THERE'S. ONLY ONE REASON THAT I CAN'T GET THESE QUIPS TO POST, I LIVE IN A NON-HOOKED IN PART OF THE WORLD. I AM SO UNDER EQUIPED TO HANDLE TECHNOLOGY. I WISH THAT I WOULDN'T BE SO CRABBY, BUT (WHICH INDEED THE WORD BUT CANCELS OUT THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCE) IT'S THESE LOTTLE THINGS THAT I'M SIRE EVERYONE CAN'T STAND ABOUT THE WORLD WE HAVE DESIGNED...
I AM LOOKING FORWARD. TO SETTING UP MY NEW STUDIO, I WILL BE TEACHING. CLASSES IN DRAWING, PAINTING, MIXED MEDIA, AND COLLAGE. I MOVE IN NEXT WEEK, I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOREVER IT SEEMS....WHILE I AM DUKEING IT OUT IN THE WORLD, ALL I WANT TO DO IS BE BY MYSELF AND MAKE ART. TOMORROW I WILL START CLEANING OUT MY STUDIO SPACE. CAN HARDLY CONTAIN MYSELF....
WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPEND A DAY...MUSIC...FOOD...DEMOS... WHAT A GREAT GALA....IF I COULD FIGURE OUT THE THEME OF THIS SHOW IT'S PROBABLY THAT VINTAGE IS ALIVE AND WELL IN AMERICA. WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SPEND THE DAY. COME SHOP, BE PART OF THE MADNESS!
WELL, WE ARE MOVING ALL FUN STUFF TO PETTENGILL FARM AND IT'S A PERFECT WEEKEND...THERE IS SO MUCH GOOD STUFF I CAN HARDLY CONTAIN MYSELF. I HAVE REMIND MYSELF THAT I AM HERE TO SELL -NOT BUY...PLEASE COME SEE. DEMOS...MUSIC...MORE IMPORTANTLY, STUFF. 45 FERRY ROAD, SALISBURY MASSACHUSETTS
(FOLLOW THE CARS)
IF YOU TRY TOO HARD ART BECOMES A BURDEN...I ALWAYS MAKE AN EFFORT TO SHARE INSPIRATIONS AND IDEAS WITH MY FRIENDS...IT'S AMAZING HOW A CONCEPT DISLODGES WITH BACK AND FORTH CONVERSATION. I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A SHOW THAT COMBINES MEDIA IMAGES WITH SYMBOLS AND POPULAR CULTURE...IT HAS BECOME A BURDEN OF LOVE.
I KNOW I HAVEN'T SAID IT ENOUGH, BUT IF THINGS AREN'T SCATTERED THEY LAND. CORRAL, PLACE A SOFA TABLE BEHIND YOUR. COUCH AND PILE. SAWHORSES AND A BARNBOARD, STORE THINGS UNDERNEATH...PILLOWS EVERYWHERE...COMPOSE LIKE A PICTURE, DEPTH, COLOR, TEXTURE...ALL GOOD. RETELL THE STORY OF YOUR LIFE, A THREE DIMENSIONAL SCRAPBOOK. FILL GLASS CABINETS WITH STUUUUUFFFFFFF. STACK BOOKS TO HEIGHTEN LAMPS OR MAKE A SIDE TABLE OUT OF BIG BOOKS. LOWER YOUR PICTURES (THEY ARE ALWAYS TOO HIGH) . ENOUGH INFO...NOW GO GO GO.
THE THNGS I GLEANED FROM STUDYING IN FLORENCE WAS TWO FOLD. THE WORLD IS FILLED WITH BEAUTY...GUESS I DIDN'T. HAVE TO GO ABROAD TO LEARN THAT...AND TRY TO NEVER LIVE IN REGRET, WHICH IS THE UNFORTUNATE LESSON LEARNED. WHEN LUFE IS ROOTED IN FEAR IT STAYS THERE. I WAS PAINTING IN THE TUSCAN HILLSIDE (AIN'T IT GRAND?) AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LIGHT WAS FADING BUT THE BUS TO GO BACK TO THE CITY WAS ON IT'S LAST RUN, HAD I KNOWN THAT I WOULDN'T RETURN, WHICH IN MY YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCE. I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ABLE TO (AND SOON) RETURN AND PAINT..I SHOULD HAVE SLEPT IN THE HILLS WITH THE ANIMALS AND CONTINUED MY WORK, I SOMETIMES WONDER IF MY LIFE WOULD HAVE CHANGED, I WAS WORJKING ON A STYLE WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY I DID THOUGH A GENERATION LATER. I HAVE FINALLY LET GO OF IT ALL, ONCE AND FOR ALL. PLEASE DON'T DO WHAT I HAVE DONE, LOVE LIFE, LIVE YOUR DESTINY, ESTABLISH YOUR DIRECTION BEFORE SÊTTLING FOR O.K. DON'T. BE AFRAID.
. LIFE IS NOT A DRESS REHEARSAL
LESSONS OF DESIGN ALWAYS INCLUDE THESE TWO ELEMENTS. ALWAYS INCLUE GOUPINGS THAT CONTAIN EITHER A DIFFERENCE IN SCALE OR THE AMOUNT OF OBJECTS. I WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO THE VINTAGE FAIRE IN SALSBURY, MASSACHUSETTS JUNE 22-23 AT PETTENGILL FARM ON FERRY ROAD (FOLLOW THE THRONGS OF CARS)...I'LL HAVE LOTS OF RED AND MY ART PIECES.
I AM SO EXCITED BECAUSE I AM HAVING AN ART SHOW IN NOVEMBER 2013. THhdfqhE OPENING IS OkmztrtN THE hrywwrcjerhjf 15TH AT THE TOWN uhh77ujnHALL IN EXETER,uughFqww yNH...I AM MOVING INTO AN ART STUDIO NEXT MONTH...SO I. VWULL BE CHRONICLING THE
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THERE IS A POWER IN USING OBJECTS THAT WHEN ASSEMBLED BECOME SOMETHING OTHERWORLDLY. I AM THE KEEPER OF SUCH OBJECTS. THINGS STAND FOR OTHER THINGS IN MY RELUCTANT WANDERER LIFESTYLE.
THINGS BECOME A MEASURE OF WHERE I AM IN MY LIFE. GROUNDING BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT AS THINGS BECIME MORE OUT OF CONTROL...
COLLECTIONS DO BETTER WHEN THEY ARE GROUPED...EVEN SIMILAR BUT NOT EXACTLY THE SAME THINGS ARE LINKED WITH SAY A NEAT TRAY OR MIRROR, A BIRDSNEST, PIECES OF SEA GLASS...
I LOVE TRYING TO FIND A COMMON
DENOMINATOR IN DISSIMILAR STUFF...
CALL ME CRAZY...I PICK UP CUES FROM MEDIA TO WORK THROUGH IDEAS FROM LIFE. SOMETIMES RELATIONSHIPS ARE COMPOSITIONAL, SOMETIMES THEY ARE THEME GENERATED. WELL, WE CAN ONLY PONDER THE NARRATIVE DISCOVERED BY JUXTAPOSING DIFFERENT IDEAS.
ALWAYS AMAZING TO ME HOW A COLLECTOR CAN CREATE A VIGNETTE IN A DUSTY BARN IN A TEN FOOT SQUARE THAT CAPTURES A MOOD OR MAKES ONE WANT TO GO HOME AND REARRANGE OR PURCHASE A KEY PIECE TO CREATE THAT MOOD...LOOK AT THE SUBDUED COLOR PALETTE...LOVE!
I ALWAYS LOOK FOR IDEAS TO RETHINK AND REUSE ITEMS THAT I FIND FOR CHEAP OR FOR FREE CHEAP...IT WAS ALOT EASIER TO DO SO BEFORE THE CURRENT CRAZE TO RECYCLE, REPURPOSE, NOT COMPLAINING. JUST SAYIN'.
LOOK AT HOW COLLECTING CAN ALSO BE AN ORGANIZATIONAL NUTS DREAM COME TRUE...I HAVE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT AS I WAS PARING DOWN MY HOMESTEAD AFTER DOWNSIZING THAT ONY BEAUTIFUL, PRACTICAL, AND NOSTALGIC ITEMS SHOULD REMAIN.
FIND THIS STUFF AT ART&TIQUES IN DOWNTOWN EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
IF I COULD GIVE AWAY ONE SECRET FOR CONTAINING CLUTTER. AND KEEP LOVED OBJECTS. IN SIGHT, PACK THINGS TIGHT AND TRY TO GROUP THINGS BY THEME OR COILOR...
I HAVE BEEN NEUROTICALLY SEARCHING IDEAS ON PINTREST...I TRY TO FILTER IDEAS BUT IT BECOMES A KIND OF COVERT OPERATION TO OPTAIN EVERY GREAT IDEA, PLACE, SPACE...WHAT RELATES TO THINGS I AM THINKING ABOUT? I HAVE A TERRIFIC IDEA BUT HOW DO I MERCHANDISE IT, ADVERTISE IT, ETC. ANY KIND OF PROJECT NEEDS WORK AND MISTAKES TO CARRY THROUGH. IF YOU THINK TOO MUCH SOMETIMES YOU MISS A HAPPY ACCIDENT.
THINK ABOUT STACKING AND STORING OLD TAX FILES, PICTURES, OUT OF SEASON CLOTHING IN VINTAGE OR COLORFUL SUITCASES OR OLD BASKETS...CLUSTER FOR IMPACT
WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING TO CREATE, TRY TO ENVISION ANOTHER WAY TO CAPTURE IT...THIS HEADBOARD IS SO ZENLIKE, PERHAPS CREATE THE WATERFALL EFFECT WITH ROPE, SEWN FABRIC, WATER, BOULSTERED WOODEN PLANKS...THINK OUTSIDE. THE BOX TO CREATE THE EFFECT WITHOUT EVEN SPENDING ALOT OF MONEY (FIND WOOD ABANDONED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD) THINK DRIFTWOOD...
WHENEVER I THINK OF AN ASSOCIATION TO A PIECE THAT I'M WORKING ON, I TRY TO USE EITHER A SIMILAR ICON OR A FLAGRANT OPPOSITE...WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND OUR WORLD IS FILLED WITH IMAGES THAT BEG THE QUESTION WHY...
WELL, I HAVE COME A LONG WAY...I HAVE FINALLY REPLACED MY TYPEWRITER AND FLIP PHONE. THIS BLOG IS A CULMINATION OF YEARS AS AN INTERIOR DESIGNER, EDUCATOR, AND NOW A SUCESSFUL BUSINESS OWNER. I AM HERE TO SHOW YOU A NEW WAY TO THINK OUTSIDE THE PROVERBIAL BOX...I WILL SOON START BLOGGING ABOUT MY UPCOMING SHOW. NOVEMBER 2013.
WENT TO A "RECYCLE ' ART AND DESIGN SHOP AT THE JERSEY SHORE. A GROUP OF ARTISTS TAKE OBJECTS TO A NEW LEVEL ...IF YOU COME TO ART&TIQUES YOU MAY FIND MOST OF THE COMPONENTS USED TO MAKE THEM...VISIT SEA & GREEN IN POINT PLEASANT BEACH
COME VISIT ME AT 130 WATER STREET ...EXETER,NH
ONE GREAT PIECE OF ART. GROUP ACCESSORIES. A TRAY TO LAND COFFEE. STACK BOOKS TO ELEVATE SMALL LAMPS. CLUSTER ART FOR BIGGER IMPACT, UNIFY THEM BY THEME, COLOR, OR FRAME STYLE. DON'T MATCH LAMPS. GROUP PICTURES. ON TABLE. I BELIEVE MORE IS MORE, I LOVE TO SPIN PLATES ON POLES...
THIS IS THE GUY THAT SAVED ME. I LEARNED ABOUT UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THROUGH THE WARMTH AND SNUGGLE OF THIS S.P.C.A. MUTT. HE'S. A SNAUZER.TERRIER'...SNAUERRIER NAMED CHARLIE...
LOVED THINGS NEED TO BE GROUPED. AND DISPLAYED. PUT ROCKS AND SEAGLASS IN MASON JARS OR SILVER PLATTERS...PERSONALIZE YOUR SPACES WITH COLLECTIONS OF JEWELRY. PICTURES.CANDLESTICKS. BOXES. ALL LOVED OBJECTS SHOULD SURROUND YOU
IF YOU CAN IMAGINE COMPOSITIONS BOTH AS ART AND AS LIFE, THEN LAYER THEM...I ALWAYS. THINK OF DESIGN
AS A BUILD IT UP..THEN EDIT
THERE IS THE NOTION THAT LESS IS MORE...WHAT?
PATTERNS TEXTURES COLOR, OH MY!
I AM ALWAYS. LOOKING. FOR TRIED AND. TRUE DECORATING RULES. OF COURSE. THE BEST SPACES SEEM TO ALWAYS BREAK SAID RULES.
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1) NEUTRAL. PLUS ONE
2) COLOR INFUSES PERSONALITY
3) LOVE THE COLOR. YOU. PICK
4) PICK PRINTS CAREFULLY
5) ADD SPARINGLY. WITH NEUTRALS
TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN BE USED OR USEFUL WHEN MAKING EITHER ART OR SOMETHING PRACTICAL IS PROBABLY THE SINGLE. MOST IMPORTANT THING I CAN SHOW YOU...
