Hello, you! I'm sorry it's been a while, but hopefully you'll forgive me when I launch the website I've been developing for the past year (more to be revealed soon)! As a gift to you for my absence, and also in an attempt to organize my ODC-worthy desktop of infinite inspiration folders, I've decided to share/purge some recent visual finds. Enjoy!
Above: 19th century Northern School watercolor still life spotted in an auction catalog.
Jerry Hall backstage, shot by François Moyal , Paris, c.1970.
Celluloid cabana awning sunglasses by Schiaparelli, c.1957, evoking happy childhood memories of days spent by the pool at the kitschy glam Beverly Hills Hotel, and The Racquet Club in Palm Springs."Nautch Dancer" Illustration for Ladies Home Journal by Dan Sweeney, c.1920.
A Southwestern style dollhouse named "El Rancho Reno", built c.1935 by Thomnas Reno of Pittsburgh for his daughter, and restored in the 1970's.
Georgia O'Keeffe painting at Alfred Stieglitz's Summer home in Lake George, NY, c.1918
And for musical inspiration, I've been listening to the mixes on Magic Transistor, which functions like the vintage portable radio of your fantasies. It even simulates the knobs so you can flip stations. They play mellow mixes perfect for when you're working, all curated by various obsessive LP collectors. Today I've been swaying at my desk to John Cale, Hank Williams, Fela Kuti, Bo Diddley, The Cure, Ultravox, rare Bowie, The Supremes, and on and on . . .