Apple gave us a first look at the brand new Apple Watch today. Of course, it’s beautiful. Here’s a rundown on five of our favorite things. Plus one.: 1) Built-in accelerometers to measure movement. Apple Watch tracks how active you are, from brisk activity to how often you’ve stood up to take a break from sitting. All of […]
Michael Spouse’s art ranges from serious portraiture, to abstract minimalism and landscape, to pocket universes of the whimsical and surreal. Blending elements of collage, illustration, and photography, Michael creates images that challenge you to step outside the familiar into a place where light, itself, is a buttery fluid that soaks into surfaces, illuminating them from […]
“I’ve always been interested in art and making things, ever since I was a little kid. I grew up skateboarding and playing music. Seeing cool show flyers, record covers, graffiti, and skate decks definitely played a major role in me becoming a graphic artist. I don’t know if there was a single point in my […]
Rachel does photography and paint. The Jellyfish photos in her Designer Series contributions are multimedia works that combine her fascination with jellyfish and cephalopods with her nighttime photography, and with imagery from the painting techniques she developed with glazes on large canvases. Of the 4 images repesented in the Designer Series, JellyFish 2 is her […]
Maybe it’s because I recently watched my daughter participate in a moving candlelight ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of Girl Scouts and its founder, Juliette Gordon Low. Maybe it’s because I have a pre-teen daughter and teenaged son who are navigating their most fragile and formative years. Maybe I wish I were a teenager again (only […]
The start of fall means bringing out all our (re-discovered) favorite fall clothes…and maybe acquiring a few new outfits. At the first hint of crisp weather, we long to wear boots and wool skirts and change to fall-season shoes and handbags. We call it “football weather,” and it’s great, in the South, if it actually […]