What are the colors of Thanksgiving?
So much more than paint, decorating, or “trend palettes.”
I wanted to offer some color-reflections for the holiday season, and beyond.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs – reinterpreted as Thanksgiving colors
What’s important?
Please share your own inspirations and color-reflections!
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“In nature, light creates the color; in the picture, color creates light.”
–Hans Hoffman
More than ‘color inspiration,’ looking to fine art is a dynamic way to experience color. Hans Hoffman exemplifies the word “colorist.” This book offers an in-depth exploration of his theories of color as well as gain as sense of the man—his life, teaching, and art work—in a biography. Also included are many illustrations of work by other artists, some of whom were his students.
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Check out the ColorViews Blog post for more about this subject.
A long winter..”neutrals” got you down? Fret no longer, Get energized with Gaudi.
No, it's not a dragon—it's a building. From: Complete works: Gaudi / by Aurora Cuito, Cristina Montes. This image from the book is by Pere Planells
Exquisite photography and detailed descriptions of sites provide a compelling entree into the Gaudi world. As an architectural color consultant I particularly enjoy Gaudi’s bold, personal style of color in architecture. I’m happy to have the English edition so I can actually read the text!
Next stop…Barcelona!
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No image on Amazon.com, so I offer this image of my own copy of Ikat Textiles of India, by Chelna Desai
A contemporary view of Ikat textiles in India. Shown are designs in a wide range of colors, from simple everyday styles to complex, rare examples. Includes the history and technique of Ikat with a very useful glossary.
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This photo is of my own well-worn copy of this wonderful reference book.
Anyone who has an interest in the origins of textile design will enjoy this in-depth view into the world of color and design in textiles. Major types of resist dye are explored in this instructional visual resource, complete with numerous photos of textile work in their extraordinary processes, in their original tribal environments.
Authors: Jack Lenor Larsen: Renowned designer, craftsman and colorist; anthropologist Dr Alfred Buhler; ikat specialists Bronwen and Garrett Solyom. c. 1976, Van Nostrand Reinhold.
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Decorative, functional and symbolic, the art of the tribal Ndebele women of South Africa continues to amaze us with its beauty, simplicity, and drama.
This book was first published in 1986. Many of the buildings shown are no longer standing, giving us even more reason to appreciate these amazing painted dwellings and the people who created them.
Decorative, functional and symbolic, the art of the tribal Ndebele women of South Africa continues to amaze us with its beauty, simplicity, and drama.
This book was first published in 1986. Many of the buildings shown are no longer standing, giving us even more reason to appreciate these amazing painted dwellings and the people who created them.
I could not say it better, so will quote from the statement of Nadine Gordimer on the book’s flyleaf.
“Margaret Courtney-Clarke’s book is a revelation…of a glorious continued existence, under the most destructive forms of physical and psychological hardship imaginable, of an artistic culture at the very center of life itself. The art of the Ndebele women is uniquely rooted in that guardianship; its canvas is the shrine of the home, where children are conceived and reared and family life is housed in the spirit. The beauty of this book is unsurpassed in its combination of content and meaning. Its art is also the art of life.
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