In the past year, my family had the difficult task of saying final farewells to a few of our loved ones. As a result, I've been in what I'd refer to as sort of a zone- which I can try to describe as a period of time filled with day-to-day activities that run oddly parallel to a very deep and silent space.
Crossing between those two planes has been a journey of subtle surprises. Along with forgetting that a funny story won't be shared, or saving a coupon that will now go unused, abstracted memories have been surfacing as curious and beautiful reminders of years now gone. For instance, it might be a flash of the intense greenish/teal of my mother's 50's era dress, worn in it's newest grandeur in a now old photograph, or a view from my child-eyes as a startling red was poured into a cake batter turning it magically and vibrantly yellow.
During the past holidays, the world has also had to say goodbye to some favorite artists and designers. And between the internet, and Erin and Tracy - I have ended up with a handful of images from those artists lives that feel similar to that murky zone I'm currently staring down. I wanted to share some of those images and offer them much in the same way that my own abstracted memories have been bubbling up.
So for the month of February I thought I'd share some of the glimpses of these artists homes, studios and personal inspirations to remind us all that for many of us creative types- home is where the art is. We could start with looking back at a previous Tile Envy post about the Roman empire of Cy Twombly. (just click here). But I thought today I would get a jump on February with a glimpse into the home of the late and very great abstract expressionist, Helen Frankenthaler and husband Robert Motherwell.
Then i found this Kyle Bunting rug that I thought would have been a phenomenal addition to their living room-
which made me think of this photo of surf boards,
and this bag,
and this cake,
and this girl
and so on...
and just to finish up with another touch of tile-
