Sunday, May 12, 2013

A Riot of Pattern UPDATED

Carolyn Hedge Baird, fresh from a visit to Melissa Shirley's home and design studio, next takes us down the road to visit John Johannsen, whose paintings Melissa Shirley licenses for needlepoint.  Prepare to be amazed....
http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2013/04/24/john-johanssen-artist-part-1/

http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2013/04/28/john-johanssen-artist-part-2-a-needlepoint-inspiration/

http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2013/05/01/john-johanssen-artist-part-3-what-john-likes/

UPDATES:
http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2013/05/08/melissa-shirley-designs-john-johanssen-canvases-for-needlepoint/

http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2013/05/12/melissa-shirley-designs-john-johanssen-canvases-for-needlepoint-part-2/

http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2013/05/15/melissa-shirley-designs-john-johanssen-canvases-for-needlepoint-part-3/

http://www.livingwithneedlepoint.com/2013/05/19/melissa-shirley-designs-john-johanssen-canvases-for-needlepoint-part-4/

I am seeing his needlepoint canvases in a whole new light.  They are like taking a piece of his amazing studio home.  You can visit Melissa's website and see her collection of his work and see what I mean here--
http://melissashirleydesigns.com/galsearch/?searchstring=&searchlist=35&Search=Search&dosearch=

Another visitor talks about John's studio and work.
http://lazydaisyneedlework.blogspot.com/2013/07/john-johannsen.html

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