I first saw Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange when I was in high school and found it to be extremely subversive and most enjoyably provocative then — and have seen it in eight-year interv...
PAINTS USED Fine Paints of Europe H00110, Farrow & Ball Clunch 2009 Whereas Harold had a purple crayon with which to design and demarcate the world according to his whims, I’m actually doing...
One way to get the raised weave in a simulated silk damask wallpaper is to vary the finishes of your paints. File this under Flowers. The base coat is Clunch from Farrow&Ball in matte — a reli...
As you may recall, I had Flame-Stitch Fever last spring, and painted zigzags large and small everywhere I went. Well, you can never get sick of a good thing, and I’m continuing along my merry way...
Good question! Here’s one for the archives, and the answer depends on many things. Do you have children or animals — those twin enemies of beauty/essences of beauty, depending on the day? I...
This just in over the transom: reader Randall found my Matisse post in archive and sent me his own red studio, eager to share. Thrilled, I wrote back for further info and picked up the corresponden...
I happened across a gallery exhibition of paintings by Milton Avery over the weekend — a favorite of mine in my halcyon days of art school — and I thought a quick discussion of his work ...
I wish I’d discovered Les Toiles du Soleil at the top of the summer as these delightful colors and patterns just scream "sun and surf." If I had deck chairs — let alone a deck — I’d...
Name: Plum Raison 2082-20, Raisin torte 2083-10 Brand: Benjamin Moore I discovered Matisse's The Red Studio at the Museum of Modern Art last summer, and found it to be completely captivating. It a...
It's been said that the human eye can perceive an average of 3 million colors, with some highly sensitive or artistic types able to detect 7 million. Yet, I've noticed over the years that every dec...
Name: Coastal Fog AC-1 Brand: Benjamin Moore Why would anyone with a color column write so frequently about grey? I think it's important to point out the subtle beauty of a seemingly random neutral...
Name: Silver Fox 2108-50 Brand: Benjamin Moore Close friends of mine have a brownstone in Brooklyn — they are both artists unafraid to be decoratively daring, and have invested every room in ...
Name: Indian Rhubarb NA63 Brand: Ralph Lauren My photo shoot last night for an aplomb Plum was a bust so here’s a archives — this is Indian Rhubarb, a nice full grey with a touch of green...
I have a few notes on the film Purple Noon, after a tip from a reader on my Samouraï post. I hadn’t seen in it in years and much prefer it to the American counterpart, The Talented Mr. Ripley...
The Torment of Saint Anthony, Michelangelo A rare treat was recently unveiled at the Met — a painting ascribed to Michelangelo and one of only four known to be of his hand. According to The N...
PAINTS Benjamin Moore Cream Soda 1082; Ralph Lauren Morning Walk VM58, Dewdrop Pink RM03 & Faded Peony RM01 After flipping through my portfolio last winter, my saintly mother declared that she was ...
There’s a smart new shop that just opened in NoLita, and for which I was in charge of decorative painting. I had hoped to scoop this one for myself, but the media blitzkrieg was so instantaneous ...
Paint Names: Ralph Lauren Loft Living UL41, Bardsley Grey RM30, Fine Paints of Europe H00750 A few months ago someone posted a comment on my Zig Zag column that it reminded her of the Lucy episode ...
Color Name: Sweet Pear 389 Brand: Benjamin Moore For a simple summer weekend project to color your world, why don’t you try one of these simple painting projects ? In this beach-side house, colo...
To All ColorTherapy Posts I see by yesterday’s news that the new Standard Hotel in the Meatpacking District has won a MASterwork Award from the Municipal Art Society for excellence in urban archit...
To All ColorTherapy Posts Name: Modern Loft Brand: Ralph Lauren UL32 “I live in a small bright white alcove studio and want to paint it dark — blue, dark teal, charcoal — but my frie...
To All ColorTherapy Posts I walked past a storefront dentist office in Brooklyn last week, which was painted bright pink. Not coral, not dusty rose, not salmon; but bright, bubble gum, Peptol Bismol...
As design month here in New York builds momentum, I stopped into the Meatpacking District for MPD Design 09, hoping to find something colorful to write about. Designers from Finland were featured t...
I poked my head into the 37th annual Kip's Bay Decorator Show House — for starters, the site this year is the much talked-about former home of Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, on the market for a ...
click thumbnails for larger pics It’s been years since I first saw this film in re-release, and I’m a sucker for all things Alain Delon, so when I caught a few moments of Le Samouraï at a lo...
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