Thursday, January 16, 2014

Ward Hooper Art

Ward Hooper Art, Ward Hooper Boise Idaho

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.

Ward Hooper Custom Print Art, Ward Hooper Boise Idaho

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!

Ward Hooper Custom Print Art, Ward Hooper Boise Idaho
Ward Hooper Custom Print Art, Ward Hooper Boise Idaho

My sister received a commissioned print from their wedding, too, but hers has such a different feel than ours... it's so romantic & vintage!

Ward Hooper Custom Print Art, Ward Hooper Boise Idaho

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:

Colleen said...

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!

Shannon Tatlock said...

Those are beautiful! What a unique Christmas gift idea!

Pamela Baker said...

Oh my, I LOVE yours!!!

Vicki Garrett said...

Those are amazing!!! What a wonderful gift from your Mom and such a great keepsake!

Brittany Fry said...

these are really amazing!!! I love the one of your brothers!!!! awesome!

Carrie Koehmstedt said...

I love it! Such amazing craftsmanship... I totally want one for my house, too!

Annelise Rowe said...

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!

Annelise Rowe said...

Thanks Shannon. I was very surprised. We got a few very personalized things this year, and it was so special!

Annelise Rowe said...

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!

Annelise Rowe said...

Thanks! Talk about something that lasts *forever! :)*

Annelise Rowe said...

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!

Annelise Rowe said...

Can you imagine getting one created for a small business? It would be the neatest piece for an office :)

Kate Hall said...

What a lovely gift to receive!

Carly Anderson said...

These are AWESOME!


Carly
www.lipglossandcrayons.com

Krysten @ Why Girls Are Weird said...

Oh my gosh I'm in love!

Brittany Wilson said...

Those are very cool!! How sweet of your mom to get them made for each of you

KC Saling said...

These are amazing!! I would love to have something like this done. Checking out his website!

Chelsea Oliver said...

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

Annelise Rowe said...

Thanks Brittany. I agree... what a genuine & thoughtful gift!

Annelise Rowe said...

OOH what is it? I'd love to know!

Chelsea Oliver said...

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

Lindsay @ Trial By Sapphire said...

I love all of those prints!

Kelly said...

That is awesome, such heart warming presents!


xx Kelly
Sparkles and Shoes

Annelise Rowe said...

What a WONDERFUL anniversary gift!!

Emilie Bordeleau-Laroche said...

This is amazing! I'll need to go to Boise and get one done! ;)

Priya Pappu said...

These are awesome!! Such a personal and unique pieces of art to have in your home.

perfectly Priya

Annelise Rowe said...

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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