you'll see.

I'm not going to show you my painting yet...it's en route as we speak.

I will, however, give you a little peek...

Well not exactly a glimpse but this Alexander Wang doodle shirt reminds me VERY much of my new 
Jenny Andrew's original.

Oh and don't fret, Jenny is promising to open an Etsy shop soon...you can buy one of your very own...see...always looking out for you I am;)
She's also posting about her take on my commission today so make sure you pop by MFAMB ...quite sure it will be a fantastic read...after all...when else do you get to hear about the artist's process first hand?
I'm only good and sharing the buyer's side of things here on B&B...I've got that profession nailed down to a art form all of it's own- ha!

Happy Thursday all...I have literally 12 hours of work to do today...not telling you about that yet but soon...promise, cross my heart.

xo