Notes from the studio.
Occasional writing on art, materials and living with pictures. No schedule, no filler.
On colour
Folk portraits, and the rooms that can take them
A short defence of full colour — flower crowns, hummingbirds — and why one bold portrait can settle an otherwise quiet bedroom.
On contrast
Darkness as a design tool
What the Baroque understood about drama, and how one dark, glowing piece can hold an entire living room.
On stillness
One moon, and a quiet wall
A note on night scenes — why a single crescent moon above a reading nook does more than a wall of colour.
On gold
Living with gold
Gold leaf reads as light, not luxury — a working note on hanging Vienna-gold portraits in modern rooms.
On making
Paper, canvas, acrylic: how to choose
A plain-language guide to the four finishes, and which room each one is really for.