Suburbia, and stunning natural environments {made of tiny strips of paper & oil paint}, brought harmoniously together on wood panel… Um, I think I might be in love.

Maybe if suburban Long Island had actually been this beautiful, American artist Cheryl Molnar, wouldn’t have felt the need to escape it’s identical houses, cul-de-sacs and strip malls. She now lives and works in the eclectic, culture-rich neighborhood of Greenpoint Brooklyn, but luckily for us, her experiences in the burbs have become the fuel for her lovely work. Hm, I wonder where the kids growing up in suburban Grand Canyon {shown above} will end up running off to? It’s a pretty long drive to Brooklyn.