Silver Lining ....

Silver Lining

Between the holiday of Thanksgiving & Christmas, I was able to squeeze a little fine art piece into my own art collection. In my on going living room project I was in need of a little art piece. Inspired by a piece that I saw at Nell Hill's in November, I liked the thought of a little modern art.

With the main color of chocolate, touches of cream, steel & French blue I wanted a tonal palatte with a limited color scheme.

So, into the studio I went & the outcome was this piece "Silver lining".

Inspired from my better half, his view of black or white and my need to always find the silver lining in everything. On canvas, a highly textural piece with lower section scored and overpainted. The upper section of the piece is highly textural with a midsectional line of white, bordered with silver leaf applied by hand.

I was also looking for a ornately carved & aged frame in which to put the piece in. I had picked this up randomly, as I do with frames you never know when you may need one.

I have always been drawn to the gilt golden frames, but as a finish needed to be "taken down" I was inspired by the many frame finishes you will find at MOMA within the French Inpressionist galleries.

The walls are cream color, The chest I found a dirty bright white, with pen scribbles & a laminated top. I painted it out in a French bleu, added the highlighted panel colors and added a new wooden top; also painted bleu. After the right amount of aging was acquired it was complete. My ever growing cross collection was placed on one side, a clear lucite lamp on the right, a horn inlaid frame with a pencil drawing of Derby. I also picked up the Chinese calligraphy brush in KC.

The door is one of a set of doors we added a few Christmas's ago, I painted, glazed & aged the piece. The ornately carved handels were an Ebay find, & the old aged mirrors flank either side of the doorway, a local Francophile find ( CF ). I like the mixed, almost not matched feel of the time periods & styles of the objects.

I am famous in my domain for starting a project around the holidays, last year with the beginning of my blog I tore down the South wall of this room, it is almost completed with all the finishing details. I think it is one of the times of the year that I set aside a little free time to get " details" completed in my own home. The time is relaxed, much like the summer months for me. The schedule is in a holding pattern & I am able to carve out a little bit of free time!

I am liking the mix of modern & a more traditional look. Funny how you can see this look in the media or around but one day it converges & it becomes interesting to you. Just goes to show you, "art is in the eye of the beholder".

Leslie Rowlands Designs LLC