The Seattle summer begins...

This is my daily running trail, and these pictures do not do it justice. On any given day you will see seals, herons, whales and salmon leaping out of the water. Summers here are gorgeous...


The Washington ferry boats are consistently voted the most beautiful in the United States...And did you know that we have the only rain forest in the states besides Hawaii? I always describe it as a colder version of Hawaii...We have Islands too...Have a GREAT weekend!

Beautiful placement of art in home...

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What a thing we have created. What an extraordinary horror our rapacious need for cheap, endless energy hath unleashed; it's a monster of a scale and proportion we can barely even fathom.

Because if you're honest, no matter where you stand, no matter your politics, religion, income or mode of transport, you see this beast of creeping death and you understand: That is us. The spill may be many things, but more than anything else it is a giant, horrifying mirror. -Mark Morford.

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The art on the walls of this entrance, makes my heart sing.

Have a great weekend everyone. Please close the door quietly as you leave.

Mamma Andersson, April 29 – June 12, 2010. New Works at The David Zwirner Gallery, N.Y.C.

My best friends went to the Mamma Andersson show in N.Y.C. and were kind enough to take some pics for me. ( Thankyou, Scott and Tiffanie!).

The David Zwirner Gallery hosts some of the best modern artists in the world, in my opinion, and I am excited to stop by on my next visit.

Andersson’s paintings embody a duality that is central to Swedish culture: the interplay of rural and urban aesthetics, combined with the notion of the everyday. Her lineage is tied to French painters, Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) and Jean-Édouard Vuillard (1868-1940), both known for depicting intimate domestic spaces and luminous pastoral landscapes and gardens. Inspired by filmic imagery, theater sets, period interiors, and her native land where summers are short and winters are long, Andersson’s compositions and moody atmospheres suggest ambiguous narratives that are both familiar and incongruous. In her new work, scenes include a wet and wintery forest, possible acquaintances gathered around a table, empty yet comfortable kitchens and hallways, a sleeping figure (in a painting that gives the exhibition its title). Her paintings also address materiality and the play of light and color, as her seductive, muted, and high-contrast palette is applied with both airy textured washes and thickly rendered brushstrokes.


EMO
2010

Acrylic and oil on panel
Image Size: 33 x 48 inches 84 x 122 cm

Flunkey
2010

Acrylic and oil on panel
Image Size: 63 x 4
Dead End
2010

Acrylic and oil on panel
Image Size: 48 x 59 inches 122 x 150 cm

Hallway
2010

Acrylic and oil on panel
Image Size: 63 x 48 inches 160 x 122 cm
Who Is Sleeping On My Pillow
2010

Acrylic and oil on panel
Image Size: 28 1/4 x 48 inches 71.8 x 121.9 cm

Filly
2010

Acrylic and oil on panel
Image Size: 33 x 48 inches 84 x 122 cm
www.davidzwirner.com

The Drums - "Let's Go Surfing". Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

Beautiful. Warm, yet modern. Fresh eclectic.

Ahh, Scandinavia, most of the interiors I see coming from you are a tad to simple and Ikea like, but when the mix is right, in a slightly more creative household...I want you sooo bad...


Oh how this room makes me long for the days of stand alone T.V.'s. What are you trying to hide now people?.We know you have one....


This kids bedroom is perfect, cheery, not staged looking. You can picture a very down to earth mother living there, not a mother who is telling her kids to" stay off the couch".

Seattle Art Museum - Kurt Cobain

The "Kurt" exhibit is now showing at the "Seattle Art Museum", and I have to say I was kind of dreading going, as I thought it would be, well, stupid . I was preparing for the worst, but walking through, I think Kurt and his fans would enjoy the flash-less-ness of it. Some of it was brilliantly simple and evoked a melancholy mood with an creative edge. I felt super emotional while walking through it, wondering if he would have had the chance to age, if he would have found happiness. I was at this show, I mostly remember Courtney stumbling around. She was mesmerizing to me.

Photo by Alice Wheeler, Kurt Cobain at Live and Loud ,Pier 63.

Charles Peterson, courtesy of SAM

"Nirvana, Rajis, Los Angeles, 2/15/90"

Courtesy of SAM

"Untitled (Forensic Scene)," by Jordan Kantor, 2006

This image is burned in my memory. I remember exactly where I was and what I was wearing. The same shoes that he had on in the pics.

This was my favorite piece of all of them...This woman made a video of herself in a mall while "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was playing in her ears only, and she was dancing like a nutbag. This was a serious piece, that is hard to take seriously. I LOVED it..
Gillian Peckham, Dancing in Wearing- 1994.
If you would have told me 20 years ago that a "Hard Rock Cafe" would be opening in Seattle in 2010, with grunge memorabilia plastered all over the walls, I think I would have puked in my mouth a bit. Alas, it did open, and I have to say it was fairly tastefully done, but weird none the less.

“I like punk rock. I like girls with weird eyes. I like drugs. I like passion. I like things that are built well. I like innocence. I like and am grateful for the blue collar worker whose existence allows artists to not have to work at menial jobs. I like killing gluttony. I like playing my cards wrong. I like various styles of music. I like making fun of musicians whom I feel plagiarize or offend music as art by exploiting their embarrassingly pathetic versions of their work. I like to write poetry. I like to ignore others’ poetry. I like vinyl. I like nature and animals. I like to be by myself. I like to feel guilty for being a white, American male.”

- Kurt Cobain

February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994

Perfect use of art in home.

Kate Spade's apartment in N.Y.C. is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. It has been posted before by one of my favorite blogs out there, Habitually Chic.

I LOVE the mix of traditional and abstract art.

Photo's by Tina Barney

Artist of the month : Mark Boyle

Some of my favorite paintings are old school, traditional pieces. Mark Boyle paints these beautiful, Northwest scenes, that are so fitting for all of the water lovers that live here. Did you know that Seattle is ranked # 2 in the U.S. for the largest boat ownership? We love us some water... This boat is titled "The Marantha" and the colors that he uses are absolutely beautiful. This one goes in my lakehouse. Oil on Linen, (2006)
"Gillnetter at La Push". Oil on linen, 2006
"November clam digging" Oil on linen.-2006
" Break in the clouds", (2006) This painting was awarded the oil painters of America, "Award of merit".
"November clam digging"-oil on linen, 2006


Interview:
Q : What do you love most about being an artist?
A : Traveling. Painting what you experience.
Q : What are the mediums that you work in?
A : Oil
Q : Many of my favorite pieces of yours is the boat "The Marantha". I LOVE the colors you used. As a child were you interested in the sea-fairing lifestyle?
A : One of my trips to La Push, the texture of this one boat, the paint was peeling, and the bright red buoy, and the great reflections in the water...
Q : Do you start drawing first or come up with the idea first?
A : I take a bunch of photographs and then find the most pleasing one and then paint from there.
Q : Is your work autobiographical?
A : Yes. I do a lot of fishing. In the summer I go backpacking.
Q : What shows are coming up?
A : I was accepted into the "Oil Painters of America" National Exhibition in Scottsdale Arizona.
They had 2800 submissions and only 200 made it in.

Thankyou so much to Mark for offering me his time. Here is more information on this talented artist.

Photo by Ken J. McLeod

In my early years, I explored ravines and woods near my house. Often being late for dinner lost in another world. A serious interest in painting developed at 11 years old. As I recall, my first painting was of a rainbow trout. My parents hired local artists to instruct me privately during my teen years. A person who really taught good basics was Carl Christophersen. In painting lessons, Carl taught me to divide objects into shapes and planes with hard and soft edges.

Nature impassions me. I am on a constant quest for that perfect subject to paint. During my outdoor adventures, such as hiking or fishing, I am inspired by the things I find. It is important to me to bring home my experiences and share them in a painting. Some of the landscapes I paint are so remote that most people can’t view them. One of the most rewarding experiences is to set up an easel on a high mountain meadow and capture the true colors found there. Through photography, I’ve documented many of my trips into the wilderness. I later use these as references in my paintings.

The mediums I use are primarily oil, pastels, and watercolor.

Where to Buy: Howard Mandville Gallery: Kirkland, WA Phone: (800) 544-4712

www.markboyle.com/