If I Had a Money Tree In The Back Yard....

I'd cast off my old cast offs and spend some green

on a few dozen Paola Lenti pieces.

I'd buy a couple of these for the patio...

and a couple of these to place poolside...

Two of these would do nicely

facing the large picture windows ...

Hmmm....perhaps the home theater could use a few of these.

(if we had a home theater)

I dig the chrome bases.

How about you?
One of these to go fireside,

with a snifter of cognac and a good book...

A couple of these in the master suite. Sweet!

Yes, I think this nice sofa will go in the cabana...

(yes, you can buy cabanas from Paola Lenti too!)

Perfect for the sandy shore outside my door...
Spending money is very exhausting ...

I need to lie down.

This looks like the perfect lounger,

in the perfect spot.

Ahhhh...

Serendipitous Saturday

Meet George Post, California Watercolor Painter (1906-1997)

I recently discovered Mr. Post's work at a local gallery and was immediately drawn to it. Imagine my surprise when I discovered his "Red Cabin" sat on the very spot where our little travel trailers are currently parked. George Post visited Sonora throughout his lifetime and lived on our property for a couple of years in the mid 30's. The red cabin he lived in was torn down a few years ago and was part of an 80 acre ranch owned by his aunt. I discovered all of this today from a gentleman who was having a garage sale down the street. I didn't spend a dime at the sale but I walked away with a wealth of information on our former tenant. Now that's serendipity!

This painting is a copy of George Post's Red Cabin

painted by an artist named Marina Ivanova I found here.

There is a picture of the original George Post painting but I was unable to copy it.

This is our property and the site of the red cabin.

I am not positive that it is one and the same cabin,

but it's fun to think so.

George Post has long been recognized as one of California’s premier watercolor artists. His life and work are documented in this illustrated biography, tracing his progress from the late 1920s to the 1980s. Insights pertaining to his unique style of watercolor painting are included, as well as discussions of the events that helped shape his career and a chronological list of his exhibition records and travels.

Post began his art career in San Francisco in the 1930s. Within ten years he was a key figure in the California Style watercolor movement and was exhibiting with the California Water Color Society. By the 1940s he had developed a distinctive geometric abstractionist style for which he received acclaim from artists and critics throughout America. His goals were to capture the essence of design and feeling offered by the subject, rather than to produce a realistic picture of the scene.

Although most of his watercolors look deceptively simple, they are masterfully composed, spontaneously painted and have a creative use of color and light to establish a definite mood. As Post wrote, “the first split-second reaction, that first wonderful visual image, is the thing one must try to project on paper.”

Post was also active as an instructor of watercolor painting. He taught regularly at the California College of Arts and Crafts and as a guest instructor at Stanford University, San Jose State College, San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, Brandt School of Watercolor Painting and the T.H. Hewitt Watercolor Workshops. His watercolors are represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego Museum of Art, Oakland Museum of Art, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, M.H. de Young Museum, Seattle Art Museum, California Palace Of The Legion Of Honor, Santa Barbara Museum of Art and Mills College Collection.

Reunited

Remember awhile back when we scored this lovely Danish credenza for a song with the promise of taking home the rest of the family down the road? Long story short, my husband sells real estate. He listed a house full of Dux Danish pieces that were up for grabs when and if the place sold. Well the place finally sold and we reunited the credenza with the rest of her Dux siblings today. The collection includes 2 teak end tables with matching coffee table, two lounge chairs with original upholstery, two leather side chairs, another end table and an assortment of lamps. Pictures to follow later in the week. The dining table and 6 chairs were sold with the house. Now we need to clear something out of our house to make room for the pieces we intend to keep. It was a good day.

Designer Plastic

How come I've never heard of Kartell stores before? Have I been living under a rock? They're everywhere apparently, or at least in major cities. There is one in or near the financial district in San Francisco. We have friends that have a business in the same neighborhood. We have driven that neighborhood. We have walked that neighborhood. Somehow, we missed the Kartell Showroom.

Kartell.... making designer plastic since 1949.

Who knew plastic could look so good?

Orange ya glad.....