I really love this idea! It looks so modern and a million times more interesting than a collage of photos.
Modern Bird Studios is a modern art company that takes photographs and creates paintings from them! That's right, REAL paintings. Not printed reproductions.
One absolutely lucky Grosgrain reader will receive a 12"x12" piece for you to hang in their home valued at $215. Wouldn't this make a great anniversary or mother's day/ father's day gift?
Gregg Deal, Creative Director of Modern Bird Studios, has always struggled with the idea of the “starving artist” syndrome. How would he ever support a family living a lifestyle like that? Is it even possible? He has wrestled with the idea that there must be some way to make a living and take care of his family off of his God-given talents. Otherwise, why would he have these talents to begin with?
He felt the answer was in creating something new, something original, and something cool. At an early age, Gregg, immersed himself in art and found a particular appreciation for urban art. In college, he studied classic drawing and painting, but realizing that this type of living probably wouldn’t support a family, he expanded his abilities to include graphic design also.
The concept behind Modern Bird Studios was born about three years ago as an experiment he had bouncing around in his head. Gregg has always liked to push the boundaries within his art, whether playing with space or combining traditional and non-traditional mediums. He decided to create a piece that utilized technology and painting. Gregg combines his original urban-style with photography, graphic design and traditional painting to create handmade, original art pieces.
Gregg and his wife Megan know that most modern art available is enormously expensive or mass produced and impersonal. Consequently, they have decided to expand this new style of art to those who have the same appreciation for hip, modern style and who desire to have something more personal to them to enrich their homes.
Modern Bird Studios doesn’t believe in the saying, ‘it’s nothing personal, it’s just business.’ Modern Bird Studios isn’t ‘just’ business, and Modern Bird Studios is something extremely personal to Gregg and to his family.
Check out their FAQ for more info on the process.
Follow Modern Bird Studios on Twitter and to 'like' them on Facebook.
Also if you'd like to make a purchase from them, Modern Bird Studios is offering a 15% discount to Grosgrain readers. Just type -- GROSGRAIN -- This promotions will expire one week after the giveaway ends.
Giveaways can be entered in three ways:
1) By linking (to your blog, facebook, myspace, or any other site)
2) By leaving a comment without a link or
3) By linking and leaving a comment (this will be worth 2 entries which will better your chances of winning). Find more info under the FAQ page.
1) By linking (to your blog, facebook, myspace, or any other site)
2) By leaving a comment without a link or
3) By linking and leaving a comment (this will be worth 2 entries which will better your chances of winning). Find more info under the FAQ page.
If you are leaving a link just use the 'create a link' at the bottom of this post or simply creating a post on your blog and including this link.If you use blogger just use the "create a link" link at the bottom of this post. If you don't use blogger, that's fine too. Just create a link on your page as you normally would and I will see it using Technorati.
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What amazing artwork. I love the idea.
Love these pictures. Would love to win!
What beautiful paintings! When they were younger, my parents silk-screened t-shirts of each other's portraits with a similar effect. I wish I could find those old t-shirts. . .
those are just so lovely, I would love them.
i tried something like this a few years ago as christmas prizes (nowhere near as beautiful as Gregg's). i am envisioning where i would hang it to increase my luck!
I love thier stuff!
- Danielle
other-option AT hotmail DOT com
This is so neat! Thank you for the opportunity to win!
super cute!
Even though I generally prefer traditional decor, I really like these paintings.
I posted this to my blog (kaleidoscopeeyes8.blogspot.com/) and am leaving a comment!
Wow! Love those. . .
Leisel
Brown Paper packages
sooooo beautiful!
Linked to my blog.
I. Love. This. Oh how I want one of these paintings!
What a cool idea! Love the paintings!
Oh, my! I would LOVE to have one of those in my home!
What unique and beautiful art. I'd love to have a "Modern Bird" piece in my home!
Thanks for the giveaway!
One of the most unique ideas I've seen in a while -- love it!
Entering the contest :)
Tessa
These are lovely! How would I ever pick which photo to use?
This is awesome! My dad turns 50 this year...such a unique and great idea!
How fun! What a nice giveaway!
What an amazing giveaway. Thanks for the opportunity!
Those are so cool!
How beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win.
Linked and commenting now! I'm absolutely in love with this idea. We are such an artsy family and have NO artwork on our walls. It's kind of insane, but this would be so perfect! I'd love to commemorate my daughter's first year with one of these amazing paintings!
http://fashionmommaintraining.blogspot.com/2010/07/modern-bird-studios-guest-giveaway.html
Thanks so much!
<3 kp
Wow. Those are stunning. I LOVE this concept, and enjoyed reading about the artist. Crossing fingers for a win!
Wow! We just moved into a new home and the bare walls are driving me nuts, yet I don't want to just throw impersonal art up there. These are amazing, both artistic and personal.
Super pretty and inspirational - I love how modern and timeless they are! Great work Gregg for following his dreams.
Those are beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win.
Love this! I really hope I win.
I also blogged about it:
http://sourkrautkrafts.blogspot.com/2010/07/modern-bird-studios-giveaway-at.html
so beautiful! i would love to win this!
stinksopurdy at gmail dot com
These paintings are beautiful - I would love to hang one in my apartment!
Oh my goodness, I love the concept of the whole thing!! So much more personal and lovely! I hope I win!
What a great giveaway and beautiful art work. I might just have to buy a piece whether or not I win.
elise@heeltoeauto.com
What a great giveaway!
Oh this is such a lovely idea! I'd love to be entered in this giveaway!
ive seen this artwork before. its beautiful!
These are fantastic, I'd love to have one in my home.
As an artist myself...I know what it is like to have the need to express yourself....and to be able to make a living off your work would be wonderful! I wish Modern Bird Studios the best in their business! I love all the works of art they have created!
Need one of these. Now!
These are just gorgeous! And I love the sibling photos! (I have two kids, but I'm so behind in my photos that the poor 15 month old has no photographic representation in our house!)
Those are just gorgeous!
Wow, these are amazing! It's almost like looking at an old film negative. I know exactly which picture i would choose.
Those are amazing! I love them and covet one of my own!
What a great idea! I would love to have a painting like that!
These are amazing! I am bookmarking their site. Hope I win! :)
Wow! These are gorgeous! What a great giveaway!
Wow! These are gorgeous! What a great giveaway!
oh i'm in love. seriously in love.
WOW! What amazing artwork! Would SO love to win!
So neat! And already trying to envision the perfect picture...
wow! these paintings are awesome!
These are AMAZING! My house is covered in photos of my kids, so this would be an awesome alternative! Thank you!!
Beautiful work! What a fantastic gift idea.
I know what I'm asking the hubby to get me for Christmas! Of course two (winning one!) would be great!
~Katy
carolinakatydid at gmail dot com
I love these, what a great idea.
I'm a fan modern bird studios. My husband is a poet and the art world is rough, I'm so happy you found a way to make it. I love, love your work.
How beautiful! Love the style!
I am certain my little boy would look so good in of those paintings...
I just wanna say Fun,Funky and Fabulous!!!
Love them! And I know the perfect room for a piece like this!
These paintings are beautiful, tasteful, and touching
These paintings are beautiful, tasteful, and touching.
Posted to my facebook, too!
those are fantastic!
Oh wow! These are fantastic! I would love to have one done of my two daughters.
That is so cool! Why didn't I think of that? I might have to do that myself.
Wow, this is a really cool idea! I so want one!
Those are such great paintings! Thanks for the giveaway!
That is an awesome take on painting a photo. Love the work!
AMAZING! I love it!
amazing pictures!
I love this idea! So personal and artsy!
lovely
Those are quite stunning. I love the idea of turning a personal thing like a photograph into a graphic statement. Cool looking, *and* personal!
So original and fun!
These are gorgeous. Thanks for sharing about this.
These are stunning! I would love to hang one of these in my home.
WOW! These are seriously cool! Blogged about them here:
http://kellys-krafts.blogspot.com
A couple of friends did these for their Art History class .. I didn't even though I had the same teacher :(
But they do look very pretty! The three of them live together so they hung up the three portraits in the living room.
1060xo, Fernanda Lucila
so cool!! these are gorgeous!
So amazing!
Love this! I have never seen anything like this before!
Kate
katew806@hotmail.com
oh wow - those are so gorgeous - what a brilliant idea!
This would be great to win!
wbailey113@hotmail.com
Would love to win to update my living room since we just updated the kitchen the living room needs some love - badly
What a beautiful gift idea. I love them.
Thanks for another great giveaway.
sugareaterATgmailDOTcom
I really love their stuff! So unique!
I'd love to win! these are amazing!
Beautiful! I've never seen anything quite like it!
I am a HUGE modern bird fan!! Love this giveaway!!
these are so beautiful! I would love to be entered. :)
boswife @ gmail . com
I Love Modern Bird pieces. Maybe this is the Modern Bird and Grosgrain contest I will finally win?
BEAUTIFUL!!!
This artwork is amazing and so cool! Sign me up and thanks for the opportunity!
Does tweeting count? because I tweeted it @txelz 2 of my faves Grosgrain and @modern_bird together!http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2010/07/modern-bird-studios-guest-giveaway.html
love what Modern Bird is doing!
http://thingswithwingsartjournal.blogspot.com
Cool.
I ADORE modern bird work! I would love to own one!
(changingtheuniverse at gmail dot com)
These are incredible. I can just picture one of my two little one's hanging in their room. I've never won anything before but there is always a first, right?
I <3 MBS! I have followed them for awhile and have just been in awe of their creativity. I love every piece they have made. I would be honored to win one of their pieces of art!
I added the giveaway to my blog: justmeandz.blogspot.com (on the right side under giveaways).
I linked on Facebook
Absolutely amazing work.
What a neat idea! I'm off to check them out.
Oh my goodness this is fabulous! How wonderful! My mom would love to have one of these!
Wow what a great artist to feature. The hardest part would be picking out a picture!
Very neat! I love this!
I HEART Modern Bird Studios. Every piece they do is A M A Z I N G!! 'nuff said
What a great idea. I love it!
LOVE!! I need to put up some pictures of my baby girl and this would be perfect.
Goodness, my mom and I were just talking about wall art for the house we just moved into. It's much more modern than our other house, and so the artwork we have now is rather outdated. She would love one of these.
I'm a massive fan of MB - and their twitter feed keeps me in stitches all day!
What an awesome idea, and an inspiring story. It's always awesome when someone gets to make a living doing something they love and have a talent for.
Love Modern Bird! Hope to win so I can get one of our first family photos done. :)
kajohnson29 @ aol.com
Wow! I'd love to win one to give a gift to my parents!
Awesome. I'd absolutely love to give a gift like this to my mother!
Those are amazing!!!! I would love to win this! The trick would be decided which picture to use. . . ha
I love this!! Hope I win!!
Fabulous paintings!
I LOVE Modern Bird Studios! Gorgeous.
great giveaway!!
I would love to have a picture from there. I hope I win! :-)
What a beautiful idea.
what a great idea!!
rwvanvoorhis at gmail dot com
I love these! It would be amazing to own one! jenalber@hotmail.com
Love love love Modern Bird! Fingers crossed!!
To say I was crushing on this art work would be an understatement. These are absolutely fabulous and I can't wait to order some to hang in my house!
This is great and affordable! I would love to have one of these.
I totally created a link. Love MB!
http://www.ajdplusthree.com/2010/07/modern-bird-studios-guest-giveaway.html
These are amazing- I would love to have one of these hanging in my home!
these are awesomely beautiful!! i would love them!!!
I'm in love with this artwork!
Wow! This is absolutely breathtaking. I'd love to see one of these hanging on my wall.
Thanks for such a great giveaway!
angievinez {@} gmail {dot} com
wonderful idea
bogfairy@yahoo.com
Love, love, love this idea! Fingers & toes crossed...
Absolutely beautiful! I would love to hang one of those in my living room.
Such a great idea! I would love this with my baby's picture on it. I have just the spot for it.
Wow, these are beautiful! I wish I were half as creative and talented as Gregg.
That's so awesome!
muchdeepmeaning @ gmail . com
Those are beautiful!
Totally Cool!~Love it!~Laurie
jwla.lozier@gmail.com
Those are so beautiful!
fantastic.
wow! these are gorgeous! it's time we updated our kids' photos too ;)
thanks for a great give-away!
candice
those are really cool paintings :)
I love this, his work is lovely.
wow, that is so cool!
Love, Love, Love these. My three sweeties would make a perfect piece of art!
They are awesome! Sign me up.
Perfect giveaway! I love all those amazing paintings!
naomemandeflores@gmail.com
Really interesting idea. I love the silhouettes that are created!
LOVE!!
Love Modern Bird!
Wonderful! :-D
Oh my gosh, these are amazing! I'd love to have one of my son.
m_miller81@hotmail.com
wow! this is so great!
boon1211 at gmail dot ocm
wow, they are so beautiful. How unique!
These are so amazing! Oh, and I have just the perfect place for one!
OH!I Like these very, very much!! please enter me!
I just love this! keeping my fingers crossed
sarahannerw at gmail dot com
I love these images.
I love these and would love to hang one in my home. I may have to just buy one
I would love this...
I'd love to give one of these to my parents!
They are simply stunning. I'm off to check them out on FB & Twitter :o) m x
These are absolutely amazing. I just bookmarked their site for when I'm feeling richer, because I could just see these pretty much all over my house, and I'm already thinking of a thousand different pictures I have. Yes, I'm carried away!
Also, just linked on my FB page. Thanks!
I love this artwork.
I would love to win one!
Alyssa
http://lifeoflyssie.com
alyssalb@gmail.com
Those are stunning! I would love one!
I love their work sooo much. I know exactly which photo I'd use.
Wow! Beautiful work!
These are so beautiful! I may be visiting the site after I get married in December for some home artwork! I also linked to my blog.
I would love to get my hands on one of these. LOVE!
Such amazing work!
I wanna win!!!! I love Modern Bird!!
I would absolutely LOVE to win a Modern Bird piece!
I would love to win this! Beautiful art!!
karla.sceviour@nf.sympatico.ca
WOW! Those are beautiful, and so amazing! In just a few weeks i'm moving to my new place and that would look so perfect in the living room with the colors and ideas i have in mind! I would LOVE to win! :)
I've linked, followed, and liked :) Beautiful work as usual!
My boyfriend's birthday is coming up and I have the perfect picture for this to give to him!
Oh I hope I win..
jschou99 at gmail dot com
Those are beautiful.
So cool! I want to win!
Beautiful! I would LOVE to have one of these photos!
blogged
http://ohsoverylucky.blogspot.com/2010/07/modern-bird-studios-guest-giveaway.html
lovely giveaway...would love to win !!!
Cool stuff! sorainima@gmail.com
These paintings just captivate me. I love them. I am du any day with our first baby, and would love to have one of him. Amazing!
LOVE it! I have been looking for some artwork for my walls. PERFECT! daciahu(at)gmail(dot)com
linked:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Oceanside-CA/CH-Design-Studio/387815303782?ref=search
BEAUTIFUL work...I would adore one of these of my precious little guy!!!
linked :)
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Oceanside-CA/Christina-Hendrick-Photography/362620753959?ref=search
I love the artwork! So creative...
Wow. I absolutely love these. Beautiful
linked: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1227038
and i love the first painting, its so striking!
linked: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1227038
and I love the very first red painting, its so striking!
A very nice gift idea! I'd like to give my self one!
beautiful!
-tori
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