We’re a member run gallery in Washington D.C. filled with art of uncompromising quality expressed in a diversity of contemporary materials and styles. This tumblog is inspirational, filled with art we’re loving!901 New York Avenue Washington, DC 20001 (202) 347-2787 touchstonegallery.comTumblr (3.0; @touchstonegallery)http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcyvvhhj2r1qdrgo9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> City Retreat<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcyvvhhj2r1qdrgo9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Human Creation<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/post/34978786630">arpeggia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Collages by <a href="http://ashleyjosephedwards.co.uk/">Ashley Edwards</a></p> <p><a href="http://ashleyjosephedwards.co.uk/">Website</a> | <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47385468@N08/">Flickr</a> | <a href="http://myabstractmind.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> | <a href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/tagged/ashley_edwards">More posts</a></p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35507244253http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35507244253Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:21:08 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3bvio27S1qe31lco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3bvio27S1qe31lco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://likeafieldmouse.tumblr.com/post/35160775340/jacob-van-loon-sugar-skull-ii-i-2012">likeafieldmouse</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.jvlendnote.com/">Jacob van Loon</a> - <em>Sugar Skull II & I</em> (2012)</p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35442070331http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35442070331Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:41:18 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcmp36jczI1r3yfczo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://matthewivancherry.tumblr.com/post/35149573245/roberta-comi-erasing-herself-i">matthewivancherry</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Roberta Comi</p> <p>erasing herself I</p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35428278534http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35428278534Sat, 10 Nov 2012 15:21:41 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct1bstynh1rsnzy2o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct1bstynh1rsnzy2o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/24624/kate-mccgwire-braided-feather-sculptures.html">kate mccgwire: braided feather sculptures</a></p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35367408636http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35367408636Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:40:50 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczd07Je5P1qdupuko1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczd07Je5P1qdupuko2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczd07Je5P1qdupuko3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczd07Je5P1qdupuko4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mczd07Je5P1qdupuko5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.therhumboogie.com/post/35053546630">therhumboogie</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>By <a href="http://jeremymiranda.blogspot.ca">Jeremy Miranda</a>, each of these beautifully done paintings has such a dreamy sense of layers, and worlds within worlds. The thread connecting each piece, using ladders, really is a sharp focus for the work linking different dimensions to one another, mesmerising stuff. </p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35353356657http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35353356657Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:20:39 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md2t2pFILH1rwadubo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md2t2pFILH1rwadubo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md2t2pFILH1rwadubo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md2t2pFILH1rwadubo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hifas.tumblr.com/post/35133853959">hifas</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em><strong>Contact Lens</strong></em> by <a href="http://www.mot-art-museum.jp/eng/index.html" title="">Haruka Kojin</a></p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35300541256http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35300541256Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:40:36 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3j1uCNaH1r4whgbo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3j1uCNaH1r4whgbo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3j1uCNaH1r4whgbo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3j1uCNaH1r4whgbo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md3j1uCNaH1r4whgbo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rcruzniemiec.tumblr.com/post/35172987858/burano-daniel-korzhonov">rcruzniemiec</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Burano</strong> <a href="http://kordan.35photo.ru/photo_430477/">Daniel Korzhonov</a></p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35286276117http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35286276117Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:20:33 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcy477Va7D1qdrgo9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> The Birth of Us (Boy), 2006-2007, acrylic paint on polyester resin, fiberglass, oil paint, screw eye, steel wire, and wire lock, 41.8 x 33.3 x 12 cm<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcy477Va7D1qdrgo9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> The Birth of Us (Girl), 2006-2007, acrylic paint on polyester resin, fiberglass, oil paint, screw eye, steel wire, and wire lock, 40 x 32 x 13 cm<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/post/35135046030">arpeggia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.anderskrisar.com/">Anders Krisár</a> - The Birth of Us, 2006-2007 | <a href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/tagged/anders_krisar">More posts</a></p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35275966658http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35275966658Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:46:20 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md6ekh541X1r04rgoo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://lacedcheeba.tumblr.com/post/35273632484/ekkehard-altenburger-mirrored-house-1996">lacedcheeba</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ekkehard altenburger. Mirrored house 1996.</p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35275587139http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/35275587139Thu, 08 Nov 2012 11:37:10 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc53a3N6JH1qbcporo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://2headedsnake.tumblr.com/post/33889683515">2headedsnake</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Michelle Woodward</p> <div id="header_category_container"></div> <div id="content"> <div class="single_left"> <h1>Ghost Dog</h1> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p>Perfectly creepy for this Halloween season. </p>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33916949063http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33916949063Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:14:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5medjObH71rstzego1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://msilvaart.tumblr.com/post/25103068919/rotten-oil-on-cardboard-2010">msilvaart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Rotten</p> <p>Oil on Cardboard, 2010</p> </blockquote> <p>Painting by Michelle Silva </p>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33911849731http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33911849731Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:54:04 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc5e9zxfei1qgixkto1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://leivos.tumblr.com/post/33897476198/prolonged-daschund-by-lucie-sheridan">leivos</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Prolonged Daschund by Lucie Sheridan</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Who says art has to be serious and stuffy. We’re digging this humorous dog illustration. </p>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33908515421http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33908515421Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:00:26 -0400art we love<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9uxt6FwD41qb6mm9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://vivian-fu.tumblr.com/post/30915227189/in-my-childhood-bedroom-san-fernando-valley-july">vivian-fu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vivianisvulgar/7927005218/in/photostream/" title="In My Childhood Bedroom, San Fernando Valley, July 2012">In My Childhood Bedroom, San Fernando Valley, July 2012</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/vivianisvulgar/" title="Vivian Fu">Vivian Fu</a></p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33908023667http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33908023667Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:52:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0s0j9wVze1qdrgo9o8_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> Baltic Sea, near Rügen, 1996<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0s0j9wVze1qdrgo9o4_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Ligurian Sea, near Saviore,1993<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0s0j9wVze1qdrgo9o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> Aegean Sea, Pillon, 1990<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0s0j9wVze1qdrgo9o3_r2_500.jpg"/><br/> Ionian Sea, Santa Cesarea,1990<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/post/33896368282">arpeggia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.sugimotohiroshi.com">Hiroshi Sugimoto</a> - Seascapes, 1980-</p> <p>“Mystery of mysteries, water and air are right there before us in the sea. Every time I view the sea, I feel a calming sense of security, as if visiting my ancestral home; I embark on a voyage of seeing.” ― Hiroshi Sugimoto</p> </blockquote> <p>Awe inspiring!</p>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33907896572http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33907896572Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:49:50 -0400art we love<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbrbcgXLSB1r8dv7eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://28-mm.com/post/33402452087/reflection-2012">28-mm</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>reflection</em>, 2012</p> </blockquote> <p>We love this photograph by artist Alick Shiu. </p>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33907743770http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33907743770Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:47:14 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9skg6vMr71r1yjzio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>By fellow Tumblr <a href="http://carlymonster.tumblr.com/">Carly Monster</a>, an aspiring illustrator.</p>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33906574974http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33906574974Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:26:47 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc1tq2ZGhC1qdrgo9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Slow Wave 2, 2011, oil on canvas, 54" x 60"<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc1tq2ZGhC1qdrgo9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Slow Wave 1, 2011. oil on canvas, 42" x 54"<br/><br/> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://arpeggia.tumblr.com/post/33904092731">arpeggia</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.kristinemoran.com/">Kristine Moran</a> - Slow Wave, oil on canvas, 2011</p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33906418005http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33906418005Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:23:53 -0400art we love<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf1qv5K3h1ro74x3o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maf1qv5K3h1ro74x3o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://showslow.tumblr.com/post/33905319134/using-her-underwater-stage-as-a-backdrop-phoebe">showslow</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Using her “Underwater Stage” as a backdrop, </span><a href="http://phoeberudomino.com/">Phoebe Rudomino </a><span>has her subjects and muses swim, dance and twirl—fully clothed—in tanks full of water. Her images alternate from brightly illuminated ethereal shots to sensual, dimly lit shots.</span></p> </blockquote>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33906161182http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33906161182Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:19:10 -0400artwelove<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc5cz9RLVz1rjrykdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’re so excited for Art All Night! Come visit us tomorrow!</p>http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33896329581http://touchstonegallery.tumblr.com/post/33896329581Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:42:00 -0400eventsartallnightdc