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Photographer Rodney Smith

2012-03-14T11:26:00.000-10:00

just love this one!

via French by Design

--Fell in love with these photographs by Rodney Smith--via My Modern Met

Ken Price--A Life Well Lived

2012-03-12T21:27:00.000-10:00

ink and watercolor drawings via Ken Price

via LACMA

A resident of Venice Beach, California and Taos, New Mexico-- Ken Price (1935 - 2012), an American master of ceramics is best known for his otherworldly, organically-shaped blob-like sculptures. I am especially fond of these ink and watercolor drawings available from his website. There will be a retrospective of his work later this year designed by his longtime friend, Frank Gehry, at LACMA. To learn more, you can also visit the New York Times and LA Louver.

Lady Blue with Black Cat

2012-03-12T17:48:00.000-10:00

Barbara Perrine Chu

Lady Blue with Black Cat

Lady in Orange Dress

2012-03-11T19:32:00.000-10:00

Barbara Perrine Chu

Lady in Orange Dress

Lady in Pink

2012-03-11T18:50:00.001-10:00

Barbara Perrine Chu

Lady in Pink

Sunday Afternoon with Lulu

2012-03-10T13:01:00.000-10:00

Barbara Perrine Chu

Sunday Afternoon with Lulu

Kinkolk Dinner Series: Brooklyn

2012-03-08T13:30:00.000-10:00

via Kinfolk Magazine and Home Collection

above photos via Kinfolk Magazine

via Lingered Upon blog

This beautiful, candlelit dinner at the Green Building in Brooklyn looks so magical, inspiring, and like so much fun-- from the Kinfolk's Dinner series--that I discovered via Home Collection. I'd like to do something like that here in Honolulu. Anyone game?

Richard Diebenkorn / Ocean Park

2012-03-08T11:58:00.002-10:00

Richard Diebenkorn via Poul Webb Art Blog

via artnet

West coast Abstract Expressionist, Richard Diebenkorn (1922 - 1993)--His paintings reflect his fascination with the "Golden Ratio" also called the "Golden Mean," one of the most elegant and beautiful ratios of the mathematical world.

His "Ocean Park" series, named for the location of his studio in the Ocean Park neighborhood of Santa Monica, have been called "gentle portraits of California light" are on view at the Orange County Museum of Art until May--to learn more about the artist and his "tranquil, glowing canvases", visit NPR--

Rain and Waterfalls

2012-03-08T11:12:00.000-10:00

Waterfalls off the Koolau Mountains almost in my backyard

Georgia O' Keefe

It's been raining nonstop for days up here where I live in the highlands of Honolulu. My orchids are delighted, but I am waiting for mushrooms to start sprouting from the carpets. As much as I don't like the torrential rain, the waterfalls off the Koolau Mountains are spectacular.

Blue Night

2012-03-07T11:31:00.000-10:00

Barbara Perrine Chu

Blue Night

The Creative Genius of Yves Saint Laurent

2012-03-06T18:46:00.000-10:00

Yves Saint Laurent in Morocco via Miss Moss

via Miss Moss

Love posters at Jardin Majorelle by Yves Saint Laurent via Another Mag

Since I recently featured the Moroccan garden owned by the late Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Berge'--I thought this piece on Miss Moss today called L'amour Fou about the late great Yves Saint Laurent and his partner, Pierre Berge' and the film made by Pierre Thoretton might be of interest.

Garden of Earthly Delights

2012-03-05T12:39:00.000-10:00

Barbara Perrine Chu

Garden of Earthly Delights

Rudy Autio

2012-03-05T11:40:00.001-10:00

via artnet

via The Nevica Project

via askart

Montana-born artist / sculptor, Rudy Autio (1926 - 2007) is best known for his Matisse-like, figurative ceramic vessels--lovely!

Words

2012-03-04T18:30:00.001-10:00

via Carnet Imaginaire

Living Things--Lovely Little Books from Little Otsu

2012-03-04T16:30:00.001-10:00

Liam Stevens via Print-Thing

Living Things by Liam Stevens from Little Otsu

Living Things by Liam Stevens available from Little Otsu

Liam Stevens

Living Things by Becca Stadtlander via Little Otsu

Becca Stadtlander, Living Things

Lovely mini art book series called Living Things published by Little Otsu, an independent publisher and online shop based in Portland, Oregon--among my favorite are books by London-based illustrator / designer, Liam Stevens and Kentucky-based artist, Becca Stadtlander discovered via Carnet Imaginaire.

The Stein Collection

2012-03-02T11:13:00.000-10:00

The Steins in Paris via The Huffington Post

Michael Stein's apartment on rue Madame, Paris (the same street my friend, Christian, lives)--Matisse is in the center

Gurtrude and Alice--photo by Many Ray via The Huffington Post

Matisse via The Huffington Post

Matisse --love this one! via The Huffington Post

Matisse

Picasso

Portrait of Gertrude Stein by Picasso

A fabulous exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Feb 28 - June 3, 2012 of the Stein Collection: Matisse, Picasso and the Avant-Garde--the exhibit was in Paris when I was there last October but I missed it. I recently finished reading The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula McLain, a great read about the young Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, and their life together in Paris during this remarkable time--
To learn more about the Stein exhibit, visit The Huffington Post and The Metropolitan Museum-

Francoise Gilot--Artist / Muse

2012-02-29T16:10:00.001-10:00

Francoise and Picasso via Dear Golden

Francoise Gilot via Vincent Mann Gallery

via Vincent Mann Gallery

Francoise Gilot, artist, writer, -- lover, and artistic muse to Picasso--and mother of Picasso's children, Claude and Paloma. To learn more about this extraordinary woman, visit Museworthy, and Gallery M.

Moroccan "Majorelle" Blue--Jardin Majorelle in Marrakesh

2012-02-28T16:58:00.001-10:00

via Hapsical

The 12 acre botanical garden, Jardin Majorelle in Marrakesh created by French expat artist, Jacque Majorelle (he patented Majorelle Blue, the vivid cobalt blue used in the gardens)--later owned by Yves Saint Laurent and his partner (his ashes are scattered in the garden)--discovered via The House in Marrakesh. I just finished reading The Caliph's House: A Year in Casablanca, a great read by Tahir Shah about his family's experiece remodeling a crumbling house in Casablanca-- there's also a video where he gives a tour of Dar Khalifa, his lovingly restored estate

Vanessa Bell / A Bloomsbury Life

2012-02-26T18:11:00.001-10:00

Vanessa Bell and younger sister, Virginia Woolf

via Janey Pugh

Charleston House in East Sussex, the home of Vanessa Bell and country meeting place for the Bloomsbury Group

interior of Charleston House

via The BBC

via Christie's

The BBC

via The BBC

via Sexuality in Art

via Cave to Canvas

via cave to Canvas

fabric design via The V & A

Paintings and textile designs by Vanessa Bell, sister of Virginia Woolf, and member of the colorful, free-thinking Bloomsbury Group

Lady and the Apple

2012-02-25T21:25:00.000-10:00

Lady and the Apple

Barbara Perrine Chu

Here is one of my nudes--

Monet's Nympheas

2012-02-24T17:39:00.001-10:00

Musee de l'Orangerie

via Janey Pugh

Monet in his studio via Artist and Studio

Monet at Giverny via Artist and Studio

I love these photos of Monet in his garden and studio--and of course, his magnificent water lilies--via Artist and Studio (although I could be wrong, as I couldn't find these photos when I last looked on the site)

Blooming in Paris--Marie Theres Berger

2012-02-23T11:36:00.001-10:00

Lovely, exuberant florals by Parisian artist and art historian Marie Theres Berger--discovered via Susan Costello

Keep Warm with the Seablanket from Iceland's Vik Prjonsdottir

2012-02-21T19:10:00.001-10:00

Stay warm with style with Vik Prjonsdottir's Seablanket made from Icelandic wool in a small knitware factory in Vik, Iceland--The company has an online store or you can find their products via Mjolk in Toronto, Canada.

Marimekko's Designing Women

2012-02-21T16:12:00.000-10:00

Marimekko founder, Armi Ratia, via Eye-Likey

Armi Ratia via The Collector

Iconic Marimekko designer, Maija Isola via Eye-Likey

Iconic Finnish brand Marimekko and founder Arni Ratia along with influencial designer, Maija Isola--via Eye-Likey

Artist / Illustrator Yosuke Yamaguchi

2012-02-20T11:49:00.000-10:00

Yosuke Yamaguchi via 20 x 200

Tokyo-based artist / illistrator / designer Yosuke Yamaguchi