Jay DeFeo - The Rose (1958-69)
“The story of Jay DeFeo and The Rose is both a cautionary tale of obsession and an inspiring tale of determination and belief. She began working on The Rose in 1958. She was 29 years old and for the next eight years, she did little else but sit on a stool in her studio, smoking cigarettes, drinking Christian bothers brandy while she painted and scraped away at her vision.
First titled The Deathrose, then The White Rose and finally just The Rose, DeFeo only stopped working on the painting when an increase in rent forced her from her studio. By then it was 1966, her marriage was ending, she was in fragile physical and mental health, and The Rose had become too large to fit out the door.
At nearly 12 feet high and in places eight inches thick, The Rose was constructed from layer upon layer of built up and scraped away black and white paint. DeFeo added mica chips to the paint and so The Rose has its own interior light.”
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{Mid-century modern treehouse realness! This is a home in Los Angeles of architect Ray Kappe. This is the kind of architecture that captures the essence of well-lived life and good design. It is authentic and creative at once and one might feel right at home in the well-layered piece of beauty. Especially loving the dovetail joints on the stairs.}
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Francis Brodi House, with Henry Matisse ceramis mural. Los Angeles.
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Seamless Lines from Exterior to Interior
The Brisbane Home of Geraldine Cleary | Architects: Donovan Hill | Photos: Jared Fowler | Styling & Production: Lucy Feagins - The Design Files
This distinctive home in Brisbane’s New Farm will probably need no introduction to Australian architecture aficionados. Known as the ‘D House’, it has been published widely, and has won many awards, including the Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Award and The Robin Boyd Award for best residential architecture in 2000.
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I am in love with this world
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Half of all health-care dollars are spent by only five percent of the population, while the top 20 percent of spenders consume 82 percent of all health-care dollars. (via Economic Policy Institute)
