the secret's in the circle

I was at The Museum of the City of New York for the Joel Meyerowitz exhibition Legacy: Preservation of Wildernesses in New York City Parks and the Eero Saarinen exhibition, Shaping the Future. Joel's photographs were stunning and I have made a New Year's resolution to discover at least one new park this year since I am so close to them all. I'm a big fan of Saarinen and seeing his chairs all perky and candy colored made me smile. Then I came across this little exhibition Only in New York, pictures from Look Magazine. I thought this one photo of bill board sign painters put some perspective on my ever changing business as an agent to artists in advertising, among other fields. With emails and file sharing this is would never happen today and I felt I was a witness to a truly dead art. How can an art form die so easily? Perhaps it could get some attention if the process was brought back to life.

www.mcny.org

tread on me

I'm always on the lookout for interesting uses of art and illustration. I represent quite a few artists whose work would look fantastic as a rug. It may sound cliche at first, wouldn't this make a great lamp shade? But when you really put it to the test, in other words can you live with this in your own house, then it really becomes a serious challenge. I can't find the wonderful rugs this little article talks about on the rug company's website, http://www.therugcompany.com/ but I will post more information when I discover it. When talking with my good friend and designer of watches http://www.yotawatchworks.com/ (among other things) Anne Herlihy blew my mind with this doosie from Fornasetti. I can picture this one in my house!

fairy dust

I've had some comments that my posts are a little on the depressing side, so here's some fairy dust.

Seriously, I love this idea. I saw it in Garnet Hill catalog and it's a great example of print on demand which in my mind means temporary and a classic which in my mind means enduring.

The artist and author create a beautiful tableau for each letter of the alphabet which can be assembled individually for each child. It's a great idea and lovely in this fairy tale format.

Joyce Patti is an artist represented by my good friends at Morgan & Gaynin.

I'll have to get more of the back story from Vicki and Gail like who the publisher is and whose idea it was. Apparently the artist and author have been working on it for a while and the originals are for sale as well.

This just in...the publisher is I SEE ME, thanks Vicki!

Great job!