Jeffery McCullough's Under a Southern Influence: Great American Art & Design

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Happy Memorial Day, Happy New Year!

"I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

I love that line. I found it in Country Living magazine a couple of summers ago, before all of the Gatsby mania currently happening, and tore it out to remind me year round of what I love about summertime and what Summer means to me. I still think of Summer the way a school kid does. For me, Summer feels more like a transition phase than the New Year. Summer is when I take time to think--plan, dream, set goals, reflect, catch up on things that I've let lapse in the last few months.

Summer is when I go to Provincetown, my favorite place on earth. Time in Provincetown is more of a retreat for me than a vacation. And it is in Summer that I allow a retreat mode of thinking to be the norm wherever I am. We are in Atlanta this weekend and the weather is exquisite with a little crispness that I love. And last night as we waited in a long line at the gelato shop around the corner from our house with a dear friend from New Orleans who is here for the weekend, Tim said, "it feels like a P-town night". He was referring to the weather and he was right. But it also felt like a P-town night psychologically and spiritually as well.

I think we all need to feel Summer. And celebrate what F. Scott Fitzgerald felt when he said, "life was beginning over again with the summer." So here are some wonderful pieces of art that I've seen recently that gave me that wonderful Summer feel. And so I say, Happy New Year and give you twelve fantastic pieces to "take you there"..wherever that special there is for you.

Enjoy! And, as always, for more information on any piece, contact me or the gallery listed. And click on images to see the pieces larger.

JM

KELLI KAUFMAN

Lafayette, LA

GULF WATERS

Oil and Wax on Canvas

30" x 48"

$ 1,900.00

available from Beau Interiors, Grayton Beach, FL
www.beauhomeinteriors.com

LAURENCE YOUNG

Provincetown, MA

A HIKE TO THE BEACH

Oil on Paper, Matted

app. 17" x 20"

$ 600.00

available from Jeffery McCullough Art & Design Consulting

CANDACE GREER

Lafayette, LA

WHITE BEAUTY
Oil/Wax/Charcoal/Oil Pastel on Panel, framed
app. 18.5" x 15.5"
$ 625.00
available from Tracery, Rosemary Beach, FL
www.traceryinteriors.com

LINDA MONCLA
Lafayette, LA
SUNSET
Watercolor on Paper
app. 11.5" x 29"
$ 325.00
available from VIEW GALLERY, Ridgeland, MS
www.viewgalleryart.com

LAURENCE YOUNG
Provincetown, MA
READY TO LAUNCH
Oil/Wax on Panel
10" x 13"
$ 950.00
available from Alden Gallery, Provincetown, MA
www.aldengallery.com

PAGE JONES DAVIS

Spartanburg, SC

LIFELINE II

Mixed Media on Canvas

36" x 36"

$ 3,000.00

available from Parker Gallery, St. Simon's Island, GA

www.parkerartgallery.com

TERESA CLINE

Santa Rosa Beach, FL

OCEAN MOODS 62

Canvas

9" x 12"

$ 180.00

available from OASIS RUG & HOME, Destin, FL

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oasis-Rug-Home/137125829653530?fref=ts

MEG AUBREY

Atlanta, GA

Beach Walk

Oil on Canvas

36" x 48"

SOLD, but similar available from Parker Gallery, St. Simon's Island, GA

www.parkerartgallery.com

COLIN PAGE

Camden, ME

SC FAMILY THING

Oil on Linen, framed

16" x 20"

$ 1,700.00

available from Smith Killian Fine Art, Charleston, SC

www.smithkillian.com

LESLIE PRATT-THOMAS

Mount Pleasant, SC

THE BOAT MOVER

Oil on Panel, framed

8" x 10"

$ 560.00

available from Sandpiper Gallery, Sullivan's Island, SC

www.sandpipergallery.net

EVA MAGILL-OLIVER

Atlanta, GA

COLLAGE 5

Mixed Media on Paper

6" x 6"

$ 80.00

available from Gregg Irby Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

www.greggirbyfineart.com

ANN LEE MERRILL

Mount Pleasant, SC

CITY MARINA

Oil on Panel, framed

6" x 8"

$ 325.00

available from Edward Dare Gallery, Charleston

www.edwarddare.com

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

INSPIRATION..always needed, always welcome!

If you are in or anywhere near Atlanta this week, you must visit the Cathedral Antiques Show Inspiration House. Each year, a great roster of designers is selected to transform spaces in conjunction with the Cathedral Antiques Show. Although the Antiques Show ended on the 3rd, the Inspiration House continues through this Sunday, the 10th.

Visit the website for more information about this event that celebrates great design and benefits a charity. http://www.cathedralantiques.org/

I was a bit under the weather when I toured the house (and in a pretty foul mood because I felt so bad), so thankfully there were three spaces and two artists that made my trip completely worth it by being very inspiring.

PARKER KENNEDY!! The name deserves all caps and two exclamation points. I mean, really, how fun is this living room?? I could spend hours, okay days, very happy in this space. Not since Dorothy Draper has hot pink seen this much use. Tempered slightly by a great blue used throughout the room, I think the Parker Kennedy design duo David Ecton and Lance Jackson did an outstanding job. On the Parker Kennedy website, it says "“Preppy on the Edge”… A contempory approach to the timeless classic. It is the defining difference between traditional to transitional design, and that is what Parker Kennedy strives to accomplish.", is the defining hallmark of Parker Kennedy's design work. WELL, I give you.....

image--scan of Parker Kennedy card in inspiration house room

DEFINITELY preppy on the edge..and I absolutely love it.

LOVE the combination of lacquer, mirror, silver, chinoiserie, greek key, etc, etc. very well done.

a traditional wing chair goes Dorothy Draper with the painted legs and hot pink velvet

Barbara Cosgrove Foo Dog Lamp with Silver Shade

LOVE the blue grosgrain on hot pink velvet pillows.

this chair is FANTASTIC!

It turns out that PARKER KENNEDY LIVING is a retail showroom and warehouse in Atlanta and they show at Scott's as well. I will be checking out their wares as soon as I am better and able to get out and shop for clients!

From the bolt of color in the living room, I headed downstairs where I found this very serene retreat by one of my favorite architects, Bill Ingram, who lives in Birmingham. Through all of the press attention he has received, I have followed Ingram's work for years and it was thrilling to be in a space that he designed. This is where a great book and a cup of tea would join me every day. Ingram's work is so thoughtfully executed. This is a very small space with stone walls and great windows which make furniture placement a challenge. Leave it to a brilliant architect to work it all out in great style. There will be more in the future on Bill Ingram's work and this room so I will share the details then.

My favorite reading lamp, the "Studio Adjustable Floor Lamp" by Circa Lighting, is beside each chair waiting on me to sit a while with the above mentioned book and cup of tea!

To see projects by Bill Ingram, please visit www.billingramarchitect.com

Back upstairs, I got a huge smile on my face when I saw the chic as all get out Bob Collins bamboo wallpaper and Kent Bragaline fabric on the skirted table in the foyer. And to top it off, a Chinoiserie lantern from John Rosselli. Palm Beach, anyone??

Former New Yorker Louise Wilcox Cronan (LWC Interiors) designed this space and it does exactly what a foyer should do...welcome visitors in great style, with charm, and hand out a smile to each guest as they come in.

I visit as many show houses as I can in hopes of seeing new products and artists to specify for Jeffery McCullough Art Design & Consulting projects. At this show house, there were two artists whose work I fell in love with.

One, Erin McIntosh, who is represented by Gregg Irby Fine Art in Atlanta, isn't brand new to me. In fact, I recently bought one of her incredible abstract works on paper pieces from Gregg Irby.

But I had not seen a grouping of Erin McIntosh's work and was very pleased to see three in the dining room designed by Wesley Huffard. I am just in love with these abstract watercolor on paper pieces. AND, best of all, the 11" x 14" unframed pieces are only $ 90 each. Buy this artists work now!

My photographs really do not do justice to the talent that this young artist possesses. To see more of her work, visit Gregg Irby Fine Art's website. http://www.greggirbyfineart.com/artists/mcintosh/

My Savannah area friends are going to be in big trouble if they know about this next artist and haven't told me! Katherine Sandoz?? I walked into the back hall designed by Brooke Merrill Home and about tripped over furniture to get up close and personal with these little jewels!

Of course, the second I got back to my computer in the office I was googling up a storm. Turns out, Katherine Sandoz lives in Savannah, has two (not one, mind you) masters from SCAD, and has shown at galleries in Savannah, Atlanta, Austin, and New Hampshire. Again, like Parker Kennedy Living, as soon as I'm back up to snuff, I will be driving down to Savannah to see more of her work!

From http://www.katherinesandoz.com, here are images of the above two pieces.

(the woods) N
5 x 6, water-based media on panel, summer-fall 2011

(marsh) K
7 x 8, water-based media on panel, summer-fall 2011

See why it is important to visit show houses?? Inspiration, ideas, exposure, celebration of talent.

Now you go this week to the CATHEDRAL ANTIQUES INSPIRATION HOUSE located on the grounds of The Cathedral of Saint Philip at 2744 Peachtree Road NW.

ENJOY!

Sunday, January 20, 2013

A New Year, New Perspective, New Features

Happy New Year! I have not blogged in so long and I have missed it terribly. My plate has been FULL with design work, curating art shows, serving as agent for the seven incredible artists that I represent, preparing to attend graduate school (yes, you read that right!), travel, and everything else that you can think of.

PARKER ART GALLERY on St. Simon's Island, GA , January gallery feature
www.parkerartgallery.com

But I have not forgotten about what I do here at Southern Art and Design blog. In fact, exactly what I do (moreover, exactly what will I do in the furture) has been on my mind constantly and has led me to rename my blog and shift my focus just a bit. The new name will be revealed soon along with a new logo and design.

the genius of the late great Albert Hadley, February Southern designer feature

I hope you will join me as I focus on the great accomplishments of Southern artists and designers of the past and present. Each month will feature four to six articles:

always including

----a profile of an attainable living artist

-----a gallery profile

-----a designer profile

----a museum profile/feature on a current show

---a profile of a legendary artist

plus additional travel and product features when I go somewhere or see something that is just so exceptional that it is worth sharing.

Wolf Kahn's "Slight Pink Nuances, 2008"--The legendary Wolk Kahn will be featured in February
image from www.wolfkahn.com

The South has born or become the home of incredible talent in the art and design worlds. Even if they lived most of their life in New York, Los Angeles, London or Paris, they might have been born in Tennessee or Georgia. And the influence of the South lives on in the masterful work of these talents.

Paintings by Kelli Kaufman in the current show at Lounge Gallery in Lafayette, LA
www.kellikaufman.com
Kelli Kaufman is the January attainable artist

I look forward to bringing you the best of what I see and experience in my life in the art and design worlds and hope you will come with me on this journey as we study, explore, and live the best of what the South has given us to date and will continue to give us for many years to come.

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All the best,

Jeffery McCullough

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

From our home in Atlanta, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and all great things in 2013!

Our sweet little cottage in the Spring of this year:

What our living room looks like 11 1/2 months of the year:

and what it looks like at this magical moment as we prepare to celebrate Christmas with family:

We look forward to sharing the revamped and renewed blog of Jeffery McCullough in January with great things coming for all of us in the New Year!

With gratitude and love,

Jeffery and Tim and Scruffy

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Goodbye to Provincetown/Saved by the "To the Water....." Show

Each year right about now I go into a funk, the only word that seems right for what I feel after I leave Provincetown. When I first visited P-town eight summers ago, I knew I had gone somewhere special but I had no idea that over time I would grow to love a place the way I do the little village at the tip of Cape Cod and feel that it is my spiritual home. I hope everyone has a place like this. A place that stays with them constantly and makes them yearn for more, makes them feel the need to be connected all the time even if it will be another eleven months possibly before returning to the physical place, a place that brings peace and happiness, love and understanding, a place that clears the head and allows for thoughts that will lead to growth and development.

Knowing that I would feel the way I do right now is exactly why I curated the Summer show at Lounge Gallery in Lafayette, LA. "To the Water...." is a beautiful show featuring paintings and photography by fourteen artists. I selected the artists included because of their great ability to capture a sense of time and place in their work and, moreover, because I need to connect with pieces on that level allowing art to transport me to the place I want to be. My vision for the show was that when folks walked into the gallery they would feel that they had been removed from the hot, humid Louisiana summer and taken "To the Water......", wherever the water might be. Whether it is a sailboat in the bay, a boat tied up at a lake marina, a fishing boat in the Atchafalaya basin, a view of the marsh, a branch in the woods, or a vast ocean scene, the artists in this show have created paradise in pieces that are beautiful, meditative, and transporting.

The closing reception for the show is this Saturday night during 2nd Saturday Art Walk in Lafayette. Here are some of my favorite pieces from the show that are taking me "To the Water......." today.

If you are in Louisiana on Saturday, be at Lounge Gallery for the reception from 5:30-8 pm. If you would like to purchase a piece or need more information on any piece or artist, please let me know. For now, enjoy my selections: