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If walls could talk #3
Like always, I tried to guess the signature color palette for the show before going inside. What would the walls have to say?
Colour Literacy Forum
Colour Teaching in Design Education
Friday, April 22, 2022
3:00-4:00pm EST
The teacup and the cosmos
My ongoing interest in collage is also characteristic of surrealism—well-suited for unsettled times because it thrives on surprise findings and the juxtaposition of unrelated things . . .
If walls could talk #2
Another look at art exhibitions and color design, this time at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, TX.
If walls could talk
Introducing a new series exploring color stories in museum exhibitions.
A toast to small things
Netsuke are miniature sculptures traditionally used as kimono ornaments, button-like toggles fastened to a sash with a silk cord. Each one can fit easily in the palm of your hand . . .
Food for the mind
An encounter with Sophie Taeuber-Arp, a pioneer of European abstraction who was very much ahead of her time.
Plug in the bling
Like a moth drawn to the flame, lust for light must be embedded in my DNA.
Soaking in rainbow light
Inspired by the rich tapestry of autumn colors, I decided to make another pilgrimage to Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, an iconic structure built on the grounds of the Blanton Museum of Art . . .
“Can’t” is a four letter word
I recently saw my first film in a theatre since the pandemic turned our culture upside down and inside out . . .
Fluorescent Fridays
Color in Context for Architects & Designers
Friday, October 29, 2021
3:00 - 4:00pm Eastern Time
Light in the Darkness
Located on the other side of light, the face of the deep has beckoned me for years in the form of shadows, mysteries, and unknowable truths . . .
Video: Studio Visit With Luanne
Cosmic winds blow back hot pink curtains. A lantern careens in the breeze as a brown derby hat floats by . . .
21st Century Color
Women & Their Work
Thursday, Oct 7, 2021
7:30 - 9:30 pm
1311 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX
Checkered Tulips: Afterimage I
Remember how we used to cut out construction paper flowers as kids? One of my favorites was the simple three-pronged tulip . . .
Code Orange
As a color theorist with a deep interest in holiday rituals, I’m obsessed with the turning of the seasons . . .
Cosmos Nocturnes
I’ve been immersed in painting projects alongside a new series of paper cutout collages . . .
Creating New Business Models for Designers
Panel Discussion:
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
12pm - 1pm CT
A Fraught Moment for Color
From Black Lives Matter to Pride Month, color is having a moment. . . .