tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post5624865286862886045..comments2024-05-21T02:12:43.524-07:00Diane Dorrans Saekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]Blogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-76467763395781367042015-12-09T23:58:53.506-08:002015-12-09T23:58:53.506-08:00Dear Diane,<br /><br />I took pleasure in seeing Carolyn Quartermaine&#39;s expressionistic painterly style merged with antiqued furniture. I&#39;m always delighted when I see modern art mixed with a more renaissance-style furniture. And above all, I am thrilled that she was inspired by Lartigue, a photographer! Phenomenal work, Carolyn!<br /><br />Sincerely, <br /><br />Jessie Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308820038994962825[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-17891456627739378142015-12-09T20:34:22.634-08:002015-12-09T20:34:22.634-08:00DEAR GERALD-<br /><br /><br />Wonderful to hear from you. Yes, Carolyn&#39;s work is superb…and the new work is very exciting.<br />She is always exploring new ideas--and will be sure to let you know…and write about her…when her new collections are ready.<br />stay tuned…and be sure to SUBSCRIBE so that you get a new story each week…next week will be a surprise.<br />best DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-85849771381459587812015-12-09T20:32:30.879-08:002015-12-09T20:32:30.879-08:00LA CONTESSA-<br /><br /><br />Lovely to hear from you…it has been a little while and I missed you.<br /><br />I hope you did get lots of rain over in the East Bay…we had some drops and I sent the clouds your way…I hope they were effective. happy holidays, DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-69791092418094790102015-12-09T20:31:03.634-08:002015-12-09T20:31:03.634-08:00Hi Kate-<br /><br />Yes…it is lovely that we were able to mention your DZine show and the artists…so happy for you.<br /><br />Yes…stay subscribed to the blog. Next week it is something entirely different--and delicious.<br /><br />stay tuned…and be sure to stay in touch--DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-52130501067654373422015-12-09T19:51:33.594-08:002015-12-09T19:51:33.594-08:00What a discovery! Her dream like interiors are an inspiration. I&#39;d love to see more. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13511941187906816506[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-67344222875768467532015-12-09T08:24:33.730-08:002015-12-09T08:24:33.730-08:00She was my INSPIRATION for color usage in my HOME when we moved back to the STATES!I have her first book.........gave it away and then years later asked for IT BACK!!!!!!!!<br />There is NO ONE OUT there in the design world like HER!<br />HAVE A MARVELOUS TRIP!<br />Looks like RAIN HERE.........FINALLY!La Contessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682902106545680159[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-5504666816698242932015-12-08T21:14:41.924-08:002015-12-08T21:14:41.924-08:00<br />Dear Diane:<br /><br />It&#39;s so wonderful to discover your blog! I loved your post on Carolyn Quartermaine. Her color palette makes me swoon!<br />I&#39;m honored to be represented alongside her work in DZINE&#39;s &quot;Pattern Language&quot; show, and hope to meet her sometime soon.<br />I look forward to your next story!<br /><br />Kate Mitchell<br />Kate Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838748411711229735[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-83500894300189811742015-12-08T20:17:13.504-08:002015-12-08T20:17:13.504-08:00Thank you, Diane for the wonderful post! Carolyn&#39;s work is so inspiring. She has such a soulful understanding of color. Every piece moody and poetic....Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-23932050536722103492015-12-08T19:48:22.798-08:002015-12-08T19:48:22.798-08:00Thank you, Diane! Loved this post on Carolyn! Her work is incredibly inspiring for a painter... so soulful ..and and she is so gifted with color and mood... thank YOU!<br />Katherine J.Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-79015172381278930292015-12-08T16:16:09.121-08:002015-12-08T16:16:09.121-08:00Dear Diane,<br />What a fabulous, fascinating, and terrifically chic posting this is! Thank you for sharing such talent with us, and giving us such a tempting diversion from our daily routine. Well dome!<br />Matthew MacCaul TurnerAnonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-27678970165856987322015-12-08T15:41:43.711-08:002015-12-08T15:41:43.711-08:00HELLO, KARENA-<br /><br /><br />Thank you so much.<br />Yes Carolyn made a big splash in the eighties…and every magazine cover had her fabrics and furniture.<br />Then she was focusing on her art and product and commercial work.<br />She has recently gone back to the textiles (and so many great projects).<br />I love seeing her new work--and you are right that none of her ideas or designs date at all..and I love her new photography which has not been seen…<br />happy to hear from you--DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-26458540685866400072015-12-08T15:23:49.092-08:002015-12-08T15:23:49.092-08:00Dear Diane, thank you for this feature on such an incredibly talented artist, Carolyn. I have followed her forever. Her works are more and more exquisite, yet I still adore her very first designs!<br /><br />xoxo<br />Karena<br />The Arts by KarenaKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-91134890657656679512015-12-08T14:56:51.538-08:002015-12-08T14:56:51.538-08:00dear philip-<br /><br /><br />Thank you so much.<br />Yes, Carolyn is incredible.<br />I was very happy to learn of her recent work through your curatorial eye…for the DZINE show in San Francisco…which is listed and detailed on the blog post.<br />Carolyn is endlessly creative and surprising and daring--and you can see why companies like Baccarat and Vuitton and Liberty and Conran would all want to tap into her ideas and craftsmanship.<br />How there is the south of France link…wow!<br />Philip--thank you so much--looking forward to see ing you soon--best--DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-4854255365888279532015-12-08T14:54:35.525-08:002015-12-08T14:54:35.525-08:00peggy and caroline-<br /><br /><br />Thank you so much. I&#39;m very happy you enjoyed this post. It is quite intense…and I love her work and the intensity of color and craftsmanship. I hope you meet her in London one of these days!<br /><br />stay in touch--very best--DIANEDiane Dorrans Saekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02259292681678952448[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-50519608051096350802015-12-08T12:59:44.069-08:002015-12-08T12:59:44.069-08:00Dear Diane,<br /><br />What a brilliant feature on an artist and designer I admire and adore, Carolyn Quartermaine. Your impeccable presentation completely captures Quartermaine&#39;s spirit with splashes of color, insider reveals of scintillating rooms, all filled with light and air and artistry. Quartermaine is a true multidisciplinary artist as a designer at the highest level, an accomplished painter and photographer. There are so many things here that inspire: for those who say they do not like antiques look how fresh and modern that Neoclassic gilded settee is in that setting, or how contemporary a Genovese Neoclassic chandelier is shown like a work of sculpture. There seems to me no slavish copying of the past, but a distillation of the joie, caprice and the very idea of timeless beauty. It references the best of the past in a very contemporary way that is at once romantic and also modern, rigorous, edited. <br />I was delighted and honored to feature Carolyn in our recent exhibition at Dzine. Quartermaine is a tastemaker with a complete vision that pushes 21st design, and in that I am reminded of the Style Saloniste. What a glorious presentation. I loved it.<br /><br />Warm regards,<br /><br />PhilipPhilip Bewleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593795071070337798[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-47941287024293104452015-12-08T09:42:47.108-08:002015-12-08T09:42:47.108-08:00love her drawings + sooooo talented xx peggybraswelldesign.compeggy braswellhttp://peggybraswelldesign.com[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543457325368639597.post-30007950561216929952015-12-07T13:57:27.526-08:002015-12-07T13:57:27.526-08:00A wonderful piece on an inspiring artist! The pictures are beautiful.Caroline W[email protected]