Pages from my India Sketchbook on the blog today. Link in profile. Sketching while you travel causes you to see – and experience – a place in a different way, in a way a photograph does not. Not better, just different. And when you look back, you’re vividly in the scene again, remembering where you were standing, what was going on around you. It’s not about making great art (obviously, in my case), but about capturing a gesture, an impression, a mood. And it’s fun!
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Instagram 18 Mar 2017
Photo shoot at NYC pad today. I do so love the light in this room. #prettylight #homeawayfromhome #delphiniums #topiary
Instagram 15 Mar 2017
What I wrote in my journal from yesterday’s (March 14) @wall.street.journal piece by Elizabeth Bernstein: “You’re Not Busy, You’re Just Rude.” We’ve come to see busyness as a virtue, which it is not; nor is it the opposite of lazy. What’s important is keeping time for family and friends. If we are overwhelmed, frustrated, behind, etc., we should say so. Then cut back our calendars. Writer Bernstein calls on us to banish the word “busy.” Stop bragging about it. Who wants her epitaph to be “She was busy” ? @ebernsteinwsj #banishbusyness #elizabethbernstein
Instagram 14 Mar 2017
While the East Coast braces for #snowmageddon, we’re having summer-like weather here in Southern California and have returned to dining outdoors. #donthateus #rancholazaca #homesweethome #mottahedeh @mottahedehchina
Instagram 14 Mar 2017
Another #enlight app “painting” of John Saladino’s house from the March/April issue of @verandamag. This is his bedroom, and I love how he’s tucked this full size bed into this windowed alcove. It must be like sleeping outside. Photos by @thomasloof Story by moi. @johnsaladino
Instagram 13 Mar 2017
This month’s cover of Veranda featuring John Saladino’s Montecito living room is just great, and I’ve been dying to paint it. But I haven’t yet. Instead I played with an app called Enlist, and this is the result. Cool huh? And what a privilege to interview Mr Saladino for this feature. @verandamag @johnsaladino #iwanttopaintit #santabarbara #montecito #californialiving
Instagram 11 Mar 2017
Continuing in the pink… My dressing room now pinker than ever since my trip to India. Remember Diana Vreeland famously declared “Pink is the navy blue of India” ☺️.. and Ive taken to drinking chai in the morning. That needlepoint pillow I did 2,000 years ago. Fabric on my Mama’s chair @osborneandlittle Mug @juliskaofficial Vintage teapot. #homesweethome #rancholazaca
Instagram 10 Mar 2017
More Boca Grande charm … am back home in California now, if only for a bit. But still dreaming of those pretty houses and swaying palm trees, and my adorable generous hostess @maggieacts and those fabulous ladies of the Boca Grande Women’s Club. #bocagrande #bocagrandeflorida
Instagram 9 Mar 2017
What word defines your drive? Create your photo and share with @ToryBurchFoundation. #EmbraceAmbition
Instagram 7 Mar 2017
The beautiful Gasparilla Inn & Club decorated by @celerie #bocagrande #gasparillainn
Instagram 5 Mar 2017
Am loving the houses of Boca Grande. So genteel, low key, and old school. #bocagrande #oldschool