Tom Baril is a photographer whose work I became acquainted with at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery in NYC. I love his haunting, and sometimes scientific, black and white still lives of flowers. The first one here,”Dahlias,” is by far my favorite.
“Dahlias”
“3 Poppies #2”
“Open Tulip”
“Peonies”
“Freesia”
“Two Roses”
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On Friday night I went to the preview party for the annual Inside Out art sale at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, compliments of my wonderful friend and artist Lee Essex Doyle, who co-chairs the event. As always, we found plenty to purchase in various shapes, sizes, mediums, and price points. It is the school’s largest fundraiser,with every purchase going towards scholarships.
There are thousands of fantastic student works and ones by alumni, as well as a few pieces by well-known graduates, including Nan Goldin, Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Serra, Claus Oldenburg, and Jim Dine. I took photos of some of the works I liked (and a couple which I bought). You can look at the Flickr gallery of submissions too. The school is next to the museum. If you’re in Boston I highly recommend stopping by. The date are November 18th to November 22nd.
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I first came across Jacob Kulin through a publicist for D Scale, designer Dennis Duffy’s furnishings showroom in the South End. She had emailed me images of an amazing tree branch, glass, and steel table that I was able to include in an article for the Globe, and in my post Get the Look: Trees (it’s the very first image). When I found out he is local to Boston, I was inspired to pitch a column on contemporary furniture designers in Boston to my editor in Stuff. She liked it, and I’ll probably do the piece in January. Meanwhile, I learned that Kulin also creates fine art sculpture. Hardly a surprise given the sculptural nature of his furniture. Here are some of his artwork that I particularly like.
Untitled 2009 – Powder coating over aluminum, stainless steel.
Untitled – Lamp-worked glass beads, steel, anodized aluminum.
Windjammer 2009 – Canvas, mahogany, aluminum, waxed cotton cord.
Untitled – Ostrich eggs, acrylic, stainless steel, walnut.
Untitled 2008 – Glass, zebra wood.
Aspen 2008 – Aspen wood, steel, silver leaf over aluminum.
Untitled – Enamel over copper, steel, cherry.
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Anne Packard is the quintessential Cape Cod painter. She creates beautiful, luminescent landscapes in oil. Unlike a lot of examples in the genre, her works are skillfully exquisite. The best place to view Anne’s work is in Provincetown at the Packard Gallery, a charming converted New England church. She shares the space s with her daughters, painters Cynthia Packard (read my blog post on Cynthia here) and Leslie Packard. The Packards descend from a long line of painters, which include Anne Packard’s grandfather, Max Bohm, who is a well-known Impressionist painter who went to Provincetown back in 1916.
Below is an oil painting by Anne Packard that my husband and I purchased a few years ago. It hangs over our living room fireplace. (Sorry for the inexpert photographic quality). I have also been loving browsing through her newest coffee table book, Anne Packard: Introspective (Skylark Press, $95), that her very kind publicist left on my doorstep (literally). Scroll down for a sampling of her works.
Turquoise Seascape
Stormy Beach
Two Dories
Adrift
Seaside
A Summer Place
Green Dory
Empty Chair
Anne Packard
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The other day I received a nice note from interior designer/stylist/artist Lauren Nelson. She’s recently relocated to Boston from the West Coast. I plan to profile her interior work after we chat, but in the meantime, I thought I’d show you her strong, colorful works of art.
Oaxacan Alley, screen print on paper, 27″x19″
Muni Stop 43, 6, mixed media on canvas, 24″ x 36″
Alameda Sunday, version 1, screen print on paper, 16″ x 20″
Sunrise Desert Ride, , screen print on paper, 9″ x 12″
Thought You Knew, mixed media on canvas, 25″ x 12″
Intro Series 2, acrylic on paper, 8″ x 10″ (sold)
Intro Series 3, acrylic on paper, 8″ x 10″ (sold)
Nude 1, charcoal on paper, 18″x24″
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Pretty Party Invitations from Tiny Prints
Stylish Invitations and Cards from Storkie
Interior Decorator Business Cards
Selection of stylish headboards at Wedo-Headboards.co.uk
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