Hand Painted Fashion

Published August 2017
A person wearing a funky, abstract-patterned jacket and skirt set stands on a city sidewalk; a close-up shows the vibrant green and pink details on the skirt. Soul Flower Blog: Hippie Style & Kind Living

Meet Marthe Mekuria, she’s a Los Angeles based Singer Songwriter and all around creative person from Amsterdam, Holland. Marthe creates abstract mixed medium art on canvas as well as water resistant art designs on clothing.

Marthe Mekuria sitting in a vintage chair surrounded by colorful abstract paintings

Abstract drawing by Marthe Mekuria with geometric shapes and the words Live in Now and Soul Flower

Recently Marthe was gifted a handful of samples from Soul Flower’s Women’s Organic Cotton Basics Collection thanks to a Minneapolis based friend that stopped by our Sample & Seconds Sale. Marthe got right to work adding her unique art to our organic silhouette!

Person wearing a colorful geometric-patterned Soul Flower outfit outdoors with a dog

Ever since Marthe was a child, she’s painted on anything and everything. From shoes, to clocks, to walls, it drove her mother insane. Especially when at one point she started to use nothing but boxes full of nail polish to create her art.

Person wearing a colorful hand-painted jacket and skirt by Marthe Mekuria

Person wearing a colorful hand-painted Soul Flower outfit on a city sidewalk

We love these one-of-a-kind works of art! Soul Flower threads, reimagined. What a great way to take clothing items that are slightly damaged or unfit for regular retail and bring them to life! All you artists out there, what’s your favorite non-conventional canvas for your art?

Marthe Mekuria painting in her art studio surrounded by abstract artwork

Feeling inspired?

Check out Soul Flower’s “blank canvas” organic cotton basics, perfect for tie-dye, hand painting and any other DIY you can come up with!

TIP: Test out your process with old favorites that need a fresh look. What better why to give new life to those stained or faded tees at the back of your closet?!

Soul Flower inspired drawing by Marthe Mekuria

See more of Marthe’s work on her website and the rest of her hand painted Soul Flower threads here.

Each one of Marthe’s designs are unique and one of a kind! If you have any inquires about the work you’ve seen feel free to contact her here!

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