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David Collins' Geometric Paintings

David Collins' Geometric Paintings

David Collins culls the visual language for his geometric planes of color from recollections of airports, homes, and construction sites.

Yolanda Sanchez's Abstract Paintings

Yolanda Sanchez's Abstract Paintings

Abstract painter Yolanda Sanchez earned an MFA from Yale in the mid '90s, 15 years after earning a Ph.D. Clinical Psychology from Florida State. It's not surprising that in her artist's statement, Sanchez discusses how her work is "a gathering of [her] awareness of being," and that her goal is "to become a more finely tuned observer." What is obvious to us, and of course the reason we chose her for this week's CMYLK, is that she clearly lives in a beautifully colored world.

Festive Tablescapes

Festive Tablescapes

There's nothing like the holidays to inspire one's inner Martha Stewart. But who needs to get all New England? New Year's Eve, after all, is more glitz and glam than country baked ham. While a woodsy palette with simple white ceramics, a touch of moss, and a sprinkling of pine cones can delight the modern maven, other palettes are equally as pretty. Above, a winter wonderland that's modern and femme, and finally, at the bottom, the gold sparkle that is always a win on December 31. We hope you'll find inspiration in these festive table settings and corresponding Colourlovers palettes. Happy New Year!

Eye-Popping Photography by Floto + Warner

Eye-Popping Photography by Floto + Warner

Photography/director team Jeremy Floto and Cassandra Warner are principals in the New York-based studio Floto + Warner. Their photos have appeared in Time, W Magazine, and Wallpaper; other clients include Prada and Volkswagen. I found them via Pinterest in my quest for colored smoke landscape photos (they created a beautiful colored smoke video). You can see from this trio of color-popping images that their work is irresistible. I had fun using Colourlovers to create palettes for this week's CMYLK.

Colorful Modern Xmas Decor

Colorful Modern Xmas Decor

Christmas isn't all about red, green, and gold; certainly not in Scandinavia. I seem to remember a blue and silver Christmas tree in my past, but that may have just been questionable decorating choices compliments of the 1970s. This week's CMYLK uses Colourlovers to create palettes that celebrate holiday style with a Nordic sensibility.

Patrick Wilson's Abstract Artwork

Patrick Wilson's Abstract Artwork

Artist Patrick Wilson, who lives and works in Los Angeles, explores mid-century modernism in his boxy abstract works. We're inspired by his color blocking combinations, as are the Hirschhorn and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which both own his work. Wilson is a self-described "slow motion action painter," who relies on intuition in the creative process. In terms of technique, he uses a drywall blade to drag layers of translucent and opaque coats of paint across the canvas to gradually build his architectural compositions. We used Colourlovers to create palettes for three of his works in this week's installment of CMYLK.

Maria Lladó's Colorful Interiors

Maria Lladó's Colorful Interiors

Despite her gift for color, Maria Llado never imagined she'd become an interior designer. Hailing from Madrid, Llado studied a multitude of artistic disciplines, including advertising art, fine arts, and photography before enrolling in a course in interior design at St. Martin's in London. Her claim to fame? Woody Allen liked her work so much, he filmed some scenes of Vicky Cristina Barcelona in a villa she had decorated. For CMYLK this week, we created Colourlovers palettes for three rooms in a waterside home she did in Trasvia, Cantabria.

Kate Tucker's Abstract Paintings

Kate Tucker's Abstract Paintings

Kate Tucker is an Australian artist based in Melbourne who works mostly with painting and mixed media installation. She is inspired by the kaleidoscopic wonder of flora and fauna, which immediately makes sense upon viewing her lush, vibrant abstract pieces. For this week's CMYLK, we mocked up Colourlovers palettes of three acrylic works she created this year.

The Colors of Milliken Flooring

The Colors of Milliken Flooring

For this week’s installment of CMYLK, we’ve done something a little different. Instead of artwork and rooms, we've created Colourlovers palettes for three rugs from Spartanburg, South Carolina-based floor covering company Milliken. These abstract designs are works of art in and of themselves.

Hunter Gorham's Bright Travel Photography

Hunter Gorham's Bright Travel Photography

Photographer Hunter Gorham travels the world capturing the perfect 30 seconds of light on beaches, mountains, and deserts. He prints in large format on the heighest quality, pearlized paper making you feel like you stepped into a pristine forest, wandered among the ruins of Central America, or waded on the shores of an expansive sea. Most of all, we love the color. We've created Colourlovers palettes for three of his global works for this week's installment of CMYLK.

Erin Cooper's Abstract Paintings

Erin Cooper's Abstract Paintings

Artist Erin Cooper, who lives and works in Oklahoma City is a painter who also runs the graphic design studio CooperHouse with her husband Tim. She says of her artwork, "My paintings allow me to explore color combinations that I don’t always get to play with in the professional world." This week's CMYLK looks at three, alongside our custom-designed Colourlovers palettes.

Edgy Interiors by Stylist Katrine Martensen-Larsen

Edgy Interiors by Stylist Katrine Martensen-Larsen

When you see her work, you won't be surprised that stylist/designer Katrine Martensen-Larsen of KML Design is Danish, based out of Copenhagen. With white as her base, she adds bright shots of color to rooms, transforming them to light, airy, and in this case, wonderfully playful modern spaces. This Copenhagen flat is a Scandinavian riot, so to speak.

Abstract Art by Anne Harper

Abstract Art by Anne Harper

Anne Harper, who works out of Atlanta and New York and studied Design and Photography at the University of Miami, is an abstract painter and musician. This week, for CMYLK, we created Colourlovers palettes of works done in acrylics and mixed media on canvas, which were shown in a solo exhibition at the Arden Fritz Gallery in Miami earlier this year. The pieces are at once feminine and strong, and extremely appealing. Her new series, "Weighted," will be completed next summer.

Colorful Interior Design by Fawn Galli

Colorful Interior Design by Fawn Galli

This week's CMYLK finds us creating Colourlovers palettes all over New York City. The rooms were created by interior designer Fawn Galli, mingles the old and the new, vintage and contemporary. Although schooled in political science, following a stint at Christie's auction house in the European furniture department, Galli learned the design trade in positions at renown architecture and design firms of Robert A.M. Stern and Peter Marino. We love her style, especially the colors.

Smooth Palettes: Interior Photography by Toby Scott

Smooth Palettes: Interior Photography by Toby Scott

We mined Australian photographer Toby Scott's Tumblr portfolio for this weeks' CMYLK. His clean, fresh photographic style of contemporary interiors lent themselves perfectly to our Colourlovers palettes. Now only if we could climb inside the spaces, we'd be so happy.