Postcards From Colorado

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Last Day Finery

Beaver Creek closed today. Oh my, did they look fine...

Yikes!

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Friday, April 9, 2010

Beautiful Weekend

I hope you have a beautiful weekend! Thank you so much for visiting me here this week, and for all of your kind comments. It is so much fun for me to hear from you. Truly!

I think it's time for some Spring cleaning around here. And, if our bedroom looks at all like this when we're done, I'll be thrilled! Love this one. I'll see you next week!

Image from Chutzpah via Malo.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Rural Alabama Artist's Compound

From today's New York Times, this is folk artist Butch Anthony's Alabama home...

It has a ton of character! Mr. Anthony's been building it himself (mostly tweaking it now) since 1988. Aren't the exterior walls beautiful? To craft them, he sawed, dovetailed and fit heart pine he found at a Georgia mill. The stove heats the kitchen, that's Anthony's own artwork in the bathroom, and there's a rusty mattress spring on the wall over the platform bed. While the thought of annual Doo Nanny music festival he holds on the compound frightens me a bit, I really admire this home. Read more here.

All photos by Robert Rausch for The New York Times.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Art in the Estate of Nina Abrams

Today, Phillips de Pury & Company in New York will auction the art collection of Harry and Nina Abrams. 325 works will be sold, with proceeds going to charities the Abrams's supported. Here are a few of my favorites...

My goodness! What a collection. Here's a bit of the story. Nina and Harry Abrams married in the early 1930s. Harry worked at Book-of-the-Month-Club in the '30s and went on to found his own publishing company in 1949, specializing in affordable art books. This was a huge success. The couple loved art, which they began collecting in the 1930s. They amassed an impressive collection over their 46 years together. "The Abrams collection is unusual because it has passed through three quite distinct phases... painters of the American social scene as well as the paintings of many individual artists whose work fit no special category... the twentieth-century French masters, Picasso, Matisse, Chagall, Rouault, Modigliani and others... Finally, in the sixties, vanguard American art became the dominating focus of his interests, and in this area his collection has become preeminent." Harry died in 1979, at which time Nina began selling major pieces, with the proceeds going to charities of her choice. Nina Abrams died in 2008, a few days shy of her 98th birthday, and today her estate goes to auction. Please enjoy viewing the auction catalogue here. It's beautiful, and I particularly loved reading about Nina on page nine. Bygone era, people... bygone era.

Please click on the artist's name for more on the above pieces: 1. Adolph Gottlieb, 2. Jules Olitski, 3. Michael Goldberg, 4. Jim Dine, 5. Karel Appel, and 6. Lucebert.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

My New Abby Powell Photos

I'm so pleased... I just received my order from Abby! I've loved her work since I first started following her a year and a half ago. I ordered these three prints from her Etsy shop...

It's hard to believe, but they are even better in person. Thank you, Abby. Until April 9th, Abby is having a contest on her beautiful blog Abby Try Again. You can win a set of bookmarks with her photos on them. Click here to learn about it.

Monday, April 5, 2010

Roger Davies

Happy Monday! We had a good weekend here... friends and outdoor time included. I did spend some time enjoying the photographs of Roger Davies...

The first three photos come from Roger Davies's portfolio, while this last image is on Elle Decor's new site. Both are definitely worth a visit. I hope you have a great day!