Tweet It occurred to me as I sat on the terrace enjoying a glorious California morning the odd trivia that led to the painting currently housed a la John Saladino in my direct line of vision. The original muse for the painting was a staircase that led to a garage apartment on Charleville. I walk(ed) […]
Tweet I haven’t posted in so long! It’s not that I haven’t been collecting a bevy of quirky information that I have experienced lately. As a designer and artist I am always seeing the design in things and I have quite a few subjects to share. There’s Easter, construction at the Peninsula, new music and […]
Tweet The first day I worked at the glamorous Wilson and Associates office in Beverly Hills, I was asked to copy an entire specification book for a High Roller Suite of the MGM Mansions. It took all day and I was bored stiff. I was a good little copier, though, and I learned an awful […]
Tweet Ah it’s that time of year again, as evidenced by the arrival of the invitation to the always fabulous Kneedler Fauchere for a reception after the Jack Lenor Larsen event… I can remember the first day I ever entered the Pacific Design Center. I was an intern working for Trisha Wilson and Associates in […]
Tweet Easter 2009, I meant to say… It really IS coming along nicely, but just like any design project, it has to be researched for content, feasibility, style – fact and fiction have to do their part and get together before I’m able to do the fun part, which is – doing the actual painting. […]
Tweet I got the call last week – Jim from Turkey is coming! For those of you who may not know him already, Jim and Hiku are partners who come here from Turkey periodically and they bring a wonderful selection of rugs with them – all sorts of orientals from Chinese to Oushak to Caucasion, […]
Tweet I can’t believe that I didn’t do this before – a place to note all the interesting things that happen when you are Lifestyle Expert in Beverly Hills. I’ll be writing about all things art and design that are constantly filtering into the Atelier – interior designs, paintings, fabulous new products for the home, […]
