Los Angeles-based painter Melissa Moss makes artwork that seems fit for a children's fairy tale. From her graceful, curtseying trees to her odd little nubbin creatures resting beneath the splayed gills of gigantic mushrooms, these paintings beg for a fanciful storyline. And her use of color?
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Oakland, Calif.-based painter Yvette Molina creates lushly layered paintings on sheets of aluminum. These paintings celebrate the beauty of nature while simultaneously exploring its fragility. She is inspired by her observations of flora that she finds in her backyard and her surrounding neighborhood of Oakland. 
Lisel Ashlock was born in Northern California and studied Illustration at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. In 2004 she moved to New York City, where she currently resides as a freelance illustrator. Her illustrations have appeared in CosmoGirl, Spin, Sephora ads, and Clamor magazine, among others.
Browsing through the readers' Casa Cravings, I noticed that many of your have bookmarked the clever, pop-cultured inspired artwork of Etsy artist Elloh — particularly her odes to various characters on "The Office." I, too, am delighted by the insanely prolific Elloh, whose real name is Ellen Lohse.
Using TV shows, movies, and music as her muses, Elloh creates paintings on canvas and sells limited-edition prints of the originals. If you're in the market for original art on a budget, her prints are incredibly well priced, ranging from $9 to $20 for the little ready-to-hang works. RSS Feed 
