chiaroscuro

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Saarinen Tulip chair and David Hockney lithograph~

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heartland

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Windsor chair and a painting by Andrew Wyeth~

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dragonfly season

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

inspired by Anthropologie chair and

aquatint etching, Beginners by Ross Bleckner

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some like it hot

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Hollywood Regency Chair,

Marilyn Monroe silkscreen by Warhol,

and script, Some Like It Hot~

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upon further reflection

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by the Well Tempered Chair by Ron Arad, sculpture by Donald Judd, and sculpture Balloon Dog Yellow by Jeff Koons~

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opposites attract

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Barbara Barry Script Side Chair with painting by Piet Mondrian~

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eastside

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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italian summer

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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beside myself

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Picasso and Jacobsen's Egg Chair~

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spectrum

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Morris Louis painting,

Louis XV Embroidered chair by Dransfield & Ross,
and Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon~

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joy of cooking

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Peppers, a screenprint by Donald Sultan,
and Joy of Cooking by Rombauer, Becker and Becker~

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a natural woman

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Barbara Barry chair and Seated Woman in a Chemise (1923) by Picasso~

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paradiso

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a painting by Matisse and the book, Dante's Paradiso~

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you give me fever

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Smoke chair by dutch designer, Maarten Baas,
"Smoke Rings" digital prints by Donald Sultan, and text, Dante's "Inferno"~

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what a pair

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by an Anthropologie chair with screenprint by Donald Sultan

and a book by Elizabeth Barrett Browning atop a book by Robert Browning~

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silly for you

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Eileen Gray Bibendum chair with artwork by Keith Haring~

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contours and context

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by artwork by Donald Sultan and

text by William Shakespeare~

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by heart

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~etching by Donald Sultan, chair by Spruce, and book by Lord Byron~

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aubade

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Barbara Barry chair with painting by Edward Hopper~

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decorum

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Kartell's Mademoiselle Chair by Philippe Starck with silkscreen by Warhol~

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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

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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

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rocker loves rainbow

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~Eames rocking chair and Morris Louis painting~

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dream weaver

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~chair by Risom and painting by Brice Marden~

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swan admires miro

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

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affinity

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~~womb chair and Georgia O'Keeffe painting~~

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love is in the (ch)air

Marcel Breuer apparently loved the artist Wassily Kandinsky
so much he named this chair after him, "Wassily."

And speaking of love, this is dedicated to one of my best pals, David, who has finally found his true love. Congratulations on your engagement to Avi!

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHARIE!

Happy Birthday, Sharie! Thanks for being the most brilliant assistant!
The sale of this painting will go towards your well-deserved vacation.
In honor of the fact that you can multi-task like nobody's business, I've combined several of my past themes into today's painting. So today, relax, enjoy a good book, (even if it's a homeschooling book you've been wanting to catch up on), enjoy the spring flowers, (I'm sure somebody will give you flowers today), enjoy the sunshine (it's sunny somewhere in the world), enjoy a sip (OK, maybe save that for later), ignore the kids, (but don't ignore this post...get a paypal button on this painting!) Have a fantastic multi-tasking birthday! You're the best!
OX, Kimberly

Kimberly!! What a sweet surprise to wake up to! With a lump in my throat and tears in my eyes...Thank you!! hugs, Sharie

Now down to business...
6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel
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white after easter

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

Eames and Rothko

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golden spiral ovation

6" x 6 " oil on gessoed panel
Schaukelsessel No. 9 and Georgia O'Keefe
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