I instantly fell in love with these paintings by Michael Ward the second I saw them. Each one depicts an ordinary, everyday scene based on a photograph captured in Southern California. I especially love Michael’s goal for the images he creates: “…But what I am really after is bearing witness, and making people stop what they’re doing and pay attention, to something they may have never seen before, but that makes them feel ‘I know this.’”
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Courtney
<p>Courtney is the founder of Design Work Life and <a href="http://seamlesscreative.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seamless Creative</a>, a small design studio she runs with her husband Brian. She now splits her time between developing brand identities for small businesses and soaking up (and passing along) as much inspiration as she possibly can.
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