ruby red room

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel
~inspired by Anthropolgie's Astrid Chair and a painting by Henri Matisse~
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chair love

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Philippe Starck's Ghost Chair and Robert Indiana's Love~
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indoor gardener

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Anthropologie's Highwire Chair and Georges Braque's The Garden Chair (1950)~
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live green!

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel
~inspired by one-of-a-kind recycled chair by Margaret Elman
and a painting by Kees van Dongen~
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bright bright sunshiny day

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel
~inspired by Anthropologie's Cleo Chair and a painting by Van Gogh~
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slink and a slice

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel
~inspired by a Slink Chair and a painting by Wayne Thiebaud~
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sunburst

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel
~inspired by Anthropologie's Astrid Chair and collage by Matisse~
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flower girl

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Anthropologie's Antwerp Chair and a painting by Emil Nolde~
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butterflies are free to fly

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a beautifully uphostered chair in Orla Kiely fabric
and Odilon Redon's Evocation of Butterflies~
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first impression

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Louis XV chair upholstered in Ikat fabric and a painting by Claude Monet~
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true blue

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Ron Arad's Big Easy Chair and Matisse's Blue Nude IV~
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simply red

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by an Eero Aarnio Pastil Chair and a painting by Miro~

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white gloves

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a 1950's DUX chair and artwork by Andy Warhol~

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an arm and a leg

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Balou Modern Chair by Jane Worthington and a painting by Fernando Botero~

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goodnight, summer

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Anthropolgie's Corrigan Chair and Rene Magritte's Le Seize Septembre~
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repose

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Eames La Chaise and a painting by Kees Van Dongen~

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transparent love

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Louis Ghost Chair by Philippe Starck and a painting by Miro~

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a good friend

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel
~inspired by Phillippe Starck's Bubble Club Chair and artwork by Keith Haring~
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This painting is dedicated to my good buddy Randel, who I can always count on for a good idea. Everyone needs a Randel in their life. Check out his beautiful collages. And for the photography lovers, he has a brand new blog.

blue mist

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by an antique blue velvet chair and a painting by Alfred Sisley~

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precedent

For the record, I’m not the first painter to find a significant connection between the chair and art. David Hockney painted Three Chairs with Picasso Mural in 1970. And I’m sure he wasn’t the first either.

To me, there’s a story in every chair. We spend so much time in them. A chair is a place to collapse at the end of the day. We turn to them to read our favorite books, write letters, watch movies, or sometimes simply take in the view around us. In our chairs, we gather around tables, commune, break bread together. Ideas are born, dreams conjured up, and decisions are made in chairs.

Many of you have written to me with stories about the moment you spotted your favorite chair at a flea market or when a beautiful chair was handed down from a beloved friend or grandparent. A chair that has lived a long life with one family, perhaps, gets a paint job or new upholstery and its existence begins all over again.

Chairs are so human as their shape mimics the body. Chairs tell us about ourselves. They play archivists to our history. Sunken deep under the cushion of our favorite chair one can find a ticket stub to that great concert, or old coins from a memorable trip to Europe (before they switched to the Euro!).

How much thought are you giving to the chair you are sitting in as you are reading this?

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Anthropologie's Spectrum Swirl Chair

and David Hockney's Three Chairs with Picasso Mural 1970~

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late summer breeze

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Anthropologie's Conservatory Chair and a painting by Cezanne~

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board of directors

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by the Rietveld Chair and a painting by Piet Mondrian~

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god save the queen

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Metro Sofa's Union Jack Chair and artwork by Andy Warhol~

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the entomologist's chair

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Jacobsen's Ant Chair and a painting by Robert Motherwell~

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flutter

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by the Jewel Ikat Slipper Chair by Urban Outfitters and artwork by Donald Sultan~

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eden

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Anthropologie's Blacksmith Blossom Chair and a painting by Raoul Dufy~

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new horizon

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Louis XV Ribbon Chair by Dransfield & Ross and a painting by Mark Rothko~

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by contrast

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Breuer's Wassily Chair and a painting by Franz Kline~

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nude

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by the Victoria Ghost Chair by Philippe Starck and a painting by Degas~

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off her rocker

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Eame's Rocker Chair and a painting by Picasso~

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lady in red

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Saarinen's Womb Chair and a painting by Kees van Dongen~

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flower power

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Anthropologie's Conservatory Chair and Monet's Chrysanthemums painting~

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green day

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a green velvet chair and a painting by Twachtman~

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green under the arches

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Queen Anne side chair and a painting by Georges Braque~

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keeping it green

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Josef Frank Liljevalch Easy Chair and a painting by David Hockney~

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something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Jacobsen's Egg Chair and a painting from Picasso's Blue Period~

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blue steel

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Hans Wegner's Ox Chair and a painting by Franz Marc~

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blue skies ahead

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Neiman Marcus's Crewel Blue Chair and a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe~

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turn and bow

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a St.Simone Chair and a painting by Degas~

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pink fantasy

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Belter Chair and a painting by Marc Chagall~

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petal pink

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Saarinen Tulip Chair and artwork by Warhol~

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think pink

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a pink velvet tub chair by Neiman Marcus and a painting by Henri Fantin-Latour~

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curtain call

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a fancy Victorian chair and a painting by Degas~

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summer dance

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Anthropologie's Asian Patchwork Antwerp Chair and a painting by Degas~

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degas fan club

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a George Smith chair and a painting by Degas~

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a chair for raoul

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Louis XV chair and Raoul Dufy's painting La Vie en Rose~

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a chair for pierre joseph

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Century Furniture and artwork by Pierre Joseph Redoute~

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a chair for richard

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by a Dapha chair and a painting by Richard Diebenkorn~

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a chair for gustav

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Anthropologie’s Remy Chair and a painting by Gustav Klimt~

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a chair for odilon

6" x 6" oil on gessoed panel

~inspired by Anthropologie’s Big Bloom Cleo Chair and a painting by Odilon Redon~

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