Jacques Henri Lartigue

While Travelling through Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris recently

 I was struck by the large photographs on show by 

Jacques Henri Lartigues

I was unfamiliar with his work 

He was known as an artist and really only gained acclaim as a photographer in his 70's 

Born in 1894 his is an Inspiring story

It's never too late 

His images are so modern and fresh 

and unlike any I have come across

Turn your Latte into Art

In Dublin a Latte will cost you €3 (average)

1 a day for a week = €21

If you made your coffee at home for 3 weeks 

and you could hang this on your wall

Monstera Silk screen print by Wayne Pate

or this 

six teapots by Wayne Pate

or this (you would have to abstain for 4 weeks for this one)

Still Life with Flowers and Moth By Bella Foster

I love this print of Central Park also by Bella Foster 

which unfortunately is sold out

Frame them in an IKEA Ribba frame

no coffee for 1 week

and you have framed original Art on your walls for a couple of Cappucinno's

To Purchase any of these prints go 

HERE

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Ellsworth Kelly Plant drawings

Love the simplicity of line of the 

Ellsworth Kelly plant drawings

exhibition currently at The Metropolitan Musuem NY

They remind me of some prints I did a few years ago 

Being incedibly bad at archiving my work I do not have a reference to show you

I will see if i can rummage something out...

Donya Coward

Just came across the work of 

Donya Coward

on Abigail Ahern's FB page

You know that feeling when you see something and your heart races

Almost like a little panic attack.......

A panic attack about just how exquisite something is.....

well, 

Donya uses vintage lace and beading to create these 

The magpie above and Zebra are my favourites

The eyelashes..... !

Intricate and exquisite 

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Louis le Brocquy

One of Ireland's greatest Artists has passed away aged 95

R.I.P.

Louis le Brocquy

Dana Tanamachi

Wouldn't it be fun to reply

"chalk Letterer"

when asked at a party 

"what do you do?"

Well, that is exactly what Dana Tanamachi can say

I love the idea of a backdrop for your wedding pics 

found via  HERE

visit website  Dana Tanamachi

Vanessa Winship for Hermes

Beautiful portraits of the Hermes workers 

By 

Vanessa Winship 

for the Hermes A/W 11 magazine

They remind me of 

August Sander images

The beauty of Crafts people

August Sander and life

I have not yet been hooked up to the 21st century again.

I am thinking internet will be up and running in about a week

so please excuse the lack of posts

I will be back with gusto and have many photos and thoughts on the change

from Brooklyn NY to Rural Ireland

Lots of exciting things going on and I am sure that the move back was the right thing to do 

In moments my life went from Subway commute to a walk in the woods

Lots of baking and chutney making 

Ordering chickens for the garden

...but don't worry I haven't put down the design brush 

I have been busy working on a very exciting new project 

In the process of doing some research for this exciting new project I came across

the beautiful works of 

August Sander

and had to post them 

please bear with me until regular posting is back up and running

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japanese ceramics

I have always been drawn to the Japanese aesthetic

but I think being back in New York and bombarded with stimuli 

makes me yearn for the simplicity and rawness of this even more

and these Japanese ceramics from 

Savoir Vivre

are making me rethink my career path

Iris Velghe

So we made it through 

IRENE

without any casualties here

My heart goes out to all of those without power

or with water damage or flooding

Beautiful images by

Iris Velghe

found via

BLOOM

Roman and Williams

I have been hearing so much about The ACE Hotel

and have yet to get there

....it's on my to do list

When Abigail Ahern of ATELIER Abigail Ahern

mentioned the designers 

Roman and Williams

 the other day on her blog

It needed some further investigation

Which led me to this video on  

The Scout

Roman & Williams from The Scout on Vimeo.

definitely worth the watch

"It's a shame to only have dreams at night, you should have opportunities during the day"

says Stephen Alesch

What they create are timeless interiors

drawing on influences from Classical Architecture,

Asia, India and all with a heavy emphasis on texture

I love when they talk in the video about texture and how important it is to them, 

how the Arts have such a heavy focus on visual stimulus and how how limiting that seems to them.

Their interiors also have a touch of whimsy and humour so nothing feels really precious
but like somewhere you could really live
eat
work
create
which is what a modern home should be 

You can also read 

this blog post on Rose Callahan's blog

about her studio visit to Roman and Williams.

Julia Hetta addition

I know I just posted Julia Hetta photographs 

but I just had to post these too

They are the images that brought me to her 

published in 

acnepaper

and I cannot tell you how much I love them