My favorite artist in Boise—without a doubt—is Ward Hooper. Daniel & I own several of his Boise State prints, and for Christmas, my mom worked with Ward to design the beautiful custom print above—inspired by a photo from our wedding day. This new piece hangs right in our front hallway and is the first thing you see when you walk in the front door. It's a print that we'll treasure forever and is truly so special to us.
Check it out—below is the original photo and the print commissioned from it.
Isn't Ward amazing? My mom worked very closely with him to get the colors and little details right. Ward can turn any photo into a custom print. Look at this one that he did of my brother Stew and his Quidditch photo!
My sister received a commissioned print from their wedding, too, but hers has such a different feel than ours... it's so romantic & vintage!
Needless to say, my mom totally surprised us all with some neat, neat art.
If you're local to Boise, be sure to stop in Ward's shop in downtown Boise. You can visit his website here and connect with him on Facebook & Twitter, and here's his gallery information:
Ward Hooper Gallery of Art
745 West Idaho Street
Boise, Idaho
And that is why Ward Hooper is my favorite artist. Boise is lucky to have such a talented man!
27 comments:
This is amazing! I love this! I Googled him and the things I found are wonderful! I truly love art and the uniqueness of Artists!
Those are beautiful! What a unique Christmas gift idea!
Oh my, I LOVE yours!!!
Those are amazing!!! What a wonderful gift from your Mom and such a great keepsake!
these are really amazing!!! I love the one of your brothers!!!! awesome!
I love it! Such amazing craftsmanship... I totally want one for my house, too!
You're right... when you google him, fun things do come up! What was fun was seeing all the local businesses he's worked with. I love that!
Thanks Shannon. I was very surprised. We got a few very personalized things this year, and it was so special!
Thank you! It's so modern & fun. My mom told him she wanted it to feel like a celebration with bubbly champagne. I feel like he did a great job!
Thanks! Talk about something that lasts *forever! :)*
It's very neat. The background used for that one originally had A10's flying over it during a Boise State football game. Somehow he got the planes out of it and put my brother into it... I just love it!
Can you imagine getting one created for a small business? It would be the neatest piece for an office :)
What a lovely gift to receive!
These are AWESOME!
Carly
www.lipglossandcrayons.com
Oh my gosh I'm in love!
Those are very cool!! How sweet of your mom to get them made for each of you
These are amazing!! I would love to have something like this done. Checking out his website!
These are so great! I'll have to look into more of his work! I already have ideas for a custom print!
-Chelsea
chelsandthecity.blogspot.com
Thanks Brittany. I agree... what a genuine & thoughtful gift!
OOH what is it? I'd love to know!
I'm thinking my boyfriend's favorite picture of us. We'll be together for five years this year, so I'm thinking we'd have to put that somewhere too lol
I love all of those prints!
That is awesome, such heart warming presents!
xx Kelly
Sparkles and Shoes
What a WONDERFUL anniversary gift!!
This is amazing! I'll need to go to Boise and get one done! ;)
These are awesome!! Such a personal and unique pieces of art to have in your home.
perfectly Priya
Thanks Priya. Unique is right. My favorite part is the 1/1 at the bottom next to his signature. It's one-of-a-kind!
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