summer anticipation '08

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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timeless

This dedication goes out to my favorite little artist, Sam. I think he was born with a marker in his hand, and now he has this obsession with clocks (and we all know how I feel about obsessions!). In particular, he loves clocks with pendulums, as evidenced here in these drawings.

Sam was kind enough to render my portrait recently. It's an incredible likeness, for those of you who have wondered what I look like. He's managed to capture the fact that I like more than one Guns-n-Roses song. Oh, Sweet Child O' Mine...

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Eames chair~

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infinity

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Barbara Barry chair with two etchings by Richard Serra~

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the butterfly effect

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~the Butterfly chair with silkscreen by Donald Sultan~

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may I have this dance?

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Cherner chair with Matisse painting~

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tulip season

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~tulip chair with David Hockney lithograph~

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lovers

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Anthropologie chair with Marc Chagall painting~

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more love

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~another fabulous chair by Spruce with another Robert Indiana painting~

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straight forward

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Breuer chair with Diebenkorn painting~

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my logical side

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Le Corbusier chair with Peter Halley painting~

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venus

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~me stealing Warhol, stealing Botticelli, stealing beauty~

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vis-a-vis

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Anthropologie wingchair with artwork by Jasper Johns~

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scent of a woman

The smell of spring wafting through my studio window has been intoxicating. I get this way every spring, inhaling and admiring the renewing earth as if I were experiencing it for the first time. The lilac tree, the lily of the valleys, the daffodils. Heaven.

So, why "The Figure Five in Gold" (1928) by Charles Demuth, you ask? Well, this juxtaposition is personal. My Granny's favorite perfume was Chanel no.5 and the only perfume she would wear. She had a beautiful and well-kept little garden where, among other flowers, lily of the valleys and lilacs flourished under her care. And now I'm lucky enough to have these two favorites in my backyard. She passed away 11 years ago and to this day, I cannot walk through my spring garden without thinking I detect just a hint of Chanel no.5.

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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marshmallow delights in thiebaud

~George Nelson marshmallow chair with Wayne Thiebaud painting~

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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what a wonderful world

~chair by Eames admiring artwork by Miro~

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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going dutch

This is dedicated to my Dutch friends, Mandy and Bernard.

mid-century chair by Hans Wegner with homage to Jan Vermeer

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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an american in paris

~Eiffel chair by Eames~

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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labor of love

And speaking of "labor of love," check out the talented Lizzie and Amanda of Spruce who redesign chairs... and don't we all LOVE chairs!

chair by Spruce (with Amy Butler fabric...and don't we all love Amy Butler!) and a Robert Indiana painting

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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crazy daisy

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Anthropologie chair with Picasso~

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on the same plane

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~Barcelona chair by Mies van de Rohe with a Sean Scully painting~

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