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Not Just for Grown Ups…Buying Art for Kids
As many of you know I have been writing a column on another blog called Cloth & Kind which is the brainchild of a wonderful pair of designing women. Tami Ramsay, the half of the duo that lives in...
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Artist Spotlight…Mariana Heilmann and the Art of Energy
Energy exists within, between and around everything from the infinitesimal to the astronomical. It seems to have tendencies that manifest itself in similar ways at all scales, a common language. -...
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Inlay Then and Now…Syrian Dowry Chests
In addition to checking out housing and schooling, I was busy checking out the antiquing here in Doha on my ‘look-see’ (expat speak for a pre-move approval visit) last spring. I trolled the alleys of...
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Artist Spotlight…Inlay and the Orientalist Painters
Lawrence Alma-Tadema? The Drawing Room, Holland Park 1887, Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum (Bournemouth) The Alma-Tadema painting from my last post is just one of many late 19th century works that...
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A New Look for Tokyo Jinja
My dear readers, I’ll assume you already know what this post is all about, as you are looking right at it. If you are an email subscriber, please be sure to click into the post and view it on your...
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Great.ly…Connecting the Dots for Makers & Tastemakers
So in addition to a brand new blog design, this week holds some other big news about an exciting new project I am involved in. Today is launch day for Great.ly, a brand new e-commerce site designed to...
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Artist Spotlight and a Giveaway…Ukiyo-e: The Art of the Japanese Print
I’ve been down and out with a bit of a stomach bug the last few days but luckily I’ve had Frederick Harris’s book Ukiyo-e: The Art of the Japanese Print which has been eminently digestible. Harris was...
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La Vie Est Belle…Paris in Instagrams
It’s been 15 years almost to the day since I was last in Paris, undoubtably my favorite city in the world. I can’t say if it is the beauty of the Haussmann designed neighborhoods, the variety of...
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Artist Spotlight…Pip Hoy’s Resilience
“For me, painting is a vehicle to communicate with color, while collage is a vehicle to communicate ideas.” -Pip Hoy Resilience is Australian born-Doha based artist Pip Hoy’s own personal pilgrimage...
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Souvenirs of ShahJahan…Delhi and Agra in Instagrams
I guess it’s not really fair to call this post ‘India in Instagrams’ as we only had a few days in New Delhi, ostensibly to “watch” our teenage daughters in a soccer tournament. While we did make it to...
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