Hello to New York

I am off to New York for the next ten days. Yes, it's exciting and this time I promise to myself that I will capture New York from my eyes. As a dweller of it for some odd 10 or 11 years, I sure do have a perspective. I am also going to try my hand at my dad's reaaaaallllly expensive digi camera. Yayyy! I am so excited. This will by first photography project. But until then, this image, courtesy of Flickr find, .I Travel East . represents exactly how I know New York.

In NY, one thing stands still whilst all else moves. Thats NY!

I miss you

Yes Honey

I don't know if these are any good but I sure am having some fun doing them.

This illustration came to me when I was in the midst of doing yoga. While doing yoga in 98.6 degrees of heat, why I would think of a guy holding a remote control saying 'yes honey' while watching desperate housewives is something I really don't even want to ponder.

I do like doing these mini illustrations with type entwined. I can get a message out yet carry out fun little shapes in elementary form. And I am sure, like me, you'll know at least one person who can directly relate to the man on the couch. :O

Dialogue

What we say and what we mean.

I am happy making these illustrations. To tell you the truth, I am in absolute glee that I have decided to get back into paintings, drawings, collages. They allow me to openly express what I want relayed without running through approvals.

When I am tired from graphic design, I turn to simple things like paint and paper. Please comment away on stuff you see. It always gives me encouragement and I would love to have a dialogue with you, my reader. :)

Black bedrooms

Black is a bold color to go for. It's for the adventurous, the envisioners, the confident. I decided to collect photographs around this theme. It's sexy, in the moment, and smoothly captivating. I love how it defines these ooh-la-la bedrooms.

Here's where you should use pink!
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Pretty wall paper. Close up coming next.
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Look at the beautiful wall paper. Those graphic florals are precious!
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Black headboard and lamps - black used in subtle ways
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You know not until you check out these images collectively, do you notice that black really makes everything pop. It gives that extra umph and attention to other things around your bedroom.
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gemmaa herns bedroom



gemmaa herns room



Black headboard against black papered wall. Love it!



Louise of Lorraine's bedroom where she mourned her husband's loss
Cháteau de Chenonceau
Here's a story:
At Chenonceau Louise was told of her husband's assassination and she fell into a state of depression, spending the remainder of her days wandering aimlessly along the château's vast corridors dressed in mourning clothes amidst somber black tapestries stitched with skulls and crossbones.



Flickr find: Lyndar T. Merciless



This color combination for bedrooms is unusual but it's working wonders.



Not feeling bold enough. Test the waters and paint just one wall black. :)







Is this even real? So pristine.

Publish Post

Own Now

Here's what I've created today.

'Own NOW'

French wine and La Chocolatiére

I am surprised with a lovely gift from France. Here are some images for your eyes to feast on! Everything was delicately packaged. The aroma of chocolate tempts like a mistress when you open the lovely box.

And I just can't wait to sip this wine!

Bordeaux
This wine's popularity dramatically soared after the marriage of Henry Plantagenet and Aliénor d'Aquitaine. This alliance resulted in the province of Aquitaine English territory. Before this, France's vineyards and wine production were quite low as were their exports. It's the Romans that first cultivated extensive vineyards in France to provide sweet wine for their soldiers.

Husband tells 'Demi-Sec' means half dry-half sweet
'Douh' means sweet
and 'Molleux' means extra sweet

La Chocolatiére, Tours



There are 50 chocolates in this box.

I love the gold imprinted name

Close-up. Isn't it pretty!

Our home

Last night the tornado sirens went off. For a moment, I thought it was a joke. Then when I caught a glimpse of the sky turning purplish green– as if, it just about had, HAD it! I turned around and ran inside the closet under the staircase with my three dogs.

All I could think of was the eye of the tornado aiming down at me, swooshing me around, and tearing my loving home apart that my husband and I sweetly made.

Today, after arriving home from work, I simply picked up the camera and went around my house photographing all the small details of decoration and design that I put thought into. Today I truly looked at everything without criticizing it, changing it around, and seeing it for it's beauty. Here's my home in it's details.

Fern

I really love this image. I photographed it at Grand Canyon. A delicate fern standing in a backdrop of the formidable canyon. It inspires poetic thoughts.

I think beauty and strength; grace and determination; life and age.

Dwell inside. What do you feel when you see this image?

I am alive too

Here's a sketch I am working on. I still need to color it. I am going to try my best to keep this an acrylic only base.

I worked on it some more and here's where it stands -

Will share more progress
(I've never really documented the progress of an artwork. This will be interesting)