common threads

All deep things are song.

– Thomas Carlyle

40/365: andantino

turn out the lights

It’s a ready-made, albeit mildly tragic romance: I fall for the fading beauty every time. I’m just a sucker for opulence softened by patina, the poignant decay of the exquisite.

27/365: chandelier

radio daze

And then, in the clearing, there was an old radio. I thought I might travel through time and imagined I heard the strains of some dusty jazz standard on the breeze. But I was mistaken. It was just white noise.

26/365: radio with trees

ROY G BIV: Green

Putting the G in Roy G. Biv…

Today’s color: Green

9/365: vintage clocks

something old, something new

Since all I’ve posted lately are invitations to my art fairs, I thought I’d share a little something pretty for your Friday pleasure. It’s a new picture made from something I shot some time ago and it will be one of my first vintage-framed prints (available tomorrow).

silk flower still life

10.02.13 frame of mind

I have long admired antique picture frames. They can be so beautiful, ornate, and well-crafted – sometimes their beauty exceeds that of the artwork within (!) or adds another dimension of texture, pattern, and interest to the piece as a whole.

With that appreciation in mind, I’m beginning to put together a new project that I’ll be excited to share in the near future…

275/365: vintage frames & pictures

09.29.13 just like a woman

I can’t imagine a contemporary version of this lamp being tasteful or appealing in any way. Yet, the vintage silhouette has a certain feminine appeal; in this case, I guess age confers a certain amount of class.

272/365: deco lamp/figurine

09.27.13 the angling

I’m not an angler. Truth be told, my sympathy usually lies with the fish. But there is an appeal to it. At its best, fishing is solitude and simplicity – bamboo pole, worm, and net – and, then, the act of dipping into nature, embroiled in a primitive battle of wills.

It’s all that Hemingway, I suppose.

269/365: vintage fishing net

09.19.13 blowin’ through the jasmine in my mind

I’ve been on a nostalgic musical journey over the past few weeks, ever since my friend Felicia turned me on to a Pandora genre station called ’70’s Lite Rock’. If you want to feel all the earthy glam and free-spirited innocence of that bygone era, I recommend tuning in. Somehow this image captures that spirit of the 70’s for me.

262/365: vintage chandeliers

09.17.13 blue plate special

Have the world and eat it, too.

260/365: world on a blue plate special